Los Angeles, CA – (October 8, 2009) – The Winners of The 2009 W3 Awards have been announced by the International Academy of the Visual Arts today. Receiving nearly 3,000 entries, The W3 Awards honors outstanding Websites, Web Marketing, and Web Video created by some of the best interactive agencies, designers, and creators worldwide. Please visit www.w3award.com for a complete list of W3 Award Winners.

“We were incredibly impressed by the quality and creativity of this year’s entries. W3 winners continue to set the bar in Web development and design, push the limits of web advertising creativity and advance the use of web video. We are thrilled to have reviewed such a diverse and respected pool of work” said Linda Day, the executive director of the IAVA. “On behalf of the entire Academy, we congratulate this year’s W3 Award winners as they continue to advance Internet creativity and greatly contribute to the robust and ever-changing online community.”

SBS Studios was awarded two Silver awards, for their work on the Axe “Sprinkler” Rich Media banner, and their take on Friendly’s Free Ice Cream day, with an in-banner game.

“We’re so excited for the projects that we worked on to be recognized,” said SBS Chief Creative Shane Santiago.  ”It just shows that we have great clients that foster creativity.”

He added, “It’s also very cool to be considered in the same contexts as some of the other great shops out there.  These are places and people we look up to and it’s great to be mentioned in the same breath as them.”

The W3 Awards honors creative excellence on the Web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning Websites, Web Video and Online Marketing programs. Simply put, the W3 is the first major Web competition to be accessible to the biggest agencies, the smallest firms, and everyone in between. Small firms are as likely to win as Fortune 500 companies and international agencies.

The W3 Awards is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms. Please visit www.iavisarts.org for a full member list and additional information.

For more information about the W3 Awards, please visit www.w3award.com, email The W3 Awards at info@w3award.com or call (606) 326-9326.

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