Entries are now open for the 2026 TellyCast Digital Video Awards, returning after a successful inaugural year that firmly established the event as a new fixture in the digital-first calendar.
Launched by the publishers of TellyCast and The Drop, the TellyCast Digital Video Awards were created to recognise excellence, creativity and innovation across the fast-growing digital-first video sector. The awards celebrate the creators, studios, broadcasters, brands and producers reshaping how video is developed, published and monetised on social and digital platforms.
Last year’s edition of the awards culminated in a glitzy ceremony in London in 2025 hosted by Max Fosh, bringing together digital-first studios, broadcasters, distributors, creators and platform specialists from across the UK and international market.
26 category winners spanned a broad mix of independent studios, broadcasters and emerging digital businesses, including Wall of Entertainment who won Studio of the Year (pictured with Max Fosh), Channel 4.0 who bagged Social Video Channel of the Year (Broadcaster) and Sidemen Entertainment for Inside. Spud Gun Studios celebrated 4 award wins on the night including Social Video Channel of the Year (Independent Studio).The launch year also saw strong engagement across factual, entertainment, documentary, branded content and channel-led categories, underlining the scale and maturity of the sector the awards were designed to serve. Check out the full list of winners from 2025 here
TellyCast Digital Video Awards 2025 ceremony
Announcing the opening of entries for 2026, Justin Crosby, founder of TellyCast, said “The response to the first awards confirmed the appetite for a dedicated digital-first awards programme. 2025’s winners and nominees demonstrated not only creative excellence, but also smart publishing strategies, audience understanding and sustainable business thinking, all of which the awards aim to recognise going forward. We have added several new categories for 2026 to recognise the huge leap forward in AI production, the micro-drama sector, news, sports, women’s channels and digital catalogue exploitation”.
All entries will again be judged by an independent panel of industry leaders drawn from the digital-first production, publishing and distribution community. The deadline for submission is 20th February 2026.
The awards will culminate in a live ceremony at The Londoner Hotel in London’s Leicester Square on 21st May, with the event set to build on the momentum of the inaugural year and further cement the awards’ position as the key moment in the calendar for the social video and digital-first industry.
Full entry details for all categories are available now on the TellyCast Digital Video Awards website.
