Founded in 1978, the Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions.  The Telly Awards annually showcases the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world.  The Telly Awards is a widely known and highly respected national and international competition and receives over 14,000 entries annually from all 50 states and many foreign countries.

The Aurora Awards are an independent film and video competition for commercials, cable programming, documentaries, industrial, instructional, and corporate videos.  Productions are judged on Technical Execution, Message Effectiveness, and Creativity.  A gold award is recognition of superiority in the film and video production field.