Cynopsis Digital Model D Awards: William Shatner (Brown Bag Wine Tasting) kicked off the second annual Cynopsis Model D Digital Awards in New York City on Friday via video. The show awarded 46 of the best and most innovative content, branded campaigns and digital technology in the industry today, with honors going to companies as diverse as Tiny Riot, Corbis Entertainment, OMD, and PBS Digital.
The energy in the room was lively, thanks to the presenters which included Buzz60 host Jen Markham, YouTube’s Mark Malkoff, Fandango’s Reel Kids host Dan Perrault, and Teachers Lounge stars and creators Ted Alexandro and Hollis James. “Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it,” Alexandro opined, quoting David Lee Roth in a random homage that continued throughout his segment. Augie, Alone series creator Augie Praley tried to recapture the Ellen DeGeneres’ Oscar selfie with the audience, later joking that only his mother favorited his Tweet. On the other hand, Mark Malkoff brought a video in which he quizzed Times Square tourists on everything from ROI to vanity metrics, while Perrault’s video had him begging an 11-year-old girl for help in preparing to be a presenter. Her only piece of advice? That he enter and exit the stage to Taylor Swift’s hit Shake It Off, which he did.
It was a terrific event, and thank you to everyone who attended the luncheon, and congratulations to all the winners and honorable mentions.
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2014 Model D Awards Winners & Honorable Mentions
Best Actor/Actress in a Web Series 
Winner: Crackle – Emmanuelle Chriqui
Honorable Mentions:
- Crackle – Chad Michael Murray
- WIGS – Julia Stiles “Blue”
Best Celebrity Integration in a Web Series or Channel 
Winner: Thundershorts – Jim Gaffigan – Teachers Lounge
Honorable Mention:
- Fandango – “Weekend Ticket,” Hosted by Dave Karger
Best Character in a Web Series
Winner: Fandango – “Reel Kids,” Hosted by Dan Perrault [Click To Play Video]
Honorable Mentions:
- PBS Digital Studios – Everything But The News
- WIGS – Julia Stiles “Blue”
Best Host in a Web Series or Channel 
Winner: Scott Sternberg Productions – Joan Rivers
Winner: Zazoom Media Group – Jen Markham [Click To Play Video]
Honorable Mentions:
- Crackle – Jerry Seinfeld
- Discovery Communications – Jason Silva in ‘Shots of Awe’
- Fandango – “Fandango FrontRunners,” Hosted by Dave Karger
- Flama – D-Stroy, Left Unattended with D-Stroy
- FOX Sports Digital – Katie Nolan, Host of ‘No Filter’
- FX Networks – Anarchy Afterword – Chris Franjola
- PBS Digital Studios – It’s Okay to be Smart
- PBS Digital Studios – PBS Idea Channel
- YouTube/DreamWorks Animation – Jacob Soboroff
Best Host in a Web Series or Channel: Food 
Winner: Food Network – Brandon Scawthorn [Click To Play Video]
Winner: Scott Sternberg Productions – William Shatner
Honorable Mentions:
- Food Network – Alton Brown
- Food Network – Bobby Flay
Best Host in a Web Series or Channel: Music 
Winner: Vevo – Tommy Wooldridge / Vevo’s Lyric Lines
Honorable Mention:
- Music Choice – Clare Galterio, Music Choice’s You & A
- Vevo – The Hudson Brothers / Guess The Video
Best New Web Series: Comedy
Winner: Thundershorts – Teachers Lounge
Winner: Insight Production Company Ltd. – But I’m Chris Jericho! [Click To Play Video]
Honorable Mentions:
- Fandango – “Reel Kids”
- IFC – Inside Maron’s Garage
- Kids at Play – Anthony Eats America
Best New Web Series: Informational
Winner: Forge Apollo – Technium [Click To Play Video]
Honorable Mentions:
- NBCUniversal – 30 Second to Know Presented by NBCUniversal, MEC & Xerox
- OWN Digital & Harpo Studios – #OWNShow
- Syfy – BlastrTV
- Zazoom Media Group & Synacor – Don’t Miss
Best New Web Series: Lifestyle/Food
Winner: Tiny Riot! – Munchies: Chef’s Night Out [Click To Play Video]
Honorable Mentions:
- Discovery Communications – Lil BUB’s Big Show
- Food Network – Cooking in the Fast Lane
- Food Network – Cutthroat Kitchen: Alton’s After Show
- Jamie Oliver Media Group – Jamie Oliver’s Drinks Tube
- The Pet Collective – Homeless Dog Makeovers
- Travel Channel – The Perfect Shot
- Travel Channel – Top 10 Locals List
- Vevo – Unexpected Covers
Best New Web Series: Reality
Winner: Bravo Digital Media – Top Chef Masters’ Battle of the Sous Chefs [Click To Play Video]
Honorable Mention:
- Scott Sternberg Productions – William Shatner’s Brown Bag Wine Tasting
Branded Integration in a Web Series: Comedy/Drama
Winner: Corbis Entertainment – Dunkin’ Donuts in Orange is the New Black [Click To Play Video]
Honorable Mentions:
- 3 o’clock.tv/iThentic – Guidestones: Sunflower Noir
- IFC – Tailgate with Portlandia
- Kids at Play – Tiny Commando
- Sony Pictures Television, Crackle – Verizon & Crackle Go Over the Top
Branded Integration in a Web Series: Lifestyle
Winner: MLB Advanced Media – Key to the City [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mentions:
- Discovery Communications – Second Chance Subaru
- Fandango – “Fandango Amped” (VISA Signature)
- Jamie Oliver Media Group – Jamie Oliver’s Drinks Tube
- Meredith Video Studios – Make Room For Mo
- MLB Advanced Media – Home Field Advantage
- OMD – Make A Splash
- Scripps Networks Interactive – HGTV Crafternoon
- Vevo – Pennzoil Turn Up The Music & Drive (Tim McGraw)
Branded Integration in a Web Series
Winner: MLB Advanced Media – Road To Cooperstown [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mentions:
- AT&T, Inc. – @SummerBreak Campaign – It Can Wait Integration
- Bravo Media – Padma’s Picks presented by Cigna
- FOX Sports Digital – @TheBuzzer
Branded Integration in a Web Video
Winner: Turner Entertainment Networks and Funny or Die – Meet Fiat 500L’s Backseat Italians
Winner: Meredith Video Studios – Make Room For Mo [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mentions:
- DEFY Media – Coca Cola’s “The AHH Effect” Campaign
- Discovery Communications – Toyota and Discovery Digital Networks at CES
- Forge Apollo – Technium
- MLB Advanced Media – Key to the City
- MLB Advanced Media – Road To Cooperstown
- Vevo – Tour Exposed Avicii
Branded Web Series: Informational
Winner: Philo Broadcasting – Porsche. There is no substitute.
Winner: AT&T, Inc. – @SummerBreak
Honorable Mentions: 
- CNN – City of Tomorrow Presented by Cisco
- INSP – Moments.org
- NBCUniversal – 30 STK Presented by NBCUniversal & Xerox
- Syfy – BlastrTV
Branded Web Series 
Winner: Content & Co – The 4 to 9ers: The Day Crew [ Click To Play Video ]
Winner: OMD – Romancing the Joan
Honorable Mentions:
- Efran Films – Empowering Innovators Series
- Fandango – “Mom’s Movie Minute”
- Meredith Video Studios – Make Room For Mo
- Mindshare Entertainment – Royal Caribbean International “Deckathalon”
- MLB Advanced Media – Key to the City
- Pivot TV – The Find Better Series, presented by Monster.com
- Quest Nutrition – Cooking Clean with Quest
- TotallyHer Media for Evolve Media – Momtastic’s Talk Tech, Presented by Ford SYNC
Branded Web Series: Sports 
Winner: Mindshare Entertainment – Degree “Do More”
Honorable Mentions:
- MLB Advanced Media – Catching Up
- MLB Advanced Media – Road To Cooperstown
- Intersport – PlayStation Path to Greatness
Branded Web Video 
Winner: Funny Or Die – Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: President Barack Obama
Winner: Nickelodeon – SpongeBob Checks His Instaclam [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mentions:
- Efran Films – “Yoga Surfer” by Efran Films, Charles Schwab and Vimeo
- Funny Or Die and Turner Entertainment Networks – Ron Burgundy’s Colleagues Come Clean
- Meredith Video Studios – Make Room For Mo
- Mindshare/American Family Insurance – Dream Show
- MLB Advanced Media – Road To Cooperstown
- NBCUniversal – 30 Seconds to Know Presented by NBCUniversal, MEC & Xerox
- OMD – A First for Kristin Chenoweth
- SapientNitro Campfire – Deja View
Teams of the Year 
Winner: Univision Communications Inc. – UCI Digital & Social 2014 World Cup Team
Honorable Mentions:
- Funny Or Die and The White House
- WWE
TV Everywhere App 
Winner: Turner Sports – 2014 NCAA March Madness Live
Honorable Mentions:
- Bravo Digital Media – Bravo Now App
- EPIX – EPIX Android App
- Hulu – Hulu App
- PBS KIDS – PBS KIDS Video App
- TiVo Inc. – TiVo App for iOS
- Univision Communications Inc. & NeuLion – Univision Deportes App, Powered by NeuLion
- Vevo – Vevo Samsung TV
Live Show – Solo Event
Winner: Shout! Factory – 2013 MST3K Turkey Day Marathon [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mentions:
- E! Entertainment – Live From The Red Carpet (Live Stream)
- HBO – Game of Thrones Red Carpet
- OWN Digital & Harpo Studios – Oprah’s Lifeclass Livestream
- Viacom International Media Networks – MTV EMA 2013
Live Show – Solo Event: Sports
Winner: Turner Sports – 2014 NCAA March Madness Live
Honorable Mentions:
- CineSport – KD7: The Storm is Coming Live
- FOX Sports Digital – Super Bowl XLVIII on FOX Sports GO
Most Fan Engaged Channel
Winner: PBS Digital Studios – The Art Assignment [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mentions:
- Discovery Communications – SourceFed
- Fandango – Movieclips
- HBO – Last Week Tonight (HBO)
- Syfy – Syfy Sync powered by Watchwith
- Turner Sports – NBA TV and NBA on TNT Facebook pages
Use of Companion Video for TV Show
Winner: Nickelodeon in association with Schneider’s Bakery Inc. – The Lil’ Sam & Cat Show [ Click To Play Video ]
Winner: truTV – truTV’s Impractical Jokers FANarchy [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mentions:
- AMC Digital – amc.com’s Breaking Bad Video Extras
- Bravo Digital Media – The Real Housewives Awards
- Bravo Digital Media – Top Chef Masters’ Battle of the Sous Chefs
- Destination America – Mountain Monsters – Behind the Hunt
- Food Network – Chopped After Hours
- Mindshare Entertainment – Clear Hair & Scalp and The Voice
- Nickelodeon – Take Me To Your Mother Shorts – A Mom-ment with Andrea
- Pivot TV – The Find Better Series, presented by Monster.com
Video Discovery Service
Winner: Vevo – Vevo.com 
Honorable Mentions:
- CBS Interactive – TV Guide Digital’s Watchlist
- Pluto.TV – Pluto.TV
- TiVo Inc. – Digitalsmiths Seamless Discovery
Connected TV Platform
Winner: Crackle [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mentions:
- Clearleap
- Fandango
- SnagFilms
- TiVo Inc. – TiVo Roamio
Daily Series 
Winner: Discovery Communications – DNews [ Click To Play Video ]
Winner: E! Entertainment – Live From E!
Honorable Mentions:
- Bravo Digital Media – Watch What Happens Live, After Show
- Net2TV Corp./Portico TV – “A Closer Look with the AP”
- Net2TV Corp./Portico TV and Newsy – “Newsy in 30″
- OWN Digital & Harpo Studios – #OWNShow
- YouTube/DreamWorks Animation – YouTube Nation
- ULIVE – Do Better Daily
Daily Series: Sports
Winner: 120 Sports [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mentions:
- Sports Illustrated – SI NOW
- Turner Sports – Bleacher Report’s Team Stream Now
Multiplatform Marketing Campaign: Cable TV
Winner: HBO – Game of Thrones: Season 4 [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mentions:
- Cinemax – Banshee Season 2
- DIRECTV – BKB – Big Knockout Boxing
- HISTORY – Vikings Season 2
- Investigation Discovery – Surviving Evil
- Music Choice – Take Back Your Music
- Oxygen Media – Oxygen Preachers of L.A. Multiplatform Marketing Campaign: Cable TV
- Turner Entertainment Networks – #LiveDieRetweet Cross-Divisional Campaign
- USA Network – USA Network’s Farewell to Psych
Multiplatform Marketing Campaign: Web Series
Winner: NBCUniversal – 30 Seconds to Know Presented by NBCUniversal, MEC & Xerox [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mention:
- The South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism – SCPRT: 2013 Fall Campaign – BBQ Webisodes
Digital Consumer Brand
Winner: Team Epic – Duracell’s NFL – Derrick Coleman “Trust Your Power” [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mentions:
- DEFY Media – SMOSH
- E! Entertainment
- Fandango
- Funny Or Die
- PBS KIDS
- Travel Channel – Travel Channel Digital Video
- Turner Sports – 2014 NCAA March Madness Live
Digital Studio/Production Company 
Winner: 120 Sports
Honorable Mentions:
- CineSport
- Content & Co
- DEFY Media
- Funny Or Die
- Portal A
- Tiny Riot!
- WIGS
- Zazoom Media Group – Zazoom Studios
Digital Television Group 
Winner: MTV Connected Content Group
Honorable Mentions:
- CBS Interactive – CBS Interactive Entertainment
- E! Entertainment – E! Entertainment Television
- EPIX – EPIX Digital Television Group
- FOX Sports Digital
- OWN Digital & Harpo Studios
- Scripps Networks Interactive – HGTV Digital
- Univision Communications Inc.
Digital Video Ad Platform
Winner: Fuisz Media – Fuisz Media Interactive Platform [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mentions:
- Adobe – Adobe Primetime
- BrightRoll – BrightRoll Console
- LiveRail – Video Monetization Platform for Publishers
- Multipop – Multipop Video Platform
- Sizmek – Sizmek Video
- Tremor Video – Tremor Video’s VideoHub
- Videology
- YuMe & BPN – Spicing Things Up Cross-Platform
Digital Video Technology Platform
Winners: Visible Measures – Visible Measures Fabric Platform 
Honorable Mentions:
- Adobe – Adobe Primetime
- Bedrocket – Boxxspring / Bedrocket
- Ooyala – Ooyala Video Solution
- HIRO Media – Casual Viewership
- Multipop – Multipop Video Platform
- Unruly – Unruly Activate
- Vevo
- ZEDO – InArticle/InStream video ad
Digital Video Technology Platform: Sports 
Winner: MLB Advanced Media – MLBAM
Honorable Mentions:
- 120 Sports – The 120 Sports Digital Platform
- NeuLion – NeuLion Sports Platform
Over-the-top (OTT) Content Service 
Winner: Newsy – Newsy’s Roku Channel
Honorable Mentions:
- MLB Advanced Media – MLB.TV
- MLB Advanced Media – MLBAM
- NeuLion – UFC Fight Pass
- WWE – WWE Network
Social Media Campaign For Broadcast TV
Winner: Telescope Inc./NBC – #VOICESAVE Campaign
Honorable Mentions:
- Univision Communications Inc. – Nuestra Belleza Latina (NBL)
- VOA – WORLD CUP NONSTOP
Social Media Campaign For Cable TV
Winner: REVOLT – Audi #paidmydues Campaign [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mentions:
- Cinemax – Banshee Season 2
- HBO – Girls
- HISTORY – Vikings Season 2 Social Campaign
- SapientNitro – The Way of Ray
- SocialToaster for A&E Duck Dynasty – Duck Scouts
- Telescope Inc. – HGTV – New Year’s Day Rose Parade & Brother vs Brother
- USA Network – Suits: Class Action
- WWE – WWE Monday Night Raw
Social TV Service
Winner: Univision Communications Inc. – “Lo Que La Vida Me Robo”, Toyota Latino [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mentions:
- AMC Digital – AMC Story Sync
- E! Entertainment – Live From The Red Carpet Digital Properties
- HBO – HBO Connect
- Telescope Inc. – Connect Live Platform
- Turner Sports – 2013 PGA Championship Live
- Turner Sports – 2014 NCAA March Madness Live
- Viacom International Media Networks – MTV EMA 2013
- WWE – WWE Network
Web Series: Comedy 
Winner: Scott Sternberg Productions – In Bed With Joan
Honorable Mentions:
- Crackle – Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
- Insight Production Company Ltd. – But I’m Chris Jericho!
- Kids at Play – Reasons to be Scared of the Future
- Nickelodeon – First Kid vs. Third Kid
- Nickelodeon – Minute with Mom
- Pemberley Digital – Emma Approved
Web Series: Informational
Winner: PBS Digital Studios – It’s Okay to be Smart [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mentions:
- National Geographic Channel – Selling Survival
- NBCUniversal – 30 Seconds to Know Presented by NBCUniversal, MEC & Xerox
- Newsy – Newsy Videos
- OWN Digital & Harpo Studios – #OWNShow
- Syfy – BlastrTV
- ULIVE – Yoga Rebel
Web Series: Lifestyle/Food
Winner: Meredith Video Studios – Make Room For Mo [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mentions:
- CBS Local Digital Media – Style Files
- Cooking Channel – You’re Eating it Wrong with Dan Pashman
- EPIX – EPIX DIY Effects
- Food Network – Bobby Flay Fit
- ULIVE – The Mommy Show
- Univision Communications Inc. – Drop the Mic with Becky G, Flama
Web Series: Sports 
Winner: Turner Sports – PGA.com Nike Course Survival
Honorable Mentions:
- CBS Local Digital Media – Tailgate Fan
- Grantland – Bill and Jalen’s 2013 NBA Preview
- MLB Advanced Media – Chatting Cage
- Sports Illustrated – Sports Illustrated Underdogs Season 2
- Turner Sports – NCAA.com’s All Access
Web Video
Winner: AMC Digital – amc.com’s “The Oath” Web Series (The Walking Dead) [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mentions:
- BookGirlTV/Docere Digital Studios – JUST BOOKS with Tessa Smith McGovern
- IFC – Chris Gethard’s ALF Audition Tape
- Meredith Video Studios – Make Room For Mo
- National Geographic Channel – Ginger the Goat
- NBCUniversal – 30 Seconds to Know Presented by NBCUniversal, MEC & Xerox
- Nickelodeon – Mom Car vs. Dad Car
- OMD – Test Drive 2
- Sports Illustrated – Sports Illustrated Boston Strong: One Year Later
- Syfy – BlastrTV
YouTube Network
Winner: PBS Digital Studios – PBS Digital Studios [ Click To Play Video ]
Winner: Fandango – Movieclips [ Click To Play Video ]
Honorable Mentions:
- AMC Digital – amc.com’s The Walking Dead YouTube Channel
- Scripps Networks Interactive – HGTV Handmade
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