Outdoor Channel Honored With Eleven Telly Awards
Winning Entries for Programming and Promotional Spots Demonstrate
the Network’s Extraordinary Creativity.
Temecula, Calif. –-(AmmoLand.com)- In its latest string of professional accolades, Outdoor Channel, America’s leader in outdoor TV, today announced that it has been named the recipient of 11 prestigious Telly Awards, the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV programs and commercials.
“Outdoor Channel is honored to be recognized for our best-in-class outdoor programming and creative promotional spots in a well-known, highly respected national competition like the Telly Awards,” said Tom Hornish, COO, Outdoor Channel. “We are committed to producing the highest quality content for our viewers and developing unique and effective promotional spots to support our shows and marketing promotions.”
The awards include:
2009 Film/Video Winners – Programming Awards
AWARD
CATEGORY
TITLE OF ENTRYSilver
Documentary
Legends of Rod & Reel “Frank Moore”Silver
Nature/Wildlife
Legends of Rod & Reel “Frank Moore”Bronze
Information
The Best Defense “Safe At Home”Bronze
Nature/Wildlife
Western Extreme “In The Mesquite”2009 Film/Video Winners – Promotional Spot Awards
AWARD
CATEGORY
TITLE OF ENTRYSilver
Nature/Wildlife
Gear Up and Go! Sweepstakes Spot (:30)Silver
Nature/Wildlife
Golden Moose Awards Fan Favorite Spot (:30)Silver
Nature/Wildlife
Spring Fever Sweepstakes Spot (:30)Bronze
Nature/Wildlife
Cross Channel “Shooting” Spot (:30)Bronze
Nature/Wildlife
Fishing “New Night” Promo (:15)Bronze
Nature/Wildlife
Q4 HD Cross Channel Spot – (:30)Bronze
Nature/Wildlife
Cast & Call Cross Channel Spot (:30)
With more than 13,500 submissions from across all 50 states, only 10 percent of all entries earn prestigious Silver Telly Awards, the highest honor.
Since 1978, the Telly Awards’ mission has been to strengthen the visual arts community by inspiring, promoting, and supporting creativity. This year, the 30th Annual Telly Awards received over 14,000 entries from all 50 states and five continents. Judges evaluated entries to recognize distinction in creative work. Entries do not compete against each other; instead, entries are judged against a high standard of merit. Judges scored the 2009 entries on a performance scale and winning entries are recognized and awarded as Silver or Bronze Winners based on the combined scoring of the judges who evaluate each entry. For more information, please visit: www.tellyawards.com.
About Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc.
Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc. owns and operates Outdoor Channel, America’s leader in outdoor TV, and Winnercomm Inc., an Emmy Award winning production and interactive company. Outdoor Channel offers programming that captures the excitement of hunting, fishing, shooting, off-road motorsports, adventure and the Western lifestyle and can be viewed on multiple platforms including high definition, video-on-demand, as well as on a dynamic broadband website. Winnercomm Inc. is one of America’s largest and highest quality producers of live sporting events and sports series for cable and broadcast television. Winnercomm also owns and operates the patented Skycam and CableCam aerial camera systems which provide dramatic overhead camera angles for major sports events, including college and NFL football. For more information please visit www.outdoorchannel.com.