April 2008
AT&T Inc. announced that the AT&T U-verseSM Theatre channel on AT&T U-verse TV has been awarded a 2008 Silver Telly Award for the direct marketing award category. The Telly Awards recognize creative excellence in video commercials and productions, and the Silver Telly statuette is the Telly Award's highest honor.
The AT&T U-verse Theatre channel gives all U-verse TV customers access to exclusive red carpet events, behind-the-scenes tours of production and animation studios, movie trailers and interviews with popular celebrities. The channel also delivers the latest information on U-verse TV Video On Demand offerings.
The AT&T U-verse Theatre segment that received the Silver Telly Award aired throughout December 2007 and featured a behind-the-scenes tour of Pixar Animation Studios and interviews with the studios' artists. The segment was used to promote the premiere of Disney•Pixar's Academy Award®-winning feature film, Ratatouille, on AT&T U-verse TV Video On Demand.
"U-verse TV has always been about making the entire entertainment experience enjoyable for our customers, and that includes everything from our unmatched features to our award-winning U-verse Theatre channel," said Hestia Lei, AT&T executive director of U-verse member marketing. "Winning a Silver Telly Award is a great honor, and it shows we're on the right track when it comes to delivering engaging content for our U-verse TV customers."
Founded in 1978, the Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and service provider TV commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions. The Telly Awards annually showcases the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, video operators and corporate video departments in the world.
With more than 200 award categories, the 29th Telly Awards competition received more than 14,000 entries from all 50 states and several foreign countries.
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