Outdoor Channel Scores Eight Telly Awards

Prestigious Recognition for Promotional Spots Reflects the Network's Leadership in Marketing Creativity & Effectiveness

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Jun 07, 2010, 08:00 ET

TEMECULA, Calif., June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Outdoor Channel, America's leader in outdoor TV, is the recipient of eight bronze Telly Awards in the Promotional Spot - Nature/Wildlife category. The 31st Annual Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV programs and commercials, as well as the finest video and film productions, and work created for the Web.

"Outdoor Channel is honored to be recognized by the Telly Awards organization for creative excellence for our on-air promotional spots," said Denise Conroy-Galley, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Research, Outdoor Channel. "These accolades demonstrate the network's unequivocal dedication to deliver innovative, effective promotional content to elevate our brand and expand awareness of Outdoor Channel's unmatched leadership role in the outdoor entertainment category."

The eight award-winning Outdoor Channel spots include:

2010 Film/Video Winners - Promotional Spot Bronze Awards

"Benelli presents Duck Commander" Launch Promo (:30)
"Trev Gowdy's Monster Fish) Episodic Promo (:30)
"Savage Wild" Episodic Promo (:30)
"Talent Cross Channel" Promo - (:30)
"Benelli presents Duck Commander" Episodic Promo (:30)
Gear Up and Go! Campaign Promo (:30)
Cross Channel - Time Warner NY (:30)
"The Crush with Lee & Tiffany" Episodic Promo (:30)

Since 1978, the Telly Awards' mission has been to strengthen the visual arts community by inspiring, promoting, and supporting creativity. The New York City-based organization receives over 13,000 entries from all 50 states and five continents. A panel of judges comprised of previous Silver Telly Award winners evaluated entries based on distinction in creative work. Entries do not compete against each other; instead, they are judged against a high standard of merit. Judges scored the 2010 entries on a performance scale and winning entries are recognized and awarded as Silver or Bronze winners derived from 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. (Nasdaq: OUTD) 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.

SOURCE Outdoor Channel