I know a few of you Web producers will be interested in a comment received yesterday from Casey McKinnon (of Galacticast, A Comicbook Orange and Kitkast fame).
She makes it clear: it's time to dust off your Web Series resume and get ready to go through that IMDB submission process. If you recall, she asked Col Needham, IMDb founder and managing director, about this issue and -- to the relief of a zillion video makers -- the answer was yes. Hi Ted,
Not yet known, however, is how IMDB will deal with its qualification requirements. I would expect factors will be the size of a program's audience, media coverage, and maybe awards.
The audio file I provided is really only half the story since I went to talk with him one-on-one after the Q&A. He confirmed that it's happening and said that it would roll out in the 2nd or 3rd quarter of this year (anytime between April 1-September 30).
We've been waiting a LONG time for this... looking forward to it.
Best,
Casey
So will the Webbys and the Streamys be competing to be the "official" award for Web shows? Will we see credits for daily web shows that list "412 episodes" and will there be a debate about what counts as a "significant" media source? Certainly.
It should be an interesting year....
2 years ago
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Regarding the Webbys vs. the Streamys: I already prefer the Streamys because we were nominated for a Webby a couple of years ago and then told "pay x-amount to complete your nomination". Bullshit if you ask me... the Streamys don't ask you to pay to be nominated, they get their funding from sponsors instead.
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