Conceptualised and created by Anil Wanvari,[1] the founder, CEO of media and services group, indiantelevision.com, they are in their 12th edition currently.

Since its 10th edition, the awards ceremony moved to Viacom 18 Hindi general entertainment channel Colors TV.

[2] TV and film actor Alyy Khan hosted the first awards, held at the Oberoi Trident hotel in Mumbai.

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.