O2 Media™ Honored with 28 Telly Awards

POMPANO BEACH, Fla., June 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- O2 Media™, a full-service broadcast media production company, and leader in branded entertainment, today announced it has won 28 of the prestigious Telly Awards, bringing the company's total Telly count to 169 since 2005.

"We are dedicated to raising the bar in production value to provide positive solutions to our audiences. Behind every great brand is a great story and we are grateful that these awards confirm our beliefs," said Dr. Thomas C. Deters, President and CEO, O2 Media™.

Each of the four television shows O2 Media™ produces, The Balancing Act®, Designing Spaces™, All Mixed Up™ and Mission Makeover™, all airing on the Lifetime® Channel, won across multiple categories in this year's Annual Telly Awards for innovative programming.

The Telly Awards is a widely known and highly respected national and international competition and receives over 13,000 entries annually from all 50 states and foreign countries on 5 continents. Less than 10% of entries are chosen as winners of the Silver Telly, the highest honor.

• Mission Makeover Season 3, the health and wellness reality series produced by the Balancing Act and hosted by Julie Moran, won 11 Telly awards, including 2 Silver, in the Health and Fitness and Entertainment categories.

• The Balancing Act weekday morning show for women received 8 Bronze awards for original programming in the following Telly Award categories: Entertainment, Health and Fitness, Education and Social Responsibility.

• Home improvement show Designing Spaces won a total of 6 Bronze Telly Awards, 3 in the Cause Marketing category for the 3-part series "Homeward Bound" featuring the transformation of a home for a military vet and his family; and 3 in the Education category.

• All Mixed Up Season 4, the cooking reality show produced by Designing Spaces, received 3 Bronze Tellys in the Entertainment category for the 3-part All Star series which pit the champions from the past three seasons against each other in culinary competition.

Tune in to Lifetime from 7 am-8 am weekday mornings to catch a show.

About the Telly Awards
Founded in 1978, the Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and online commercials, video and films. Winners represent the best work of respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable companies and corporations around the world. www.tellyawards.com

About O2 Media™
O2 Media™ is the leader in Branded Entertainment, creating and producing more than 2,000 episodes airing across their four award-winning shows The Balancing Act®, Designing Spaces™, Mission Makeover™, and All Mixed Up™ currently airing on Lifetime Television and soon to be seen in U.S. syndication markets this fall. O2 Media™ has collaborated with over 3,000 global and national brands, including Forbes top 500 companies that have come to shoot in the company's state-of-the-art production and development studios in South Florida.  This has allowed O2 Media™ the unique opportunity to fund and produce successful shows and test brand concepts for marketers.

In addition, O2 Media™ has a successful stand-alone Direct Response division, Incredible Discoveries®, continuing its mission to inspire and enhance the lives of its audience with original and relevant programming.

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