For the first three years, The Indian Telly Awards were aired on Indian Hindi general entertainment channel
Star Plus (2001–2003). From 2004 to 2009,
Sony Entertainment Television was the home of The Indian Telly Awards with the channel commissioning Indiantelevision.com to produce it and acquiring the content to air on its channel Sony. Since its 10th edition, the awards ceremony moved to Viacom 18 Hindi general entertainment channel
Colors TV.
&TV took over the broadcasting rights, starting the fourteenth edition. The Indian Telly Awards were first presented on 6 July 2001. TV and film actor
Alyy Khan hosted the first awards, held at the
Oberoi Trident hotel in
Mumbai. Actors
Bhakti Barve and
Jatin Kanakia received
posthumous awards. In 2001 and 2003, the awards were hosted by television Actor
Ram Kapoor & his wife
Gautami Kapoor. Television actors
Ram Kapoor and
Roshni Chopra hosted the 2007 awards. In 2008 the awards were anchored by
Cyrus Broacha and
Mini Mathur. The 2009 awards were hosted by
Vishal Malhotra and
Mona Singh. In 2010, the Awards were hosted by
Ronit Roy and
Meghna Malik. The
11th Indian Telly Awards, held in the year 2012, were hosted by
Ronit Roy &
Ram Kapoor and co-hosted by
Manish Paul &
Roshni Chopra. In the year 2013, 12th Indian Telly Awards were once again hosted by
Ronit Roy and
Ram Kapoor and co-hosted by
Rashmi Desai,
Kavita Kaushik. ==Popular awards==