Frederick G. Seibert is an American television producer and media proprietor.[2] He was the first employee and creative director of MTV in 1980,[3] and later founded Frederator Studios in 1998,[4] as well as its spin-off companies Frederator Networks, Channel Frederator Network, and Cartoon Hangover.[5][6] Having held numerous executive positions for Viacom Media Networks, he was the final president of animation studio Hanna-Barbera from 1992 to 1996.[7][8][2] He has since co-founded Next New Networks, Bolder Media, and the production company FredFilms by 2020.[9]
Seibert is an angel investor for numerous technology and media-based startup projects. He was as an initial seed investor for the website Tumblr, and in media, he has been credited with executive production and funding for animated and live action television shows on cable and streaming.[10] He created the animation incubator anthology series What a Cartoon! in 1994, Oh Yeah! Cartoons in 1998, and Random! Cartoons in 2008; all three have spawned successful television programs as spin-offs, including The Fairly OddParents, Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, Courage the Cowardly Dog, My Life as a Teenage Robot, The Powerpuff Girls, and Adventure Time—for most of which he served as executive producer.[11]
Seibert began his professional career as a jazz and blues record producer and audio engineer in the 1970s. He co-founded the record label Oblivion Records by 1972 and has received a Grammy Award nomination.[12][13][14][15][16]
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co-founded Next New Networks, Bolder Media, and the production company FredFilms by 2020. Seibert is an angel investor for numerous technology and media-based startup...
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production studio founded by FredSeibert, which is a division of Frederator Networks, Inc. It was formally launched by Seibert in 1998, with its initial...
producer FredSeibert from 1995 through 2022, at Hanna-Barbera Cartoons and his animation production companies Frederator Studios and FredFilms. What...
and designs. MTV producers Alan Goodman and FredSeibert used this public domain footage as a concept; Seibert said that they had originally planned to use...
was viewed in when it premiered. FredSeibert. "101 The Big Problem". Scribd. Retrieved January 16, 2024. FredSeibert. "112 Apartnership". Scribd. Retrieved...
Stupid Dogs, which was put into production by Hanna-Barbera president FredSeibert. The cartoon's credits read "Tidbits of Poor Taste Supplied by John Kricfalusi"...
April 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-16 – via vimeo.com. "FredSeibert leaves Wow! Unlimited". "FredSeibert, Frederator Founder, and CEO, Returns to Independent...
and serial media entrepreneur FredSeibert and managed by Frederator Networks. After launching Frederator Studios, Seibert spent a year as president of...
Albie Hecht and FredSeibert. In 1981, Goodman was part of the team that launched MTV alongside his college radio alum FredSeibert. Goodman supervised...
and concluded in December 2001. FredSeibert. "113 The Hex Games". Scribd. Retrieved January 16, 2024. FredSeibert. "139-140 Halloween Special". Scribd...
option before Cartoon Network commissioned a full-length series from FredSeibert and Ward, which was previewed on March 11, 2010. The same year, the series...
Animation Festival) was an annual event that was created by producer FredSeibert and produced for its first three years by his Frederator Studios. The...
Sperber head of the Quest task force in 1994. Hanna-Barbera President FredSeibert allowed Lawrence to create a new team of companions for Jonny, but Lawrence...
Ventures, Spark Capital, Martín Varsavsky, John Borthwick (Betaworks), FredSeibert, Krum Capital, and Sequoia Capital (among other investors). In its first...
original MTV logo—based on the 1981 "Top of the Hour" animation created by FredSeibert, produced by Alan Goodman, and produced by Buzz Potamkin at Buzzco Associates...
career, without having received a high school diploma, as an intern under FredSeibert at the animation company Frederator Studios, where he built the studio's...
Group. It was founded in 2003 by television producers Susan Miller and FredSeibert for the development of books, television series, and films for children...
personal friend. ChalkZone originally premiered as a pilot short on FredSeibert's Oh Yeah! Cartoons animated shorts showcase in 1998. The series ran on...
the original pilot. Breehn Burns, Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi, and FredSeibert developed and executive produced the Bravest Warriors series for Frederator...
Frederator Networks, Inc. is a media company founded by FredSeibert. It makes and distributes cartoons, often on Channel Frederator, and through its in-house...
out to a record-producing acquaintance, FredSeibert, for help. With partner Alan Goodman their company, Fred/Alan Inc. in New York, devised a catalog...
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