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WGN-TV "HELLCATS CHEER CHALLENGE" CONTEST
OFFICIAL WGN-TV RULES
1.TO ENTER: No purchase necessary. To enter, log onto wgntv.com during the entry period starting Thursday, August 5, 2010 through Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 11:59am and click on the “Hellcats Cheer Challenge” contest logo to complete and submit the registration form along with your squad’s video. Video can be embedded to wgntv.com. Video files accepted include .avi, .mov, .qt, .mp4, .mpeg, .wmv, and .mpg. All entries must be under three (3) minutes and/or 200 MB or less. Entry form includes name and address of school, and name, address and phone number of the contact entering on behalf of their squad. Prior to embedding video, all team members in the video should have approved their participation. All entries must be embedded and received within the entry period. Incomplete entries and entries not submitted in accordance with these rules will be disqualified. WGN-TV may disqualify or take down any entry, which violates the rights of any person or entity (including but not limited to copyrights), and/or contain offensive, defamatory, indecent, vulgar or profane content, as determined by WGN-TV. Entries become the property of WGN and will not be returned. WGN is not responsible for lost, incomplete, damaged, illegible, late, or misdirected entries, or for errors in mechanical transmission, technical or wireless difficulties or inability to transmit Internet entries. WGN reserves the right to cancel or extend the contest if an insufficient number of entries is submitted.
2. ENTRY DEADLINE: The entry period for the contest starts Thursday, August 5, 2010 through Sunday, October 31, 2010.
3. SELECTION OF WINNERS: Once all submissions are received, all qualifying videos will be posted on WGNtv.com. Viewers will be invited to vote for their favorite Cheerleading Squad in multiple rounds as described below. All voting rounds pertain to all high school videos. Squads will move forward in the competition based on online voting. All decisions regarding this contest made by WGN-TV are final and binding.
FINAL Round: November 1, 2010 – November 8, 2010: All qualifying videos will be posted for the Final Round no later than 4pm on November 1, 2010. Online voting will be conducted from 11/01/10 through 11:59am on 11/8/10. On November 8, 2010 at 11:59am, one (1) video will be selected as the winner based on online voting.
If the winning squad is determined to be ineligible, or otherwise fails to comply with these Official Rules, WGN-TV will select the squad with the next highest number of votes.
4. ONLINE VOTING: Viewers may vote by visiting WGNtv.com and clicking on the “HELLCATS CHEER CHALLENGE” contest link at any time during any of the winner selection rounds. Viewers may vote as often as they wish. WGN is not responsible for lost, incomplete, damaged, illegible, late, or misdirected votes, or for errors in mechanical transmission, technical difficulties or inability to transmit votes.
5. THE PRIZE: There will be one (1) winning squad, which will win the opportunity to appear on WGN Morning News on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 sometime between 6-9am. WGN-TV is located at 2501 W. Bradley Place, Chicago, IL 60618.
6. ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS:
Eligible high schools must be located in the following counties: Cook, Dupage, Lake, LaSalle, McHenry, DeKalb, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Will, Grundy in ILLINOIS and Lake, LaPorte, Porter, Newton, Jasper in INDIANA.
7. CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:
Permissions: The contact person for each squad (the person who uploads the squad’s video and is responsible for production of the video) is responsible for securing permission of each student (and any other person) in the video, without further compensation, for WGN-TV, its agents and licensees, to use each such person’s name, voice, photograph, video, likeness and biographical material for broadcast and promotional purposes in any and all media in connection with this and any future contest, as well as to secure permission for use of any copyrighted material or other intellectual property in the video.
As a condition of entry, each participant agrees that WGN-TV will not be liable for any loss, injury or damage of any nature in connection with the production or submission of contest videos.
8. INTERNET/FORCE MAJEURE: If for any reason, this contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, tampering, fraud, technical failure, or any other cause which corrupts or threatens the administration, security or integrity of the contest, WGN-TV reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate or suspend the Contest or any portion of the Contest. ANY ATTEMPT TO DAMAGE OR UNDERMINE THE FAIR AND LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION FROM THE CONTEST. Information submitted in Internet entries, including entrant's name, address, e-mail address, etc, shall become the property of WGN-TV, and may be used by WGN-TV for marketing or promotional purposes. Contest shall be governed and enforced pursuant to Illinois law, excluding choice of law provisions.
9. WGN-TV'S PRIVACY POLICY: This Contest is subject to the privacy policy of WGN-TV, which can be found at HYPERLINK http://www.wgntv.com/about/wgntv-privacy-policy-story,0,4156562.htmlstory http://www.wgntv.com/about/wgntv-privacy-policy-story,0,4156562.htmlstory
10. COPY OF RULES: A copy of the rules is available at WGNtv.com or by sending an envelope to: WGN-TV “HELLCATS CHEER CHALLENGE” Contest Rules, 2501 W. Bradley Place, Chicago, IL 60618.
11. WINNERS LIST: Can be obtained by sending an envelope to WGN-TV “HELLCATS CHEER CHALLENGE” Contest Winner List, 2501 W. Bradley Place, Chicago, IL 60618 after November 8, 2010 and before December 8, 2010.
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