Our panel of judges will review the nominees in each of the above categories and provide a shortlist of four nominations per category. The top four nominations in each category will be made available for public voting and winners will be determined by popular vote.
The winners of these categories will be determined by the Tuned-In Canada judging panel. Judges are asked to evaluate the nominations in each category (using specific criteria) and provide a mark out of 100.
To make a nomination, you must be a CCSA Member or a customer/subscriber of a CCSA Member as of June 2020.
All entries must be appropriate for viewing by the public. Video and/or photo entries must not contain violence, hate, profanity, sex, or attacks of any kind on individuals or organizations. The CCSA will disqualify any entries it deems to contain offensive material.
To make a nomination, nominators must complete the online nomination form, or have one completed for them by contacting taylor@thisisduke.com. This form must be completed in full and nominators must include valid contact information.
A separate nomination form must be completed for each nomination.
Any video clips to be included in a nomination must be uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo and a link provided in the nomination form for viewing by the CCSA and our judging panel.
Programming nominations (category 5) must have been produced and aired between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020.
No unlicensed music, video or images may be used, and your video/photo as part of a nomination must not infringe on any third-party rights.
If you are a customer/subscriber making a nomination, we will contact your local communications provider and ask them to supply photos/video clips if you are unable to do so.
By including a video and/or photo as part of a nomination for this contest, you grant the CCSA a royalty-free license to copy, edit, modify, display publicly, and otherwise use your video for any awards and/or promotional purposes.
The CCSA reserves the right to make your video/photo available to the public on the CCSA and Tuned-In Canada websites and social media channels.
The CCSA reserves the right to not select a winner if none of the entries received is judged to be of appropriate quality based on the rules and eligibility criteria.
CCSA employees, employee family members, and contractors are not eligible to enter.
Nominations must be received by midnight Atlantic (AST) on January 22, 2021. Nominations received by the CCSA after this date/time will not be valid.
Winning entries will be notified on April 12, 2021.
Winners will be celebrated at the CCSA 2021 Conference.
Nominators must agree to these terms and conditions.
Nominees will undergo a preliminary evaluation by a third-party (Pretzel Productions).
Pretzel Productions will reduce the nomination group down to ten candidates in each category. The preliminary evaluation will:
Public Voting Categories
As noted above, our panel of judges will review the nominees in each of the Public Voting Categories and provide a shortlist of four nominations per category. The top four nominations in each category will be made available for public voting and winners will be determined by popular vote.
Juried Categories
The winners of the Juried Categories will be determined by the Tuned-In Canada judging panel. Judges are asked to evaluate the nominations in each category (using specific criteria) and provide a final mark out of 100.
The judges will pass their scores back to the CCSA for final review.
For the three public voting categories, the CCSA will review the selections to be sure that no single member is nominated more than once. Companies can be shortlisted only once per category.
Should a Member be shortlisted more than once, the CCSA will consult with the Member to select the strongest nominee to go forward to the shortlist.
The top four nominees in each of the three public voting categories will be made available on the Tuned-In Canada website for voting.
Voting takes place from March 18 – April 1, 2021, and online vote accumulations will be made public.
Online voting closes on April 1, 2021, at midnight (AST).
Winners in each category will be calculated in two ways.
1. Total Votes – A trophy will be awarded to the nominee with the most total votes. A cash prize of $1,000 will also be donated to a community charity or organization of the winner’s choice.
2. Weighted Votes – A trophy will be awarded to the nominee with the most votes, adjusted for the size of the Member’s subscriber base. A cash prize of $1,000 will also be donated to a community charity or organization of the winner’s choice.
If the same entry wins on both total and weighted votes/score, the winner will receive both $1,000 prizes for the category.
Winners will be announced on April 12, 2021.
Winners will donate their prize money to a deserving charity in their local community.
