The winners were announced today for the 40th Anniversary Telly Awards and DC UNIVERSE and its content teams have won 30 awards across multiple categories. The awards were garnered for the DC UNIVERSE exclusive news program DC DAILY and the various broadcasts, special events and documentaries the DCU team has produced over the last year.
The Telly Awards annually showcases the best work created within television and across video, for all screens. Receiving over 12,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents, Telly Award winners represent work from some of the most respected advertising agencies, television stations, production companies and publishers from around the world.
The honors include:
DC Daily, the official news show for DC UNIVERSE members presenting the most knowledgeable hosts and coolest guests from the world of DC, won four awards:
Silver – Online Series – Webseries: Corporate Image
Bronze – Online Series: Webseries – Non-scripted
Bronze – Branded Content – Campaign Series – Non-scripted
Bronze – Branded Content Campaign – Branding
DC UNIVERSE Presents are the video introductions to the movies, shows and comic books on DC UNIVERSE, they are hosted by DC celebrities like Cameron Cuffe, Ralph Garman, and Karen Fukuhara. DC UNIVERSE Presents won 9 awards, including:
Gold – Branded Content – General Entertainment
Silver – Online Craft – Use of Graphics
Silver – Branded Content & Entertainment – People’s Telly
Bronze – Branded Content – Craft – Directing
Bronze – Branded Content – Craft – Writing
Bronze – Branded Content – Craft – Title Design
Bronze – Online General – Show Opening segment
Bronze – Online General – Entertainment
Bronze – Branded Content General Entertainment
DC’s New Frontiers is a mini-documentary on the impact the late, great DC storyteller Darwyn Cooke had on comics, colleagues, fans. It won three awards:
Silver – Online – People’s Telly
Bronze – Online General Entertainment
Bronze – Online General History
Bringing Back Young Justice is a five part documentary series following voice-over actress Whitney Moore on her journey through the production process of the popular DC UNIVERSE animated series Young Justice: Outsiders. It aired exclusively on DC UNIVERSE and won five awards:
Gold – Online - People’s Telly
Gold – Branded Content & Entertainment – People’s Telly
Silver – Branded Content – Craft – Editing
Silver – Online – General Entertainment
Bronze – Online Craft - directing
DC Universe Presents DC Daily Live with Kevin Smith is a 2.5 hour live production that marked the official countdown to the DC UNIVERSE service launch. It featured the introduction of the DC Daily cast, as well as DC luminaries such as Jim Lee, Kevin Conroy, Teri Hatcher, and many others. It was honored with nine awards which include:
Gold – Branded Content – General Entertainment
Silver – Branded Content – General/Promotional
Silver – Online Craft – Use of Live Video
Silver – Branded Content – Craft – Use of Live Video
Silver – Branded Content General Live Experiences
Silver – Branded Content & Entertainment– People’s Telly
Bronze – Branded Content – Craft – Set Design
Bronze – Television – General – Infomercial
Bronze – Online General Entertainment
DC Daily is among the most-watched programs on a daily basis on popular digital subscription service, DC UNIVERSE. DC Daily offers fans entertaining news and insights, exclusive guest appearances, interviews and panel discussions with some of the most knowledgeable voices in the DC universe. DC Daily has released a new episode every weekday since launch, with 175 episodes to-date and counting; guests have included Kevin Smith, Minka Kelly, Brian Michael Bendis, Caity Lotz, Jesse Rath and Paul Dini to name a few.
Congratulations to all the winners of these prestigious awards.