The winners of YouTube's first awards have been announced. Prizes were awarded in seven different categories for the best videos submitted in 2006.

Visitors to the popular video-sharing website were invited to the vote for their favourites in each category. Awards including Best Series, Best Comedy and Most Inspirational Video were up for grabs.

“2006 was a groundbreaking year for YouTube, user-generated content, and entertaining online videos. With this in mind, we established the YouTube Video awards to recognise the ingenuity and achievements of our community,” said Jamie Byrne, head of product marketing for YouTube.

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