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| Edison Awards | |
|---|---|
| Current: Edison Awards 2020 | |
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| Awarded for | Excellence in Tamil cinema and Music |
| Location | Chennai |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | MyTamilMovie.com |
| Established | 2009 |
| First awarded | 2009 |
| Last awarded | 2020 |
| Website | Edison Awards |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Fame Private Channel |
The Edison Awards is an annual awards ceremony since 2009 for people in the Tamil film industry. It is named after the inventor of motion pictures, Sir Thomas Alva Edison.[1] It reaches seven countries with Tamil language television, with the main broadcaster Astro in Malaysia.
The event is mainly organised by its founder J.Selva Kumar[2][3] and hosted by MyTamilMovie.com. The main sponsors in recent years have been Jet Airways and Videocon.
The show is augmented by talent search analysis, live concerts by professional Tamil playback singers and young emergers and dancers. The awards are given based on People's Choice conceptual, implemented with online voting, SMS voting, and Dial-a-Vote.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
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