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1. Who Is Eligible?
2. Where Do I Go To Enter The Contest?
3. How do I Upload my Video to YouTube?
4. How do I Submit my Video to the Contest?
5. What Type Of Files Can I Submit?
6. What Are The Prizes?
7. When Can I Submit? What Is The Deadline?
8. When Will The Winners Be Announced?
9. How Do I Know If I Can Enter The Contest?
10. How Many Commercials Can I Submit?
11. What About Group Submissions?
12. Will I Be Able To View My Video After I Have Submitted It?
13. What If I Don't See My Submission On The Youtube Page?
14. What Brands, Logos, and Devices can I Show? Do I Need to Get Approvals First?
15. How Can I Get Skins for my Commercial?
16. What About Skin Animations or Other Files to Use in my Commercial?
17. What are the Storyboard entry requirements?
18. What If I Still Have Questions?
19. Summary of requirements

1. Who Is Eligible?

  • Legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, who are 13 years of age or older.

2. Where Do I Go To Enter The Contest?

  • Go to www.skinit.com/tv and click on the "SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO" button on the main page. You may only submit videos during the contest entry period from 12:00am PST March 30, 2009 to 11:59pm PST June 15, 2009.

3. How do I Upload my Video to YouTube?

  • If your video is not currently on YouTube, get started by going to www.YouTube.com/signup.

    A. Using your YouTube Account
    • If you already have a YouTube account, sign in under "Member Login." Otherwise, you'll have to create an account following these directions:
    B. Set Up a New YouTube Account
    • Click on "Create Your YouTube Account" and follow the directions. It's free, but you will be required to read and agree to the YouTube Terms of Use and the YouTube Privacy Policy.
      • Once you're logged into YouTube, click on the "Upload" link in the top right hand corner.
      • Fill in the mandatory fields
      • Click the "Upload A Video" button.
      • Click the "Browse" button and select your video to upload. Once you have selected your video, click "Upload Video." Note: This may take a few minutes depending on the video size and internet connection.
      • If you have any questions on how to upload a video or are having problems with the upload process, please visit the YouTube Help Center
      • Go back to YouTube, login, click on "My Account", then "My Uploaded Videos."
      • If your upload was successful, you'll see a URL assigned to your video. You will need your YouTube video URL and username, so make sure to copy or write them down before proceeding. If your upload was unsuccessful, this screen will tell you why. Fix the problem and try again.

    SAVE YOUR ORIGINAL FILES. YouTube will compress your commercial for the web. If your commercial is selected, we may need your original files for broadcast.

4. How do I Submit my Video to the Contest?

  • Go to www.skinit.com/tv
  • Click on "Submit Your Video"
  • Fill out the required fields and hit "Submit"!

5. What Type Of Files Can I Submit?

  • The video file size should be kept at or under 100MB for quicker upload/encoding time
  • Additionally, files must be provided in one of the following file formats: .MPEG; .MOV; .AVI; .WMV

6. What Are The Prizes?

  • There will be one Grand Prize that consists of U.S. $10,000. 2nd Prize will be a Sony HD Video Camera and 3rd Prize is a Canon Camcorder. The Grand Prize winner will also qualify to have their commercial aired on national television.

    • PRIZES:

    Prizes

    Approx. Retail Value (U.S.)
    Grand Prize- $10,000

    $10,000
    Grand Prize for Storyboard Entry- $5,000

    $5,000

    2nd Prize- Sony DSR-PD170 3-CCD Mini DVCAM Camcorder

    $3,000

    3rd Prize- Canon VIXIA HD Camcorder

    $1,000

    Honorable Mentions – FlipMinoHD Camcorder

    $230

7. When Can I Submit? What Is The Deadline?

  • You may enter the contest between 12:00:01 a.m. Pacific Standard Time ("PST") on 03/30/09 and 11:59:59 p.m. PST on 06/15/09. Entries received outside of the submission period will not be eligible for the contest.

8. When Will The Winners Be Announced?

  • The winner will be announced on 06/30/09.

9. How Do I Know If I Can Enter The Contest?

10. How Many Commercials Can I Submit?

  • Each individual entrant is allowed a total of ten submissions, as long as the same (or substantially similar) submission is not uploaded more than one time throughout the entry period.

11. What About Group Submissions?

  • If any group of individuals elects to collaborate on a submission video, they are required to designate one representative to enter the contest and accept any awarded prize on behalf of the group.

12. Will I Be Able To View My Video After I Have Submitted It?

  • All Submissions will be reviewed for content and then posted on our YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/SkinitTV) for the public to view and rate their favorites. Weight will be given to each video’s rating on YouTube in the judging process.

13. What If I Don't See My Submission On The Youtube Page?

  • Entries do not appear on our YouTube page right away. Usually, it will take about 48 hours to process through our initial screening. If you still don’t see your video posted after 3 days, there could be a few reasons why. For instance, it may not have made it through the initial approval process. Make sure to read through the Official Rules carefully to see if your video stays within the guidelines of the contest. If you feel that the video is qualified, contact us and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

14. What Brands, Logos, and Devices can I Show? Do I Need to Get Approvals First?

  • In regards to the devices used, the commercial must stay very generic. For instance, you are able to show iPods, however you cannot say iPod -- you would instead say “MP3 players.” For any device, you will have to mask out the manufacturer's logo (i.e. the M logo on a Motorola phone, or the HP logo on an HP laptop). As for the brand logos, you can use logos for the licensed content available on Skinit.com - however we will have to get each licensor's approval prior to airing the commercial(s) that is/are selected. Just keep this in mind and be sure to use their logos respectfully. Also - there are some restrictions on our licensed content which prevents certain brands/designs from being available on certain devices (e.g. the only phones that have NFL content available are Sprint Motorola phones). You can double check that the design is available for a device by trying to purchase it on our site. You won't be able to purchase it if it's restricted. You can always email us if you have questions

15. How Can I Get Skins for my Commercial?

  • You can order any skins off of our website, www.skinit.com, for your commercial. We are offering you a 20% discount (excluding shipping and handling) on your order – just use the coupon code SPOTLIGHT20.

16. What About Skin Animations or Other Files to Use in my Commercial?

  • If you need images of our designs to create the shots and/or animations you need for your commercial, we are happy to support you there. Every design on our site has a design code underneath the thumbnail. For example, the code for the Alabama State Hornets (http://www.skinit.com/skins/collegiate/colleges/alabama_state_university) is ALABMA02. If you need the design files – just email contest@skinit.com with the codes of the designs you want.

17. What are the Storyboard entry requirements?

  • We have expanded our contest to now accept Storyboard submissions in addition to videos. A storyboard is an expression of everything that will be contained in the commercial -- what each frame will look like, what pictures (still and moving) will be seen when and for how long, what music, audio voice over, dialogue, and/or text will accompany the images, etc. To submit your storyboard, fill out the submission form and select the “storyboard” option. You will then receive an email with your Submission ID – please reply to that email and attach your storyboard. Storyboards must be submitted in PDF format and include your Submission ID in the file name.

18. What If I Still Have Questions?

  • If you still have more questions or need more information, please contact us at contest@skinit.com and we will do our best to get back to you within 1-3 business days.

19. Summary of requirements

  • Submission must be sixty (60) seconds in length and must be primarily in English.
  • Once uploaded, submission will not be returned and may not be modified or edited. Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, remove, delete and/or forfeit any submission it deems inappropriate or otherwise non-compliant.
  • If any group of individuals elects to collaborate on a Submission, they are required to designate one (1) representative (Entrant) to enter the Contest and accept the prize on behalf of the group. Neither Sponsor nor any of the Contest Parties are liable for any disputes between collaborators related to a submission.
  • Each individual Entrant is allowed a total of ten (10) Submissions as long as the same (or substantially similar) Submission is not uploaded more than one (1) time throughout the Contest.
  • Each Submission must comply with these Official Rules.
  • Each Submission must be the original work of the Entrant or group or any individuals of the group produced for this Contest; it may not have been entered in or won previous contests or awards; it may not have been published previously in any medium; it must not infringe any party's intellectual property or other rights; it must be suitable for display and publication on national television (i.e., it may not be obscene or indecent, including but not limited to nudity or profanity); it must not contain obscene or pornographic material, It must not contain defamatory statements (including but not limited to words or symbols that are widely considered offensive to individuals of a certain race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic group), it must not include threats to any person, place, business, group or world peace, it must not invade privacy or other rights of any person, firm or entity, and it must not in any other way violate applicable laws and regulations or network standards.
  • Each Submission must not contain any copyrighted works (other than as owned by the Entrant, group or any individual member of the group). Submission may not contain or refer to any company/brand other use third party names, logos, or trademarks other than Skinit, Inc. and Skinit.com.
     
  • All Submissions will be reviewed for content before being published or judged; however, such review does not relieve entrant from responsibility for compliance with all of the Terms of Service and these Official Rules. Submissions that do not comply with the Terms of Services or these Official Rules or that otherwise contain prohibited, or inappropriate content as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, will be disqualified and will not be published or considered for prizes. Sponsor makes the final determination as to which Submissions are eligible to take part in this Contest and be considered for a Prize. Certain Submissions may be featured from time to time on the Web Site during the Contest Period, in Sponsor's sole discretion; being selected as a featured Submission is unrelated to the Judging Criteria and does not guarantee selection as a Finalist in the Contest.