Awards
Each year awards are given in both silver and bronze categories. These awards are given by the body of the academy and are judged by past Silver award winners within the industry. In each category there can be multiple silver and bronze winners. There is no stated limit to the number of winners or finalists in any given category. The entries do not compete against each other, but rather they are judged based upon a "high standard of merit."
The Telly Awards web site lists thousands of winners annually. Official documentation provided to winners indicates that 7 to 10 percent of the approximately 11,000 entries receive Silver Telly Awards and 18 to 25 percent receive the Bronze Telly Award. The official site did not list Bronze winners prior to 2005. Winners are charged US$195 for their statue plus shipping and handling.
Once, the award was given to an interactive video of a fish tank, and the winning video was put up for auction on eBay. As of 2009, the lifestyle company Gaiam says they have won 88 Telly awards. In 2004, the regional cable network company CN8, now known as Comcast, indicated they had already been awarded more than 100 Telly Awards.
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