Fred Seibert (born 1951) is an entertainment executive who has held leading positions with MTV Networks and Hanna-Barbera. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... MTV Networks is the corporate division of media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operation of the following TV network brands: Country Music Television (CMT) Comedy Central Logo MTV MTV Hits MTV Jams MTV2 mtvU Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite Nickelodeon GAS NickToons Network Noggin/The N Spike TV TV Land VH1... Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ...

Seibert was MTV's first creative director and helped develop its on-air visual identity, creating hundreds of station IDs for the channel. He also commissioned and approved the mutating MTV logo, despite network executives objections to a logo that did not remain constant. MTV (abbreviation for Music Television) is a cable television network which was originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. ... Creative Director is a job usually found within the advertising, media or entertainment industries. ...

In 1985, with partner Alan Goodman, Seibert successfully overhauled then-floundering children's cable channel Nickelodeon and developed the Nick at Nite concept. Nickelodeon (Nick for short) is a cable TV network primarily for children and pre-teens. ... Nick at Nite is an evening programming block broadcast over Nickelodeon from 9 PM – 6 AM Eastern and Pacific Standard Time. ...

Seibert became president of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc., in 1992, and turned around the struggling animation studio by revamping its production and development process. He created Cartoon Network's What-A-Cartoon! Show, a showcase for new animated shorts which spun off several successful series including Cow and Chicken, Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, and The Powerpuff Girls. He remained at Hanna-Barbera until 1996, when H-B's parent company, Turner Broadcasting, merged with Time Warner. Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The current Cartoon Network logo, was used in North America since June 14, 2004, in Latin America since January 1, 2005, and in Europe since April 11, 2005. ... What-A-Cartoon!, also known as World Premiere Toons or WAC for short, was the mid-1990s animation showcase that appeared on the Cartoon Network. ... Animation is the illusion of motion created by the consecutive display of images of static elements. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Cow and Chicken is a cartoon series, created by David Feiss, first broadcast on the Cartoon Network from 1997 to 1999. ... Dexters Laboratory (Dexters Lab for short) is an American animated series created by Genndy Tartakovsky. ... Johnny Bravo is an animated series about the boorish, skirt-chasing title character who constantly searches for a woman willing to date him, but even when he seems to find one, something goes wrong. ... The Powerpuff Girls is an animated series starring three little girls with superpowers who have dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Categories: Stub | Time Warner subsidiaries ... Time Warner Inc. ...

Seibert co-founded animation production company Frederator Studios in 1997. Frederator currently has an exclusive deal with Nickelodeon, and its productions include ChalkZone, The Fairly OddParents, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Nicktoons Film Festival, and Oh Yeah! Cartoons. Frederator Studios is an independent animated cartoon studio founded by Fred Seibert in 1997. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ChalkZone is an animated television series, produced by Frederator Studios for the Nickelodeon cable channel. ... The Fairly OddParents is a popular animated series created by Butch Hartman and first aired on March 30, 2001. ... My Life as a Teenage Robot is an animated television series, produced by Frederator Studios for the Nickelodeon cable channel. ... The Nicktoons Film Festival is a competition presenting independent animated shorts. ... Oh Yeah! Cartoons was a late-1990s animation showcase that appeared on the Nickelodeon cable channel. ...

In addition to his Frederator duties, Seibert returned to MTV Networks in 1999, and was president of MTV Networks Online, chairman of the MTVi Group, and president of Nickelodeon Online. After the dot-com bubble burst, he returned to Frederator full-time in 2001. Frederator Studios has grown to be one of the largest independent cartoon producers in America. MTV Networks is the corporate division of media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operation of the following TV network brands: Country Music Television (CMT) Comedy Central Logo MTV MTV Hits MTV Jams MTV2 mtvU Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite Nickelodeon GAS NickToons Network Noggin/The N Spike TV TV Land VH1... Dot-com (also dotcom or redundantly dot. ...

In May 2002, Seibert teamed with producer Susan Miller (Ella Enchanted) to form Bolder Media for Boys & Girls for creating cartoon series and movies specifically for pre-school kids, and Bolder Books for Boys & Girls, an imprint to be distributed by Random House.

In November 2005 Seibert launched his innovative network for distribution on portable video devices, the world's first cartoon video podcast (or vodcast), which he calls Channel Frederator. Filmmakers submit animated films for weekly exhibition on Apple's video iPods, Sony's PlayStation Portables, or Archos Pocket Video Players. The term podcasting is a portmanteau of the words iPod and broadcasting. ... Vodcast (or Video Podcast) is an emerging term used for the online delivery of video on demand content via RSS enclosures. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ...

In February 2006, Fred Seibert's first book (co-edited with Eric Homan) Original Cartoons: the Frederator Studios Postcards 1998-2005 was published by the Easton Studio Press.

Bolder Media, Susan Miller Bolder Media, Inc. ... Susan Miller is a television and film producer, book packager and licensing executive with a special focus in family entertainment. ...

External links

• Fred Seibert's Blog
• Frederator Studios
• The Frederator Studios Blog
• Channel Frederator
• Fred Seibert at the Internet Movie Database
• Animation World News interview (2003)
• Essay by Steven Heller at AIGA.org (American Institute of Graphic Arts) (PDF)
• Bolder Media for Boys & Girls