Recognizing Excellence in Video and Television Across All Screens

Asharq Network wins Media Company of the Year; Ox Productions wins Production Company of the Year

Award 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, and more 

 Winning work features Hudson Williams, Bad Bunny, Michelle Obama, Laufey, and more

19 May 2026 (New York, NY) — The Telly Awards, the world’s largest honor covering video and television across all screens, today unveiled the winners of its 47th annual competition. The organization reported nearly 14,000 entries this season — the most in the award’s history, and a 6% increase over last season — from creators, brands, and production companies spanning 55 countries.

“Video has never been more contested, more creative, or more consequential than it is right now,” said Amanda Needham, Managing Director of The Telly Awards. “The Telly Awards has had a front-row seat to this industry for 47 years, and today’s entertainment is happening in multiple formats, across every screen, and at every budget level.”

Asharq Network was named Telly Media Company of the Year, besting Hearst Media Production Group and China Global Television Network for the honor. Powered by Bloomberg, the Arabic-language television channel and news network won the most medals across the competition, with excellent documentaries and VR and XR news reporting. Telly Production Company of the Year went to Ox Productions, a local company with national reach that won Golds across multiple verticals.

Winners in Generative AI include Lainey Wilson’s “Let it Snow” music video and UNSHOT’s “Plastic Ocean”, leading in a new category that signals how the creative community engages with new technology to execute its ambition.

Winners in Online Shows & Series and Vertical Video categories recognize the wave of creator-driven content redefining what a show looks like and where it lives. Winners include Bilt’s “Roomies Roomies Roomies,” American Picture Company’s “The Ick,” Dan Rodo Productions’ “The Tony Hawk Mystery Skater Series,” “Challenge Accepted,” by Michelle Khare, InStyle’s “The Intern,” and Smosh Pit’s “Smosh Reads Reddit Stories.”

Underscoring the growing role of visual effects and animation across every format of professional production, the Telly Awards significantly expanded their animation and VFX offerings this year.  Inaugural winners include BUCK, Bodega Virtual, and Bento Box, as well as shows “Total Drama Island, “The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball,” and  “Bob’s Burgers.”

The Telly Awards Judging Council, which features more than 250 experts across the world of video, this year welcomed judges including Tamara Kruger, Head of Content and Sponsorships, Google; Janet Graham Borba, Executive VP of Production, HBO; Phil Cook, Chief Marketing Officer, WNBA; and Andrea Wertheim, Senior Manager Post Production, Netflix.

David Cid, Head of Experiential Marketing of My Code and member of the judging council, said: “The Telly Awards is a comprehensive showcase of creative and effective storytelling across many different platforms. It is an amazing opportunity to champion work that is not just technically brilliant, but culturally authentic, nuanced, and resonant.”

Meanwhile, the fan-voted People’s Telly Awards recognized Action Factory for their work on Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” music video.

Alongside Season 47’s awards program, the Telly Awards launched new industry programming throughout the year:

  • New editions of the Throughlines conversation series explored the original blueprints behind creative excellence, featuring deep dives on the microdrama revolution with Jocelyn Zhao of Crazy Maple Studio, generative AI storytelling with Ari Kuschnir of m ss ng p eces
  • Hot Takes returned for its sixth season, featuring Alice Ma of Mad Realities on how Generations Z and Alpha are reinventing television, Kayline Anantua of BuzzFeed’s Cocoa Butter on how to build repeatable social formats, and Warren Cohen of New York Post on how to build sustainable video.
  • The Telly Awards Screening Series brought in-person events to New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC.

Winners of Season 47

View our Season 47 Winners Reel here:

Highlights of winners, categorized by media type, are below. View the full Telly Awards Season 47 winners list at http://www.tellyawards.com/winners

Specific winner highlights: 

Animation

  • Bodega Virtual, “Pac-Man 45th Anniversary”, Editing, Gold
  • BUCK, “Airbnb Experiences – ‘The Grand Adventure’”, 3D/CG Animation, Gold
  • Sesame Workshop, Social Video – Motivational & Advice, “Andrew Garfield and Elmo on Grief”
  • TransPerfect, “2024 Paris Olympic Games”, 3D/CG Animation, Gold
  • Paramount TV Media, “South Park”, Comedy, Gold
  • Fresh TV, “Total Drama Island”, Directing, Gold

Film & Shorts

  • slick rick music corp, “BADMAN GENERATION”, Music Video, Gold
  • MoMA, “Once Upon an Artwork”, Kids & Family, Gold
  • Digital Domain, “The Fantastic Four: First Steps – Facial Motion Capture & The Thing”, Use of Motion Capture, Gold
  • Boatman Media, “Yves Saint Laurent: The Hamish Bowles Collection”, Documentary, Gold

    Social

    • Moroch, “McDonald’s Sports Stop Motion Series”, Sports, Food & Beverage, Golds
    • Variety, “VARIETY’S BEHIND THE SHOW w/ EMILY LONGERETTA”, Media & Entertainment, Gold
    • GYK, “A ‘Traintorial’ with Pari from ‘Love on the Spectrum’”, Tutorial & How To, Gold
    • Ruder Finn, “Chrissy Teigen on Her Son’s T1D Diagnosis”, Health & Safety, Gold
    • Mad Realities, “Shop Cats a Mad Realities Show”, Comedy, Vertical Video Series, Golds
    • Portland Trail Blazers, “‘The Box’ Toumani Camara for 2024-25 Defensive Player of the Year”, Sports, Gold
    • Dan Rodo Productions, “The Tony Hawk Mystery Skater Series”, Vertical Video Series, Gold
    • Dude Perfect, “Dude Perfect: Impossible Wall Series”, Sports, Gold
    • PETA, “Inhuman”, Not-for-profit, Social Impact, Golds
    • United Talent Agency, “Girl Room”, Creator & Host, Brand Collaboration, Golds
    • Christie’s, “The Fabergé Winter Egg adorned with more than 4000 diamonds”, History, Gold

    Television

    • Nutopia Ltd, “Pole to Pole with Will Smith”, Science & Technology, Limited Series, Outdoor & Adventure, Editing, Golds
    • Warner Bros. Discovery, “A Mona Lisa Obsession”, Documentary: Long Form, Gold
    • On Behalf of American Cinematheque, “Critics Choice Celebration of Black Cinema & Television 2025”, DEI, Gold
    • AW Motion Imaging, “Detroit Pistons : All the Time”, Videography & Cinematography, Gold

      Commercials & Marketing

      • MakerVille Company Limited, “Mickey 17 Movie Promo”, Editing, Gold
      • Alter Ego, “KFC – Sorry Manners”, Use of Color, Gold
      • The LOOMIS Agency, “Texas Dairy Queen Your Blizzard Song”, Promotional, Gold
      • Amazon Leo, “Countdown”, Directing, Sound & Sound Design, Golds

      Non-Broadcast

      • Princeton University Advancement, “Princeton University: Making Audacious Bets”, Educational Institution, Gold
      • Oliver Wyman, “Billion Oyster Project x Oliver Wyman for Society: Where The Water Meets Us”, Sustainability, Gold

       

      Online Shows & Series

      • The WNET Group, “Comedians Vs. Animals”, Comedy, Gold
      • Newsweek, “I Spend 68 Hours Aboard a Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine”, Government Relations, Gold
      • Al Jazeera English, “36 Days in July: Sheikh Hasina’s secret orders revealed”, Social Impact, Gold
      • Michelle Khare INC, “Challenge Accepted”, Non-Scripted, Gold
      • Bully Media Inc, “YouTuber VS Real Carpenter”, Reality, Gold
      • 42West, “The Rabbit Hole with Jimmy Kimmel”, Comedy, Entertainment, Golds
      • Life is Love, LLC, “Michelle Obama Reveals All: Life-Changing Lessons on Intuition, Fear & Faith”, Interview & Talk Show, Gold 
      • SACRAMENTO Kings, “Conversations with Deuce & Mo”, Interview & Talk Show, Gold 
      • American Picture Company, “The Ick”, Scripted, Gold
      • TED Conferences, “Season 2 of the TED Fellows Films Series”, Social Impact, Gold 
        • Casual Films, “Waldorf Astoria New York – The Greatest of Them All”, Travel & Tourism, Gold

         

        Immersive

        • Justin Gray Sound, “Justin Gray – Immersed”, Sound & Sound Design, Use of 360 Audio, Golds
        • Asharq Network, “Asharq News Show the 4th Dimension,” Use of Real-Time Rendering, Gold
        • MAD Artes Digitales, “Cleopatra, The Immersive Exhibition – 360 Immersive Film”, Use of 360 Video, Gold

         

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