'America Loves Football' Contest On AOL.com Rewards Fans for Best User-Generated Videos

DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Football fans across America can submit their best football fan videos for the chance to win big prizes in a new contest called America Loves Football (www.aol.com/AmericaLovesFootball). Participants can submit user-generated videos using AOL’s new, free user-generated video site, UnCut Video (www.uncutvideo.com). UnCut Video allows users to easily upload their own videos from virtually any video platform, including camcorder, cell phone or digital camera to the America Loves Football site based on that week’s theme, and/or any of the previous weeks’ themes.

America Loves Football will feature seven football-themed video challenges throughout the contest’s 10-week run, with a team of judges selecting the best videos from each of the categories. Winners from each category will compete for the grand prize, which will be determined by public votes.

“America Loves Football allows football fans to share their love for the sport in a fun, entertaining way using their own videos,” said Bill Schreiner, Vice President, AOL UnCut Video. “By utilizing UnCut Video, which is so easy to use, anyone can submit their clips from their computers or virtually any video device.”

A panel of judges will select one finalist from each of America Loves Football’s seven challenges, which include "Excessive Celebration,” "Extreme Tailgating," and "Family Football Frenzy," to name a few. In addition to winning a cash prize, the finalists will be entered into in a finale where visitors to the site determine the winner of the Ultimate Game Day Party. The Ultimate Party package includes a 46" Sony® LCD TV, Bose® speakers, a Sony® Blu-ray DVD player and a Dell® XPS 400 Intel® Viiv™ Media Center PC to complete the video experience. The Intel Viiv Media Center PC offers a “10 foot” viewing experience, in which AOL Video’s leading library of video content can be viewed via a large screen television.

Included in the prize will be a fully catered party to watch the big game for the winner and 50 of his/her friends, as well as professional installation home theater system to ensure the winner and his or her guests enjoy the party and viewing experience hassle free.

The America Loves Football site will also deliver the latest football headlines and NFL standings from AOL Sports (http://sports.aol.com/), so fans can stay in the know on their favorite teams.

About AOL Video
AOL® Video (http://video.aol.com) is a one-stop online resource to find, watch and share millions of the best videos from across the Web, broadcast and cable television, and entertainment including movies, music videos, news, user-generated content and full-length TV shows. AOL Video features free streaming videos as well as the ability to purchase and download full-length content that can be viewed on multiple devices and PCs, online or offline. At the center of the AOL Video portal is one of the Web's first online interactive programming guides which brings together thousands of hours of video programming and organizes it into more than 50 branded video-on-demand channels. AOL Video also features video search powered by technology from Truveo™ and Singingfish®, and a video player that can go full screen without losing picture quality and that supports AOL's exclusive Hi-Q™ video format to watch up to DVD-quality videos online.

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