Yorktel Named 2016 Telly Award Recipient

EATONTOWN, NJ--(Marketwired - Jul 27, 2016) -  Yorktel today announced that its Media Services division has been named a winner in the 37th Annual Telly Awards, earning recognition in 20 categories.

Founded in 1979, The Telly Awards are the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and online commercials, video and films.

"The Telly Awards has a mission to honor the very best in film and video," said Executive Director of the Telly Awards, Linda Day. "Yorktel Media Services' accomplishment illustrates their creativity, skill, and dedication to their craft, and serves as a testament to great film and video production."

Yorktel's 2016 winning entries include:

• Silver Telly Award for "The Honors: A Salute to American Heroes" in TV Programs - Cultural
• Silver Telly Award for "The Honors: A Salute to American Heroes" in TV Programs - Entertainment
• Silver Telly Award for "Everfi NHL Future Goals" in Sound/Sound Design, Regional TV & Multi-Market Cable
• Bronze Telly Award for "The Honors: A Salute to American Heroes" in TV Programs - Live Events
• Bronze Telly Award for "The Honors: A Salute to American Heroes" in TV Programs - History/Biography
• Bronze Telly Award for "The Honors: A Salute to American Heroes" in TV Programs - Editing
• Bronze Telly Award for "The Honors: A Salute to American Heroes" in TV Programs - Set Design
• Bronze Telly Award for "The Honors: A Salute to American Heroes" in TV Programs - Use of Animation
• Bronze Telly Award for "The Honors: A Salute to American Heroes" in TV Programs - Use of Graphics
• Bronze Telly Award for "The Honors: A Salute to American Heroes" in TV Programs - 3D Graphics/Animation (Non-Stereoscopic)
• Bronze Telly Award for "Everfi Vault" in Non-Broadcast Productions - Use of Graphics
• Bronze Telly Award for "Everfi Vault" in Non-Broadcast Productions - Use of Animation
• Bronze Telly Award for "Everfi NHL Future Goals" Schools/Colleges/Universities, Regional TV & Multi-Market Cable
• Bronze Telly Award for "Everfi NHL Future Goals" Use of Animation, Regional TV & Multi-Market Cable
• Bronze Telly Award for "Everfi NHL Future Goals" Use of Graphics, Regional TV & Multi-Market Cable
• Bronze Telly Award for "McCain Institute for International Leadership ASU Intro" in Non-Broadcast Productions - Use of Graphics
• 2016 Bronze Telly Award for "McCain Institute for International Leadership ASU Intro" in Non-Broadcast Productions - 3D Graphics/Animation (non-Stereoscopic)
• Bronze Telly Award for "SIR Foundation Branding Video 2015" in Non-Broadcast Productions - Charitable/Not-for-profit
• Bronze Telly Award for "SIR Foundation Branding Video 2015" in Non-Broadcast Productions - Fund Raising
• Bronze Telly Award for "Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging" in Non-Broadcast Productions - Employee Communications

"Receiving a single Telly award is a tremendous honor, but winning 20 is overwhelming," said Mark Maxey, executive vice president, Yorktel Media Services. "This resounding appreciation from such a distinguished group is the highest tribute to our team's ingenuity, vision, expertise and commitment."

Yorktel Media Services is a perennial winner of prestigious broadcast and media industry awards. In addition to more than 50 Telly awards to its credit, Yorktel received an Emmy award in 2015, seven Videographer awards, two Certificates of Merit, and a Deputy Commissioner for Communications Honor Award for its White House Captioning Team. 

Comprised of some of the brightest and innovative television, film, and digital media professionals whose work has been for or aired on A&E, ABC, BET, Bloomberg, CBS, CNBC, CNN, Discovery, Disney, ESPN, FOX, HBO, History Channel, MSNBC, MTV, NBC, PBS, Pentagon Channel, Reuters, TV One, Yorktel Media Services provides a full suite of professional media services, including television, video and film production, post-production, event management and digital media services.

ABOUT YORKTEL
Yorktel is a leading global provider of UC&C, cloud, and video managed services for large enterprise and federal government customers. Founded in 1985 and headquartered in New Jersey, with offices across the US, UK, and France, Yorktel enables customers to successfully integrate video into their operations -- from video conferencing to video event production; on premise or in the cloud. Yorktel designs, integrates, and manages enterprise-wide unified communications solutions. Commercial Integrator magazine named Yorktel its 2015 Integrator of the Year.

For more information, visit Yorktel online at http://www.yorktel.com or email knowmore@yorktel.com. Follow Yorktel on Twitter: @yorktelcorp

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