Brian Robbins to Receive Pioneer Prize at International Digital Emmy Awards

NEW YORK: Brian Robbins, the founder and CEO of AwesomenessTV, is set to receive the 2015 Pioneer Prize at the International Digital Emmy Awards.

Robbins will accept the prize on Monday, April 13, at MIPTV. AwesomenessTV is a multiplatform media company serving the global teen audience and is one of the most subscribed to teen destinations on YouTube. AwesomenessTV was acquired by DreamWorks Animation in May 2013, and Hearst acquired a 25 percent interest in December 2014.

“Brian Robbins is a force to reckon with, a multitalented producer and entrepreneur who has harnessed his unique know-how of the teen audience to create, at record speed, a global multiplatform media company that keeps on reinventing how content is being produced, distributed and watched,” said Bruce Paisner, the president and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “We look forward to recognizing his innovative contributions to the field of digital entertainment with our 2015 Pioneer Prize.”


“Awesome is the best way to describe being honored for something that I love doing. I’ve been producing content for teen and tween audiences my entire life, but digital media has enabled me to connect with them in ways unimaginable a few short years ago,” said Robbins. “Not only can we deliver content when and where teens want to access it, but we are now able to reach a global audience day and date.”