My Damn Channel Wins Too Many Webby Awards

My Damn Channel Wins Too Many Webby Awards

7 Honors Include Best Comedy Series, People's Voice Awards, Best How-To Series

"Wainy Days," "You Suck at Photoshop," Harry Shearer Honored

NEW YORK, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The 12th Annual Webby Awards today named My Damn Channel's "Wainy Days" Best Comedy Series of 2008. My Damn Channel's "You Suck at Photoshop" grabbed three awards: People's Voice Winner for Best Comedy Series; Best How-To Series; and People's Voice Winner for Best How-To.

In just over nine months, My Damn Channel (www.MyDamnChannel.com) has produced over 200 videos and captured over 22 million views for some of the best original branded content on the web. Fifteen major advertisers including Lincoln, Toyota, Universal Pictures, and Fox Searchlight have responded with revenues to help build this new entertainment studio made by the pros and for the pros.

In addition to four Webby Awards for My Damn Channel original programming, three Official Honorees were named: Viral Video for Harry Shearer's "Found Objects," featuring Katie Couric; Comedy/Individual Episode for "Wainy Days" / "The Future;" and My Damn Channel was named Official Honoree for Humor Website.

"The Webby Awards honors the very best of the Internet," said David-Michel Davies, executive director of The Webby Awards. "My Damn Channel's wins are a testament to the skill, ingenuity, and vision of its creators."

Rob Barnett, My Damn Channel founder & CEO said, "Big thanks to the Webby Awards, the judges, and the fans for inspiring all of us to sleep less and entertain you more. We're way past your five word limit on acceptance speeches but we're humbled and thrilled."

"You Suck at Photoshop" is the most popular series for My Damn Channel with over 8 million views for the first 10 episodes. This web phenomenon is produced by the creative duo called Big Fat Brain also known as Troy Hitch & Matt Bledsoe. They created the fictional character, Donnie Hoyle, to host this series of "mockutorials" which teach real photoshop skills while the inner life of Donnie unravels into chaos.

Big Fat Brain's Matt Bledsoe says, "We didn't exactly set out to invent a whole new genre of edu-tainment with You Suck at Photoshop, but when Donnie Hoyle quickly became a guru to millions the "mockutorial" genre was born." Troy Hitch added, "After three Webby awards and loads of press coverage (www.time.com/photoshop), Donnie has emerged as something more than just a cult web celebrity and it's only a matter of time before the single ladies start taking notice. Right?"

"Wainy Days" is David Wain's original episodic series for My Damn Channel chronicles one man's hilarious quest for love and sex in the big city. Two seasons and twenty episodes of "Wainy Days" have earned over 5 million views. Guest stars have included Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, Elizabeth Banks, Rashida Jones, Rob Corddry, Zandy Hartig and A.D. Miles. Season 3 of "Wainy Days" begins filming today and premieres on My Damn Channel in June.

David Wain says, "Growing up in Ohio in the early 70's, my only dream was to someday win a Webby. But at that time, it just didn't seem possible. My parents thought it would never happen. But here we are, the day has come, and I am thrilled!"

Winners will be honored at two ceremonies in New York City on June 9th and 10th. A full list of Webby Awards and People's Voice Awards winners is at: http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=12

Hailed as the "the Internet's highest honor" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile Websites. The 12th Annual Webby Awards received a record 9,500 entries from over 60 countries and all 50 states. This year, nearly 500,000 votes were cast around the world for the People's Voice winners.

About My Damn Channel:

My Damn Channel is an entertainment studio and new media platform created to empower artists to co-produce, distribute and monetize original, episodic video content. Artists create programming for the My Damn Channel site and for syndication on today's most heavily-trafficked online communities and social networks. My Damn Channel gives artists creative control, a complete infrastructure to rule the web, and revenue sharing. We're ad supported and we share revenues with our syndication partners. We produce a diverse array of programming and....blah, blah, blah. Are you still reading? To see what we do, start exploring now: www.MyDamnChannel.com

About The Webby Awards:

Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites. Established in 1996, the 12th Annual Webby Awards received a record 9,500 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. The Webby Awards is presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include: Adobe; The Creative Group; Nokia; .ORG; The Barbarian Group; Level3; Adweek; Fortune; Variety; Wired; IDG: Brightcove; PricewaterhouseCoopers; 2advanced.Net; KobeMail and Museum of the Moving Image.

Source: My Damn Channel

CONTACT: Maria Diokno of My Damn Channel, +1-866-424-8864,
Maria@MyDamnChannel.com

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http://www.mydamnchannel.com/
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