du Mont Communications, Inc. Wins Top Award for Kids Caring 4 Kids in 31st Annual Telly Awards

Wheaton, IL, July 15, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The Winners of the 31st Annual Telly Awards have been announced. And kids caring 4 kids, Inspiring Kids to Care, won a 2010 Silver Telly in the category of Not-for-Profit work produced by du Mont Communications, Inc. (www.dumontcom.com). With nearly 11,000 entries from all 50 states and numerous countries, this year’s Telly Awards has been one of the most successful and competitive in the long history of the Telly Awards.

“Telly proudly honors the very best commercials, videos, and films!”

Founded in 1979, the Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and web commercials, videos and films. Winners represent the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world.

This year’s Winners include companies, agencies and organizations of all sizes, from large multinational media companies to small ad agencies and local production houses. A sample of Winners includes: AEG Network Live, American Masters/WNET, AOL Media, Astrocast.tv, Bass Pro Shops Film & Video, Boehringer Ingelheim, Booz Allen Hamilton, CBS Television Distribution, Comcast Spotlight, Cox Sports Television, Discovery Channel, Eagles Television Network, Elvis Presley Enterprises, ESPN, Fox Sports International, Golf Channel, Harpo Studios, Hasbro, Hewlett-Packard, Learning Seed, Lockheed Martin, Miami Dolphins, Microsoft, NBC Universal, New York Jets, Outdoor Channel, PGA Tour Productions, State Farm Insurance, Suddenlink Media, The Weather Channel, TV Guide Network, Weber Shandwick, Women in Film. To view the complete list of Silver Telly winners for the 31st Annual competition, please visit www.tellyawards.com.

A prestigious judging panel of more then 500 accomplished industry professionals, each a past Winner of a Silver Telly and a member of The Silver Telly Council, judged the competition, upholding the historical standard of excellence that Telly represents. The Silver Council evaluated entries to recognize distinction in creative work – entries do not compete against each other - rather entries are judged against a high standard of merit. Less than 10% of entries are chosen as Winners of a Silver Telly, our highest honor. Other outstanding work is awarded a Bronze Telly. For a complete list of Silver Telly Council Members, please visit www.tellyawards.com.

Please contact Linda Day at the Telly Awards (lindad@tellyawards.com) for public relations inquiries: (212)675-3555.

You can watch inspiring kids to care in 16x9 HD. (Let it load first before watching.):
http://edit-creations.com/client_approvals/dumont/09-0552/movie_html/01.html

Or view it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uCjE0EDq9A

Also, take a look at the kids caring 4 kids site: http://www.kidscaring4kids.org/

Contact: Linda Day, lindad@tellyawards.com
Phone: (212)675-3555

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