THE GOOB NOMINATED FOR A STREAMY
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The Goob nominated for a Streamy Assorted Nuts Animation Studios’ animated brand The Goob has been nominated for a Streamy Award. The project is nominated in the category of “Best Animation in a Web Series” together with four other projects. The Streamy Awards Ceremony will be held on April 11, 2010 at the Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood, California.
The Streamy Awards is the first and most prestigious awards ceremony devoted to honoring excellence in original web television programming and those who create it. This is the ceremony's second year.
Winners are selected by members of the International Academy of Web Television, an independent, non-profit organization representing a cross-section of online entertainment professionals, including actors, agents, composers, content creators, directors, journalists, producers, technology innovators and writers.
- “Hot Diggety! I can’t wait to tell the folks back home. This is such an honour!” says Dwayne ‘The Goob’ Gunderson
- “Being nominated for Best Animation in a Web Series is an honour for our studio and given the incredible quality of the competition, this is really a testament to the quality of our studio’s’ productions.” says Magnus Jansson, CEO of Assorted Nuts Animation Studios
About theGoob
Dwayne ‘theGoob’ Gunderson is the world’s first animated blogger. His video-blog, “shot” with his mobile phone’s camera, chronicles his journey from rural Alabama to the big lights of Tinseltown, all in pursuit of his dream of silver screen fame.
Launched in 2009, the project was distributed to mobile phones by Sony Ericsson in Europe and has to date had over five million content downloads. In December 2009, theGoob released his first music video together with EMI music, marking the first step of his musical career. His blog is available online at www.thegoob.com.
About the Streamy Awards
To find out more about Streamy Award please visit www.streamys.org
About Assorted Nuts Animation Studios
Assorted Nuts Animation Studios, founded in 2002, is an independent development house based in Sweden. The studio develops and exploits intellectual properties for the international market; Animated feature films, TV-series & on-demand content, spanning all age-groups, from pre-school to family entertainment to adult comedy.
For more information please contact:
In Sweden:
Erik Öhrner, CFO & Business Relations
Assorted Nuts Animation Studios
Phone: +46 (0)54-155-620
Cell: +46 (0)735-158-223
In the US:
Bo Landin, President
Assorted Nuts Animation Studios.