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City of Seattle
Gregory J. Nickels, Mayor
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NEWS ADVISORY
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| SUBJECT: Telly Awards Go To Videos Produced By The Seattle Channel
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
5/1/2003 8:50:00 AM |
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gary Gibson - (206) 684-8328
D'Anne Mount (206) 233-8736
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Telly Awards Go To Videos Produced
By The Seattle Channel
SEATTLE — Videos produced by the Seattle Channel,
Seattle’s municipal cable television channel and website, have won two
national Telly Awards, Mayor Greg Nickels announced today.
"Seattle Spotlight: Skagit Salmon" is winner of
the top prize, a Silver Telly statuette. The video depicts the return of a
record number of chum salmon to the Skagit River last winter and explains
measures taken by Seattle City Light to protect fisheries below its Skagit River
dams.
Winning a Bronze Telly statuette is "Surround
Yourself in the Rugged Beauty of the North Cascades," a recent production
that promotes Seattle City Light's Skagit Tours.
"The Seattle Channel is becoming a catalyst for civic
discussion and debate about the city and city government," said Nickels.
"Winning the Telly Award is acknowledgement of the continuing improvements
at the Seattle Channel. We're combining the strengths of television and the Web
to make progress in creating a Democracy Portal."
Both videos were a collaboration of The Guenther Group,
Counterbalance Video Productions, the Seattle Channel and Seattle City Light.
Kelly Guenther, a freelancer for The Seattle Channel since 2001, produced the
videos, along with Peter Clarke, Seattle City Light video producer, and Dave
Crowther, photographer. Gary Gibson, Seattle Channel General Manager, was
executive producer.
"Kelly Guenther and his crew did a great job,"
said Gibson. "It’s really nice to be able to tell a positive
environmental story."
The award-winning clips can be viewed on-line as streamed
video on The Seattle Channel’s website at www.seattlechannel.org. More
information about the Skagit Tours can be found at www.SkagitTours.com
The Seattle Channel has added new programs and sharpened
its focus on civic and community debate since Gibson joined the station as
general manager last year. City Council hearings are now broadcast live, and
local news and arts are covered regularly. Recently noted Seattle journalist
Mike James joined the station with CityStream, a weekly program that looks at
city issues and activities that takes the discussion out of the studio and into
the community
The Seattle Channel is available throughout much of
Seattle on Channel 21 for Comcast cable customers and channel 28 for Millennium
cable customers. More than 60 percent of Seattle residents subscribe to cable
television.
The Seattle Channel is also webcast live around the clock
on the Internet. The same programming carried on the city municipal channel is
simultaneously streamed on-line. Go to www.seattlechannel.org to link to the
live stream. The Seattle Channel’s weekly program schedule and other
information are also available on the station’s main web site.
The Telly Awards were founded in 1980 to showcase and give
recognition to outstanding non-network and cable commercials. The competition
was expanded several years ago to include film and video productions. The
national contest typically draws more than 10,000 entries in several different
categories. Entries do not compete against each other but are judged against a
high standard of excellence. The Seattle Channel joins A&E, The History
Channel, TBS Superstation, The Discovery Channel, National Geographic and others
as winning program producers.
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