2009 Mark Awards Finalists Unveiled

New Bronze Award to Debut at Event in Denver

(Alexandria, VA – August 26, 2009) CTAM announces a total of 220 Mark Awards finalists, each of which is slated to win a gold, silver or, for the first time this year, bronze award. The annual Awards event is scheduled for Monday, October 26 at 5:00 p.m., during The CTAM Summit in Denver.

Teams of experienced marketing and agency executives chose the finalists over five days of judging in Washington, D.C. and New York City. More information is available at www.markawards.com.

The Mark Awards competition sponsors are HBO, Showtime Networks Inc. and Univision. Multichannel News is the media partner, and event production partners are Fuseideas and PK Network.

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CTAM, the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing, is dedicated to helping the cable business grow. As a non-profit professional association, CTAM provides consumer research, case studies, topical publications, conferences and the CTAM SmartBrief to more than 4,500 individual members. On behalf of its 90 corporate members, the organization leads the Advanced Cable Solutions Consortium and facilitates national cooperative marketing efforts, including the Cable Mover Hotline™ and the Cable Means Business initiative. For more information, go to www.ctam.com. CTAM is also on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Contacts: Diana Cronan, CTAM, Director, Communications and Media Relations, 703.837.6575, diana@ctam.com

Melissa Lee, CTAM, Communications Specialist, 703.837.6577, melissa@ctam.com