Congratulations
to Dr. David B. Granet
on his Telly and Aurora Awards!
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June
5, 2007
Contacts: Alison Gang, (858) 822-5060, agang@ucsd.edu
UCSD-TV RECEIVES FOUR PRESTIGIOUS TELLY AWARDS
Documentary
about San Diego’s Canyonlands Takes Top Honor
LA JOLLA, CA—Four diverse programs from University
of California, San Diego Television (UCSD-TV) were each
honored with a prestigious Telly Award, an international
competition honoring outstanding local, regional, and
cable TV commercials and programs. One program, San Diego
Canyonlands, received the highest honor -- the Silver
Telly -- while San Diego Opera Spotlight: Carmen, State
of Minds: Fall 2006 and Health Matters: Healthful Benefits
of Pets each received a Bronze Telly Award.
The half-hour documentary San Diego Canyonlands profiles
the efforts being made to preserve and restore San Diego's
network of canyons and to create a regional Canyonlands
Park that will highlight one of the county's greatest
natural assets. Produced by UCSD-TV’s Shannon Bradley
and hosted by Jennifer Whitelaw of Citizens Coordinate
for Century 3 (C-3), San Diego Canyonlands was the result
of collaboration among C-3, San Diego Civic Solutions
and UCSD-TV. Major funding was provided by County Television
Network (CTN) and the Hattie Ettinger Conservation Fund
at the San Diego Foundation.
The first of UCSD-TV’s three Bronze awards went
to San Diego Opera Spotlight: Carmen, a backstage look
at the local production of Georges Bizet's verismo masterpiece.
The half-hour program is part of San Diego Opera Spotlight’s
tenth anniversary season and was produced by UCSD-TV’s
John Menier in partnership with San Diego Opera.
The popular UCSD-TV series Health Matters, hosted
by David Granet, M.D., also received a Bronze award. Produced
by UCSD-TV’s Jennifer Ford, this half-hour installment,
subtitled The Healthful Benefits of Pets, features Ruth
MacPete, D.V.M., discussing how pets enhance our lives
and our health.
The third Bronze Telly was awarded to State of Minds:
Fall 2006. State of Minds is a UC systemwide magazine
program produced by UCSD-TV’s Shannon Bradley for
national broadcast on University of California Television
(UCTV). This installment featured host Linda Schacht reporting
from the UCLA campus with stories on UCLA's Terence Tao,
the "Mozart of Math" who was recently awarded
the coveted Fields Medal; the champion collegiate cycling
team at UC Davis; a new air cargo explosives detection
program from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
that is now being tested at the San Francisco International
Airport; and “Mayupatapi,” an Andean musical
ensemble at UC Riverside.
Founded in 1978, the Telly Awards is the premier award
honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials
and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions.
The Telly Awards annually showcases the best work of the
most respected advertising agencies, production companies,
television stations, cable operators, and corporate video
departments in the world. The Telly Awards is a widely
known and highly respected national and international
competition that receives over 13,000 entries annually
from all 50 states and many foreign countries.
UCSD-TV offers programming unlike anything else in San
Diego and can be seen on Cox Digital Ch.135; Time Warner
Ch.18; Time Warner Del Mar Ch. 68; or UHF (no cable) Ch.
35. For more information visit www.ucsd.tv
UCSD-TV
Health Honored
The award season has gotten off to a terrific start
for UCSD-TV with a Gold Aurora Award for “Medical
Myths – Weight & Fitness” segment featuring
Health Matters popular host, Dr. David Granet and produced
by UCSD-TV’s Jennifer Ford.
The Aurora Awards is an international competition
with entries from across the US, and abroad. These awards
are designed to recognize excellence in the film and
video industries, specifically targeting programs focused
on regional or special interest entertainment. Competitors
come from private and corporate production groups, advertising
agencies and television stations throughout the country.
