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MTV Networks Scores Four Honors In the 11th Annual Webby Awards
Winning Websites and Videos Include Creative, Innovative Content from
AtomFilms, COMEDY CENTRAL, Nickelodeon and VH1
NEW YORK, May 3 -- MTV Networks (MTVN), a unit of Viacom
(NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), has received four awards in the 11th Annual Webby
Awards, the leading international honors for excellence on the Internet.
COMEDY CENTRAL's broadband original series "Honesty" won the Webby Award in
the Online Film & Video category for Comedy: Long Form or Series, an honor
voted on by a board of leading industry experts that includes Harvey
Weinstein, Arianna Huffington and Matt Groening, among others. AtomFilms,
Nickelodeon and VH1 each won a Webby People's Voice Award, which are
selected by votes from the online community.
The winners from MTV Networks are:
* COMEDY CENTRAL
"Honesty" -- Online Film & Video -- Comedy: Long Form or
Series -- WebbyWinner
* http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/honesty/index.jhtml
* AtomFilms
"Animator vs. Animation II" -- Online Film & Video --
Animation -- People'sVoice Winner
* http://www.atomfilms.com/film/animator_vs_animation_2.jsp
* Nickelodeon
Nick.com -- Website -- Youth -- People's Voice Winner
* http://www.nick.com
* VH1
Best Week Ever -- Website -- Celebrity/Fan -- People's Voice Winner
* http://www.bestweekever.tv
Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by The New York Times, The Webby
Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the
Internet, including Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video,
and Mobile Websites. Presented annually since 1996, the awards are judged
by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, a global
organization that includes Weinstein, Huffington, Groening, Jamie Oliver,
Internet inventor Vinton Cerf, and RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser.
The Webbys Film and Video Awards will be held on June 4, 2007, and the
Webby Awards will be held on June 5.
The 11th Annual Webby Awards received a record 8,000 entries from more
than 60 countries and all 50 states. Founded in 1996, The Webby Awards is
known worldwide for its famous five-word speeches.
About MTV Networks
MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the
world's leading creators of programming and content across all media
platforms. MTV Networks, with 135 channels worldwide, owns and operates the
following television programming services - MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2,
VH1, mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV,
CMT, NOGGIN/THE N, VH1 CLASSIC, LOGO, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL
SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, all of these
networks trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its
audiences through its robust consumer products businesses and its more than
200 interactive properties worldwide, including online, broadband, wireless
and interactive television services and also has licensing agreements,
joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming
services can be seen worldwide.
About The Webby Awards:
Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times, The Webby
Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the
Internet, including Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video,
and Mobile Websites. Established in 1996, the 11th Annual Webby Awards
received a record 8,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries
worldwide. The Webby Awards is presented by The International Academy of
Digital Arts and Sciences. Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards
include: Adobe; The Creative Group; Verizon; AOL Video; dotMobi; The
Barbarian Group; CondeNast|CondeNet; Level3; Adweek; Fortune; Reuters;
Variety; Wired; Brightcove; Roundpoint; IDG; PricewaterhouseCoopers;
2advanced.Net; KobeMail and Museum of the Moving Image.
About the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS)
The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences is dedicated to
the creative, technical, and professional progress of the Internet and
interactive media. The Academy is an intellectually diverse organization
that includes over 500 members consisting of leading experts in a diverse
range of fields, such as Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, Internet
inventor and Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vinton Cerf, "Simpsons"
creator Matt Groening, Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser, and fashion designer
Max Azria. For more information, visit http://www.iadas.net.
SOURCE MTV Networks
http://www.mtv.com
http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/honesty/index.jhtml
http://www.atomfilms.com/film/animator_vs_animation_2.jsp
http://www.nick.com
http://www.bestweekever.tv
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