Indian Telly Awards
The Indian Telly Awards is an annual Indian television production award given in various technical and popular categories to Indian television channels.
The awards are presented in various areas of excellence, such as popular programming (including music programmes, news and entertainment programmes, sports, travel, lifestyle and fashion, etc.), best television channel in a particular category (news, sports, entertainment, etc.), technical awards, and so on.
The awards are managed by IndianTelevision.com, an Indian television services company, whose founder and CEO Anil Wanvari came up with the concept of the awards.[1] They are held on the 31st of December every year.
History
The Indian Telly Awards were first presented on 6 July 2001.[2] TV and film actor Alyy Khan hosted the first awards, held at the Oberoi Trident, Mumbai. Two posthumous awards were presented to late actors Bhakti Barve and Jatin Kanakia.[3]
Television actors Ram Kapoor and Roshni Chopra hosted the 2007 awards, while in 2008 the awards were hosted by Cyrus Broacha and Mini Mathur. And the 2009 awards were hosted by Vishal Malhotra and Mona Singh.
Jury
The jury for the Indian Telly Awards comprises eminent personalities from the Television industry. There are separate juries for different categories, with members of the jury being distinguished persons from the respective professional categories.
Categories
Awards are presented in the following categories:
Technical awards
- Special/Visual Effects for Television
- Art Direction (Fiction)
- Art Direction (Non-Fiction)
- Videography (Best TV Cameraman - Fiction)
- Costumes for a TV Programme (Fiction)
- TV Show Packaging (Fiction)
- TV Show Packaging (Non-Fiction) On an Entertainment Channel
- TV Channel Packaging (Including Channel Ids & Generic Promos)
- Editor (Fiction)
- Editor (Non-Fiction)
- Background Music for a TV Programme (Fiction)
- TV Lyricist
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- Music Director
- Title Singer for a TV Show
- Director (Soap & Drama)
- Director (Sitcom)
- Director (Thriller)
- Director (Non- Fiction)
- Screenplay Writer (Drama Series & Soap)
- Dialogue Writer (Drama Series & Soap)
- Sitcom/Comedy Writer
- Story Writer
- Choreographer
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Trade awards
- Creative Director (TV Channel)
- Creative Director (Production House)
- Cable operator /MSO (Multi Systems Operator of the year)
- TV Production House
Programming awards
- Music Programme
- Edutainment / Science / Knowledge Based Show
- Entertainment News Show on an Entertainment Channel
- Public Service Programme
- Lifestyle & Fashion Show
- Talk Show on an Entertainment Channel
- Cookery show
- Sports Show
- Travel Show
- Health & Fitness Show
Channel awards
- Television News Channel (English)
- Television News Channel (Hindi)
- English Movie Channel
- Kids' Channel
- Business News Channel
- Music Channel
- Hindi Movie Channel
- Hindi Entertainment Channel
- Sports Channel
Popular awards
- Best Child Artiste (Female)
- Best Child Artiste (Male)
- Best Anchor
- Best Actor in Lead Role (Male)
- Best Actor in Lead Role (Female)
- Best TV show of the Year (Fiction)
- Best TV show of the Year (Non-Fiction)
Special awards
- Hall Of Fame
- Lifetime Contribution to Indian Television Award
References
- ^ "An interview with Anil Wanvari". Mid-Day. http://www.mid-day.com/metro/2003/nov/69244.htm.
- ^ "TV entertainment proves bigger than Bollywood". The Hindu Business Line. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/11/23/stories/2004112301441700.htm.
- ^ "The Indian Telly Awards". Rediff.com. http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/jul/07telly1.htm.
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