NBC.COM WINS SIX WEBBY AWARDS
NBC Rewind Full Episode Player Voted Both People's Voice and Webbys Judged Winner
"Heroes," "The Office" and "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" Webisodes Win Individual and Series Categories
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - May 5, 2009 - It was announced this morning that NBC.com was awarded six Webby Awards. The site had seven nominations overall this year. This brings the grand total of Webbys awarded to NBC.com to ten in just the past three years. Among the winners announced this morning were the "Heroes" and "The Office" webisodes as well as the "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" web series and NBC Rewind, the site's full episode player.
A full list of the NBC.com wins follows:
WEBSITE/BROADBAND:
--Webby Award Winner: NBC.com Full Episode Player NBC.com Full Episode Player
--People's Voice Winner: NBC.com Full Episode Player NBC.com Full Episode Player
ONLINE FILM & VIDEO/COMEDY: LONG FORM OR SERIES
--People's Voice Winner, The Office: The Outburst
ONLINE FILM & VIDEO/DRAMA: INDIVIDUAL EPISODE
--People's Voice Winner: Heroes: The Recruit
ONLINE FILM & VIDEO/DRAMA: SERIES
--People's Voice Winner: Heroes: The Recruit
ONLINE FILM & VIDEO/VARIETY
--Webby Award Winner: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
NBC.com, the Emmy Award-winning broadcast network website, is a leading online and mobile destination for television and interactive entertainment. With both derivative and web-exclusive programming, NBC.com pioneered the "360" experience with "Heroes 360," which gave viewers a way to extend their entertainment experience beyond the broadcast, and the first weekly social networking experience attached to a primetime entertainment program with "Dunder Mifflin Infinity." The site offers full episode streaming of many NBC Entertainment shows as well as short clips, interactive games and social networking, including user-generated content. NBC.com continually develops new ways for consumers to experience entertainment content on both existing and emerging platforms. The site is the recipient of multiple Emmy and Webby awards for its content and applications. Please log on to www.nbc.com to learn more. NBC.com is a division of NBC Universal.
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