Adventures in Digital Series Land – Chapter 101
by Leesa Dean
So, the big news this week is: I signed with Channel Frederator Network. I’m met Fred Seibert. He’s been at a number of NYC animation and web events and we’ve had a chance to chat. Been up to their offices (the old YouTube workshops were held there). He authentically is really passionate about animation. Which is a good thing. Before Frederator, he was at MTV and Hanna Barbera.
They reached out to me a while back and because I’ve been, in general, reluctant to sign with an MCN (multi-channel network for those of you not familiar with this digital series centric term), I took some time to really think it over.
The truth: Their contract was way more artist-friendly than the other ones I’ve received (and I’ve been approached by a number of them, big and small), which essentially asked you to give up the right to show your youtube content on TV and other paid platforms in exchange for the exhilarating experience of saying you’re a member of that MCN (Translation: nothing, nadda, no money. Which is CRAZY!!!)