CHANNEL FREDERATOR NETWORK KICKS OFF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING STRATEGY WITH DISTRIBUTION OF MARMOTA STUDIO’S FIN PUNCH!
Online Network to Translate and Distribute Spanish-Language Cartoon Series on its Cartoon Hangover Channel
NEW YORK—February 5, 2015 — Channel Frederator Network is one step closer to global domination in the online animation space with its distribution of Chilean-based Marmota Studio’s 18-part series Fin Punch!. In a first for Channel Frederator Network, the company will translate and distribute a foreign-language animated series for an English-speaking audience on its Cartoon Hangover channel kick-starting a strategy that will look further into global markets for the hottest online animated series. Fin Punch! is a series set in an alternate universe where marine mammals and humans live together on land and conveys the tone of Channel Frederator Network’s irreverent, creator-driven animation. The series will debut today with two episodes airing weekly thereafter.
Channel Frederator Network acquired the worldwide rights to distribute an English-language version of the series. The focus will be to build its presence through the network’s powerful reach with the potential to produce future episodes with Marmota Studio. Translating existing online content for an English speaking audience opens the door to hundreds of hours of animated creations from across the globe.
“There are no borders that define the best animation in the world and we will continue to search across the globe for programming that we think will appeal to our audience,” said Fred Seibert, head of Frederator Studios. “The approach we’re taking with Fin Punch! is based off of a standard broadcast distribution strategy – something that I think can work well for our network as we move forward.”
Fin Punch! follows an odd, charismatic dolphin and narwhal whose conflicting philosophies interfere with their attempts to conquer humankind. The series was created by Matías Latorre and is produced by Marmota Studio.
Latorre had this to say of the partnership, “I can’t believe that Personas Cetaceas is going to be on Cartoon Hangover. Two years ago I started this series with no expectations, and now our work will be seen by millions! We’re grateful to Frederator, because they not only guided us on YouTube matters, but also have shared their experiences as a big animation studio. To us, that’s priceless. Since we debuted on the network we’ve grown as a YouTube channel and as an independent animation studio. It’s been so awesome!”
The addition of Fin Punch! reinforces Channel Frederator Network’s position as the undisputed digital leader in delivering the world’s freshest and most cutting-edge line up of animated content with a combined subscriber base of 14,850,000 and 719 million views of content to date.
Animation luminary Fred Seibert created Channel Frederator Network with a “Declaration of Cartoon Independents” as its foundation, making it the home to creative and disparate visions for all styles of animators. Designed as a collaborative forum through which independent voices can be heard, seen, and supported by one of the foremost pioneers in animation, Seibert himself, Channel Frederator Network is the premiere network for animators. The network continues to attract red hot animated channels including David Firth’s Salad Fingers, FlashFacilitoChips, Domics, FlyingPanda1990, Sam Green Media, Cyber Toons, and Lee Hardcastle.
About Marmota Studio
Marmota Studio is the 1st Animation Studio dedicated solely to the production of Original Web Cartoons in Chile. Founded by a group of 4 animators on 2012, Marmota has conquered not only the Chilean audience with their quirky cartoons, but the Latin American audience as well. They have 2 series: Personas Cetaceas and Abuelo Com, with 2 new ones coming this year: “Pacodesu!” and “Golpea duro, Hara!
About Frederator
Frederator operates Frederator Studios and Frederator Networks. Frederator Studios makes cartoons for television, movies and the Internet and was founded by serial media entrepreneur and former Hanna-Barbera president Fred Seibert in 1998 as a unique incubator for big animation ideas by producing original cartoons. More than 200 short films have resulted in 16 hit series for television and the Internet, including Butch Hartman’s The Fairly OddParents on Nickelodeon and Pendleton Ward’s Adventure Time on Cartoon Network. Frederator is in partnership with Sony Pictures Animation to develop and produce animated feature films, and with YouTube to create television-quality cartoons on the Internet.
Frederator Networks programs the online channels Channel Frederator and Cartoon Hangover as well as manages the Channel Frederator Network, a YouTube based animation and entertainment multi-channel network. Launched in late 2012, Frederator’s Cartoon Hangover channel includes the hit series Bravest Warriors created by Pendleton Ward, Natasha Allegri’s Bee and PuppyCat, which has gone to series funded by the biggest animation or web series Kickstarter campaign ever, as well as many new shorts from the world’s future animation superstars. Frederator has offices in Burbank, CA and New York, NY.
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