Teledyne Marine 2026 Video Contest rules
Entries for the contest must be submitted online at the contest page. Entry opens on April 1st, 2026. The closing date is August 1st, 2026.
The winners will be announced in September 2026.
The winning videos will be selected by a jury.
The video will by the jury be evaluated by the following criteria:
- Technical quality of the video like focus, colors, and composition counts for 50%.
- The content, the situation and the story being told with the video counts for 50%.
- The jury consists of internal technical experts from Teledyne Marine.
By submitting a video, the participants grant Teledyne Marine* a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable right to use the content for promotional and marketing use.
If submitted videos include people, the people in the video (for persons under 18, the consent of their parent/guardian) must have given their explicit consent to the video being submitted to the Teledyne Marine 2026 Video contest and used as specified in the contest rules.
All submitted videos must include a Teledyne Marine product or be recorded using a Teledyne Bowtech camera.
All submitted data videos must be created using Teledyne software suite or show data collected with a Teledyne Marine sensor.
Teledyne Marine reserves the right to cancel the contest and/or amend these terms and conditions without notice and without cause.
Teledyne Marine may extend the closing date for a reasonable period.
By participating in the contest and submitting a video, the participants warrant that they have the full proprietary rights to the uploaded content.
Media coverage will be generated by Teledyne Marine and the submitted video may by Teledyne Marine* be used for publicity purposes.
Eligibility for participation in the contest/prize award:
- Teledyne Marine employees and their immediate families and anyone professionally connected with the prize promotion are not eligible for participation in the contest.
- Government officials may join the contest but will not be eligible for a prize if announced as a winner due to Teledyne’s anti-corruption policies and anti-corruption regulation. Nevertheless, we still love seeing how government officials utilize our products, so we encourage them to submit photos to share with the underwater community.
- If the participant is under 18 years of age, consent for participation in the contest is required by a parent/guardian.
- Individuals located in a restricted country, cf. Teledyne Marine’s* General Terms and Conditions of Sale accessible at www.teledyne.com/what-we-do/terms-and conditions, are not eligible for participation in the contest.
Teledyne Marine* does not accept any responsibility for entries that are incomplete, delayed, damaged, wrongly delivered or not received for whatever reason.
Teledyne Marine* may remove and exclude videos deemed offensive or in conflict with the contest rules.
No cash alternatives for prizes are available. Not all prizes may be available for use and/or shipment to all parts of the world. Teledyne Marine* will make reasonable endeavors to arrange for an alternate prize in these cases.
Teledyne Marine* and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, or representatives accept no liability for any damage, loss, injury, or disappointment suffered by any participant as a result of participating in the contest or being selected for a prize.
Any dispute related to the contest shall be governed by the laws of Denmark, excepting its laws and rules relating to conflict of law.
*This refers to the legal entity Teledyne RESON A/S, Fabriksvangen 13, DK-3550 Slangerup, Denmark