Catholic multimedia network joins Airbnb, Audible, NASA, Netflix, Paramount, and PBS Digital Studios as winners of 44th annual Telly Awards.
Ascension earned 11 Telly Awards—5 silver and 6 bronze—for video excellence this year, the company’s longest list of Telly Awards to date.
The Pennsylvania-based company has been respected for years as setting the standard for video excellence in the Catholic space. Ascension owns Ascension Presents, the largest Catholic YouTube channel in English, as well as award-winning video-centric faith formation programs like Chosen: Your Journey to Confirmation and Renewed: Your Journey to First Communion.
Matthew Pirrall, Senior Video Producer for Ascension, comments on the latest win:
“It’s a testament to Ascension’s dedication to ‘lead with beauty’ that our videos were recognized with wins across multiple categories, both religious and secular, in this year’s Telly awards. Ascension invests in award-winning video content to make our faith accessible, understandable, and visually beautiful to everyone.”
Ascension has won 33 Telly Awards in total, including a 2022 Gold Telly Award in “Online Commercials – Editing” for the video ad created for Venture: The Bible Timeline for High School.
According to the Telly Awards website, the competition was founded in 1979 and over the years has honored video excellence in applications ranging from television commercials to digital video. Today, top competition categories include non-broadcast video, branded content, social video, and television.
List of 2023 Telly Award Winners
- Adore Him, from Received: Your Journey to First Communion program
- Silver Telly Award in “General–Religion & Spirituality”
- Silver Telly Award in “General–Children”
- Bronze Telly Award in “General–Education & Training”
- Fr. Mike and Mark Wahlberg on “Fr. Stu,” from Ascension Presents YouTube
- Bronze Telly Award in “General–Talkshow / Interview”
- Bronze Telly Award in “General–Talkshow / Interview”
- Chosen: Your Journey to Confirmation, Refreshed Edition
- Silver Telly Award in “General–Religion & Spirituality”
- Bronze Telly Award in “General–Education & Training”
- Stuck, from Renewed: Your Journey to First Reconciliation program
- Bronze Telly Award in “General–Children”
- Bronze Telly Award in “General–Religion & Spirituality”
- Venture: The Bible Timeline for High School
- Silver Telly Award in “General–Education & Training”
- Silver Telly Award in “General–Education & Training”
- What We Believe: The Beauty of the Catholic Faith
- Silver Telly Award in “General–Religion & Spirituality”
- Bronze Telly Award in “General–Arts & Culture”
About Ascension
Ascension is a multimedia network and the leader in Catholic faith formation and digital content. Over the past 25 years, Ascension has helped to nurture the faith of more than 10 million Catholics through award-winning books, the chart-topping Bible in a Year and Catechism in a Year podcasts, more than 50 unique faith formation programs, and Ascension Presents, which hosts the largest Catholic YouTube channel in English.
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