The 13th Annual Webby Awards have been announced, and Next New Networks programming racked up SIX awards -- two juried awards and FOUR People's Voice Awards, more than any other company -- in the Online Film and Video category. This marks our second trip to the Webbys in the two years since we launched -- last year, we won a People's Voice Award for Fast Lane Daily.

Film and Video awards went to lots of other great companies like NBC.com, Current TV, Funny or Die, Discovery, The Onion, and NYTimes.com, but this year, no other media company -- big or small, "old" or "new" -- got as many Film and Video honors, nominations, and awards as Next New Networks, and I think it's not only because we work with incredibly talented people and put out great programming, but because we've worked hard to build the best, most loyal audiences on the web, who turned out to vote for us in big numbers.

In each category you can win a Webby (judges' choice) or a People's Voice (popular vote). Here were our wins.

VARIETY
People's Voice Award: The Best Short Films in the World
Producer and Host: Bobby Miller (Indy Mogul)
(see our previous post about Bobby's epic underdog campaign, which beat out Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and the three biggest Internet culture shows on the web, Rocketboom, Boing Boing and Epic Fu)

HOW-TO AND DIY
Webby Award: Indy Mogul
People's Voice Award: Indy Mogul
Producer and Host: Erik Beck

VIDEO REMIXES/MASHUPS
Webby Award: Bill O'Reilly's Producer -- The Unseen Footage
People's Voice Award: Bill O'Reilly's Producer -- The Unseen Footage
Producers: Rusty Ward, Ben Relles, Tom Small (Barely Political)

BEST REALITY/VARIETY HOST
People's Voice Award: EPIC FU
* Epic Fu partnered with Next New Networks through May 2008

We were also nominated for Best Editing for Zaproot (Damien Somerset), and Official Honoree awards also went to ThreadBanger (How-To/DIY), Amber Lee Ettinger (Best Individual Performance), The Best Short Films in the World (Best Reality/Variety Host) and Fast Lane Daily (Sports).

The awards will be presented Monday June 8 at the 13th Annual Webby Awards in New York. Congratulations to our network teams, who really put their all into it this past year, and thanks to all of you who helped get out the vote.