TV Derana won 47 awards at the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing Nielsen People's Awards 2020 including the "Television Channel of the Year", "Peoples Youth Choice Television Channel of the Year".

[5][6] In October 2014, TV Derana was appointed the first and only Multi Channel Network (MCN) of YouTube in Sri Lanka.

[7] TV Derana became the first channel in Sri Lanka to reach one million subscribers and one billion total views in 2019.

[9][10] In late 2007, Ada Derana entered into a partnership with Dialog Telekom, the largest mobile phone operator in Sri Lanka, to send breaking news alerts to all Dialog mobile subscribers as text messages.

The first edition received around 220 applications, and auditions were broadcast in Sri Lanka by Derana TV.

[citation needed] TV Derana is the first channel that hosted a reality show for children in Sri Lanka.