Channel Frederator Announces Recipients of The First Annual Channel Frederator Awards

NEW YORK & HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Channel Frederator, the world’s original cartoon podcast, announced today the winners of its First Annual Channel Frederator Awards. The awards, which mark the one-year celebration of Channel Frederator’s cartoon podcasting, are the first of their kind to honor the films and filmmakers in the rapidly growing category of user submitted and user generated video on the Internet.

“We are thrilled to be the first to honor this talented group of individuals who are on the forefront of creating video on the Internet. We are especially proud to honor John Lasseter who, as a visionary cartoonist, serves as an inspiration for filmmakers everywhere.”

The First Annual Channel Frederator Awards recognize various achievements seen on Channel Frederator’s weekly episodes throughout 2006. Winners were selected in 11 categories judged by Channel Frederator viewers and five categories judged by jury. More than 1,000 animated films were submitted from around the world. John Lasseter, CEO of Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, was honored as Cartoonist of the Year. Apple was presented with the Instigator Award for the important role it has played in the proliferation of podcasting.

Recipients of this year’s awards are:

Viewers' Choice
Best Flash Film:              I Like Pandas -- Jessica Borutski
Best Foreign Film:            Le Building -- Olivier Staphylas
Best Music Video:             War Photographer -- Joel Trussell
Funniest Film:                Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me
                              -- Bernard Derriman
Best Design:                  Bendito Machine -- Jossie Malis
Best Dance Sequence:          Dance Like A Monkey -- Collection Agency
                              Films
Best CG Film:                 Rockfish -- Blur Studio
Through a Podcast Darkly:     Snow-Bo -- Vera Brosgol
Film Most Likely To Be
Censored by the FCC:          WTF?! -- Tim Farrell
So Cute It Hurts:             Skippy -- Amanda Spalinski
Best Voicemail:               Sweet Love -- Unknown
Cartoon of the Year:          Rockfish -- Blur Studio

Juried Prizes
Biggest File Size:            Rockfish -- Blur Studio
Joe Robot Award:              The New Guy -- Ed Skudder
The Vanguard Award:           David Karp
Cartoonist of the Year:       John Lasseter
Instigator Award:             Apple
Producers' Choice Award:      War Photographer -- Joel Trussell

“Channel Frederator was founded as a forum for talented Internet filmmakers and animators everywhere to showcase their creative work, and judging by the caliber of the entries, we have achieved this,” said Fred Seibert, president and executive producer, Frederator Studios. “We are thrilled to be the first to honor this talented group of individuals who are on the forefront of creating video on the Internet. We are especially proud to honor John Lasseter who, as a visionary cartoonist, serves as an inspiration for filmmakers everywhere.”

Since its November 1, 2005 launch, Channel Frederator has received more than 1,000 submissions and showcased more than 175 animated films; the network has been downloaded over 5,000,000 times. Cartoons include narrative and experimental shorts, along with music videos, promotional spots and contemporary and vintage commercials. They range from million dollar computer generated shorts to the simplest forms of independent animation.

Channel Frederator was imagined and created by Frederator Studios’ Fred Seibert and David Karp, founder of web application developer Davidville. Channel Frederator is produced by Frederator Studios (www.frederator.kz), which has created original cartoons since 1998. Productions include Nickelodeon’s major hits, “The Fairly Oddparents,” “ChalkZone” and “My Life as a Teenage Robot.” Their innovative cartoon laboratories “Oh Yeah! Cartoons” and “Random! Cartoons” have so far resulted in 138 shorts, four series and development of five feature films.

Channel Frederator (www.channelfrederator.com) is the world’s original cartoon podcast, offering weekly episodes of user submitted cartoons on the internet. The network has been consistently featured as one of the top offerings in Apple’s iTunes stores and is consistently honored by their viewers as “the best of the best.”