Fred Seibert of Channel Frederator is holding the first award ceremony for user submitted cartoons on the internet.
On January 24, Channel Frederator will present "The Freddies," Channel Frederator's first annual awards ceremony. Held at Cinespace in Hollywood, the awards will recognize a wide array of achievements seen on Channel Frederator's weekly podcasts throughout the year. The awards, which range from "Cartoon of the Year" to "Cartoon Most Likely to be Censored by the FCC," will be distributed in the form of an eight-inch replica of Joe Robot, the spokesrobot for Channel Frederator. Eleven awards will be voted on by the Channel Frederator viewers and five will be jury selected.
Channel Frederator was built on user-submitted video. With all the recent attention to user video on the internet, January's event is the first to honor the films and filmmakers in this rapidly growing area. Quality, peer acknowledgement, and viewer recognition are the elements key to all the awards and parallel the criteria of the Television and Motion Picture Academies. The event expects to draw more than 500 animation and online professionals. All films featured between November 1, 2005 and October 31, 2006 are eligible for recognition in the ceremony. The occasion will be videotaped for a podcast presentation available through ChannelFrederator.com and iTunes.
