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Telly Awards Resources Page

The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring video and television across all screens. Established in 1979, The Telly Awards receives over 13,000 entries globally.

Winners are selected for recognition based on excellence in the following areas: Branded Content, Commercials & Marketing, Immersive & Mixed Reality, Non-Broadcast, Online and Television Series, Shows & Segments, Social Video, Film & Shorts, and Animation.

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Season 48 Snapshot

This page features everything you need to know about our current season including facts and assets.

For More Information

You can contact our Customer Support Lead, Lauren Adkins, at 212-970-0223 or email at customerservice@tellyawards.com

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This season’s winner’s resources can be found here.

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Made to Move

At this year’s 48th Telly Awards, we want to see work that is Made to Move. Whether you’re a filmmaker inspiring people to feel, a brand marketer or creator convincing people to engage, or a non-profit rallying people to give, your work has a place in our competition.
Season 48 Assets

Season 48 Highlights

  • The 48th Annual Telly Awards honor excellence in video and television across all screens, and we want to see work that’s Made to Move
  • New categories this year include Animation, Generative AI, Digital Out-of-Home, and Vertical Video. 
  • New jurors this year include Joel Meyer, EVP, Lionsgate Television, Christianne Cruz, Director of Development, DramaBox, Sabrina Telle, Creative Strategy Director, Laika, and Kerry Easter, Head of Marketing, Fremantle UK, among many others
  • Our programming includes a our virtual and in-person conversation series “Throughlines” to explore trends across social, brand and production.
  • New partners include ReelShort and Nonfiction Hotlist. Each of these organizations works to connect filmmakers and brands across the industry with funding, community and distribution opportunities.

Classic Assets

A collection of classic Telly Awards assets.

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Square

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Horizontal

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Spinning Colors Trophy

Promotional Image for the Spinning Gold Trophy

Spinning Gold Trophy

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Three Trophies Spinning

Promotional Image for the Hand Trophy

Hand Trophy

Promotional Image for the Managing Director Amanda Needham

Managing Director Amanda Needham

Telly Awards Facts

  • The Telly Awards honors excellence in video and television across all screens. Established in 1979, The Telly Awards receives over 13,000 entries globally.
  • Winners are selected for recognition based on excellence in the following areas: Branded Content, Commercials & Marketing, Immersive & Mixed Reality, Non-Broadcast, Online and Television Series, Shows & Segments, Social Video, Film & Shorts, and Animation.
  • Entrants are judged by The Telly Awards Judging Council – an industry body of over 250 leading experts including advertising agencies, production companies, and major television networks including Foolish Club Studios, True/ False Film Festival, Laika, Fremantle UK, Picture North, The Valuable 500, Sony, Lionsgate Television, and ITV.
  • Partners of The Telly Awards include: Nonfiction Hot List, ReelShort, Stash, NAB, Production Hub, Video Consortium, SeriesFest, Green The Bid, ReelAbilities, FilmFatales, AIFF, Kinema, Seed&Spark, Animation World Network, Skwigly, ACM SIGGRAPH, NYWIFT, and Portrait
  • Past winners include: Paramount TV, Warner Brothers Discovery, FOX Entertainment, Citizens First Bank, MoMA, Oliver Wyman, Mayo Clinic, Sony Music, TED, Al Jazeera, Amazon Leo, Variety, PETA, United Talent Agency, People Inc., Olympic Channel, AccuWeather, ABC News, Alter Ego, Dude Perfect, Portland Trail Blazers, Washington Commanders, Harvard Business School, Newsweek, Modern Post
  • Global entries included work from across Europe, including Sweden, Spain, Greece and Germany and from across Asia including Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and China and the Middle East including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar.
  • The 2026 Telly Media Company of the Year is Asharq Network, a 24/7 television channel and news portal powered by Bloomberg with a focus on regional and global economics across the Arab world and beyond. The Telly Media Company of the Year is the organization with the most success in the Annual Telly Awards competition, across Gold, Silver and Bronze.
  • The 2026 Telly Production Company of the Year is Ox Productions. This honor goes to the production company that earns the Golds, Silvers and Bronzes across multiple verticals, demonstrating excellence across all screens.
  • In addition to the award program, the Telly Awards hosts year-long programming. The Telly Awards Throughlines series presents micro conversations with experts reframing our industry on a macro level, and Hot Takes, our original video series, features unfiltered, unrehearsed responses to hot-button topics. Our global screening series is a touring industry event where large corporate agencies and small, independent creators and production companies come together each season to screen excellent short-form work we curate from our winners, partners and judges.
  • The Telly Awards is based in NYC and its Managing Director is Amanda Needham. She can be reached at amanda@tellyawards.com.

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