| Global OTT Awards | |
|---|---|
| Current: 2026 Global OTT Awards June 20, 2026 | |
| Awarded for | The achievements of excellent content made for TV, OTT, and online across Asia |
| Country | South Korea |
| Presented by | |
| Formerly called | Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards |
| First award | 2019 |
| Website | Official website |
The Global OTT Awards is an annual ceremony recognizing excellence in Asian streaming content. As of 2025, it serves as the flagship event of the International Streaming Festival (Korean: 국제스트리밍페스티벌), presented by Ministry of Science and ICT and Busan Metropolitan City. The ceremony is hosted jointly by the Korea International Streaming Festival (KISF) and the Information and Communication Industry Promotion Agency.
The event, originally known as the Asia Contents Awards, was established in 2019 as part of the Asian Film Market during the 24th Busan International Film Festival held from October 3 to October 12, 2019. The ceremony took place on October 6, with 9 award categories including Best Creative, Best Asian Drama, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Writer, Best Rising Star, Newcomer, Lifetime Achievement Award, and Excellence Award. The Award recognizes contents from Korea, China, and Japan.
In 2023, the awards were rebranded to the Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards (아시아콘텐츠어워즈&글로벌OTT어워즈; abbreviated ACA & G. OTT) through a partnership with the International OTT Festival, the Ministry of Science and ICT and Busan Metropolitan City. The 2023 edition took place on October 8, held in conjunction with the 28th Busan International Film Festival. It was followed by the 2024 edition on October 6, 2024.
The ceremony features 17 categories, following the addition of five new awards. The program is divided into 10 competitive categories and seven invitational honors, such as the Lifetime Achievement Award and Rising Star of the Year. To acknowledge the evolving industry landscape, the event also presents awards specifically to OTT service providers.
| Year | Date | Venue | City | Host | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Contents Awards (ACA) | |||||
| 2019 | October 6, 2019 | Sohyang Theater, Dongseo University | Busan, South Korea | Yoo Teo and Kim Sae-yeon | |
| 2020 | October 25, 2020 | online | Nichkhun and Kim Sae-yeon | ||
| 2021 | October 7, 2021 | Mark Tetto and Kim Sae-yeon | |||
| 2022 | October 8, 2022 | BIFF Theater, Busan Cinema Center | Busan, South Korea | Jung Hae-in and Kim Sae-yeon | |
| Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards (ACA & G.OTT Awards) | |||||
| 2023 | October 8, 2023 | BIFF Theater, Busan Cinema Center | Busan, South Korea | Kim Kang-woo and Nancy | |
| 2024 | October 6, 2024 | Kang Ki-young and Tiffany Young | |||
| Global OTT Awards | |||||
| 2025 | August 24, 2025 | BIFF Theater, Busan Cinema Center | Busan, South Korea | Joo Jong-hyuk and Lee Hye-sung | |
| 2026 | June 20, 2026 | Ahn Jae-hyun and Kang So-ra | |||
There are 19 award categories including 5 newly added awards in 2023 and 2 added in 2024. The Awards celebrates 11 awards in competition and 8 awards by invitation.
| Year | Winner | Creator | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Long Night | iQIYI | ||
| 2023 | Weak Hero Class 1 | Wavve | ||
| 2024 | Boyhood | Coupang Play | ||
| 2025 | Nine Puzzles | Kakao Entertainment | ||
| 2026 | The Price of Confession | Studio Dragon |
| Year | Winner | Creator | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Scoop | Matchbox Shots, Netflix | ||
| 2024 | 1286 | Salem Social Media | ||
| 2025 | The Outlaw Doctor | GrX Studio | ||
| 2026 | The Silent Noise | ABS-CBN Studios |
| Year | Winner | Creator | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Physical 100 | Netflix | ||
| Let's Feast Vietnam | BHD Vietnam Media Corp | |||
| 2024 | 2 Faces | Workpoint Group | ||
| Jinny's Kitchen 2 | Egg is Coming | |||
| 2025 | World of Street Woman Fighter | Mnet | ||
| 2026 | Badly in Love | Staff Labbi |
| Year | Winner | Creator | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Faculty | Mediacorp | ||
| Hormones: The Series Season 3 | GTH | |||
| 2020 | Last Madame | Ochre Pictures | ||
| When the Camellia Blooms | Pan Entertainment | |||
| 2021 | Girl from Nowhere Season 2 | GMM 25, Netflix | ||
| Best Asian Animation | ||||
| 2021 | Heaven's Design Team | Asahi Production | ||
| 2022 | The Orbital Children | Production +h | ||
| Best Asian Documentary | ||||
| 2022 | The Atom Araullo Specials: Young Arms | ENA, GMA Network | ||
| Year | Winner | Creator | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Sheker | Salem Social Media |
| Year | Winner | Work | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Lei Jiayin | The Longest Day in Chang'an | ||
| Kim Nam-gil | The Fiery Priest | |||
| Takayuki Yamada | The Naked Director | |||
| 2020 | Joseph Chang | The Victims' Game | ||
| Ju Ji-hoon | Kingdom Season 2 | |||
| 2021 | Lee Je-hoon | Move to Heaven | ||
| 2022 | Ryohei Suzuki | Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room | ||
| 2023 | Ryu Seung-ryong | Moving | ||
| 2024 | Hu Ge | Blossoms Shanghai | ||
| 2025 | Kentaro Sakaguchi | What Comes After Love | ||
| 2026 | Tseng Jing-hua | Had I Not Seen the Sun |
| Year | Winner | Work | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Sora Ma | This Land Is Mine | ||
| 2023 | Lim Ji-yeon | The Glory | ||
| 2024 | Yeom Hye-ran | Mask Girl | ||
| 2025 | Yeom Hye-ran | When Life Gives You Tangerines | ||
| 2026 | Nana | Climax |
| Year | Winner | Work | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Park Hae-soo | Squid Game | ||
| 2023 | Hsueh Shih-ling | Taiwan Crime Stories | ||
| 2024 | Ahn Jae-hong | Mask Girl | ||
| 2025 | Oh Jung-se | Good Boy | ||
| 2026 | Jung Sung-il | Made in Korea |
| Year | Winner | Work | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Xin Shuang | The Long Season | ||
| 2024 | Kamila Andini | Cigarette Girl | ||
| Ifa Isfansyah | ||||
| 2025 | Yao Xiaofeng | Northward | ||
| 2026 | Li Xue | Born to Be Alive |
| Year | Winner | Work | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Park Hae-young | My Mister | ||
| Lu Shih-yuan | The World Between Us | |||
| 2020 | Kim Eun-hee | Kingdom Season 2 | ||
| 2021 | Yoon Ji-ryeon | Move to Heaven | ||
| 2022 | Wang Xiaoshuai | The Pavilion | ||
| Yang Yishu | ||||
| 2023 | Kang Full | Moving | ||
| 2024 | Joo Hwa-mi | The Atypical Family | ||
| 2025 | Lim Sang-choon | When Life Gives You Tangerines | ||
| 2026 | Kwon Jong-gwan | The Price of Confession |
| Year | Winner | Work | Country | Ref.. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Sananthachat Thanapatpisal | Hormones: The Series | ||
| Kemisara Paladesh | ||||
| Sabrina Zhuang | Mountains and Ocean | |||
| Morita Misato | The Naked Director | |||
| 2020 | Plearnpichaya Komalarajun | One Year:The Series | ||
| Jeon Mi-do | Hospital Playlist | |||
| 2021 | Koe Yeet | Titoudao | ||
| Go Min-si | Sweet Home | |||
| 2022 | Bao Shangen | Love Behind the Melody | ||
| 2023 | Go Youn-jung | Moving | ||
| 2024 | Nimura Sawa | Shut Up | ||
| 2025 | Chung Su-bin | Friendly Rivalry | ||
| 2026 | Bang Hyo-rin | Aema | ||
| Leah Dou | Her |
| Year | Winner | Work | Country | Ref.. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Jin Xiong Hao | Mountains and Ocean | ||
| 2020 | Paris Intarakomalyasut | In Family We Trust | ||
| Rong Zishan | The Bad Kids | |||
| 2021 | Win Morisaki | The Real Thing | ||
| 2022 | Ryusei Yokohama | The Journalist | ||
| 2023 | Lee Jung-ha | Moving | ||
| 2024 | Chae Jong-hyeop | Eye Love You | ||
| Kim Yo-han | A Killer Paradox | |||
| 2025 | Kang You-seok | Resident Playbook | ||
| 2026 | Lee Ki-taek | The Practical Guide to Love |

| Year | Winner song | Series | Singer | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | "Learn to Live Again" | Imperfect Us | Tanya Chua | ||
| 2025 | "Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?" | Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle? | ADO | ||
| 2026 | "Love Language" | Can This Love Be Translated? | Kim Min-seok |
| Year | Winner | Creator | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Kingdom Season 2 | AStory | ||
| 2021 | Sweet Home | Studio Dragon, Studio N | ||
| 2022 | Squid Game | Netflix | ||
| 2023 | Moving | Disney+ | ||
| 2024 | Parasyte: The Grey | Netflix | ||
| 2025 | I Am Nobody: The Showdown Between Yin & Yang | Youku | ||
| 2026 | Agent from Above | Netflix |
| Year | Winner | Work | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Fang Rong | Faculty | ||
| 2020 | Dilraba Dilmurat | Eternal Love of Dream | ||
| Kirti Kulhari | Four More Shots Please! | |||
| Sayani Gupta | ||||
| Maanvi Gagroo | ||||
| Gurbani Judge | ||||
| Ririn Dwi Ariyanti | Dewi | |||
| 2022 | Kim Min-ha | Pachinko | ||
| Ling Man-lung | In Geek We Trust | |||
| 2023 | Wen Junhui | Exclusive Fairy Tale | ||
| Buffy Chen | Wave Makers | |||
| 2024 | Anson Kong | Warriors Within 2 | ||
| Ayaka Miyoshi | Globe-Trotter Travel Guidebook | |||
| Jo Yoon-su | The Tyrant | |||
| 2025 | Shi Pengyuan | A Life For A Life | ||
| Lee Su-hyun | Family Matters | |||
| 2026 | Becky Armstrong | Girl from Nowhere: The Reset | ||
| Dahyun | Love Me | |||
| Choi Mina Sue | Single's Inferno Season 5 |
| Year | Winner | Work | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Byeon Woo-seok | Lovely Runner | ||
| 2025 | Bai Jingting | The First Frost | ||
| 2026 | Song Weilong | Shine on Me |
| Year | Winner | Work | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kim Hye-yoon | Lovely Runner | ||
| 2025 | Bai Lu | Northward | ||
| 2026 | Tian Xiwei | Pursuit of Jade |
| Year | Winner | Work | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Raymond Lee Wai-Man | Flying Tiger | ||
| 2020 | Amuse Inc. | Entertainment company | ||
| ABS-CBN | Commercial broadcast network | |||
| 2022 | Tatsuo Kawamura | Producer | ||
| 2023 | Kim Jong-hak | Director and producer |
| Year | Winner | Work | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Kim Jae-joong | Singer, songwriter, actor and director | ||
| 2020 | Kim Hye-soo | Hyena | ||
| Yuko Araki | Actress and model | |||
| 2021 | Song Kang | Sweet Home | ||
| 2022 | Fan Bingbing | Actress | ||
| 2023 | Yuya Yagira | Gannibal |
| Year | Winner | Creator | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Bad Genius | GDH 559 | ||
| Alice in Borderland | Netflix | |||
| 2023 | EXchange Season 2 | TVING | ||
| One Day Off | Wavve | |||
| 2024 | Shaman: Whispers From The Dead | TVING | ||
| 2025 | Life Line | Independent | ||
| 2026 | Show Me the Money 12: Yaksha's World | Mnet |
| Year | Winner | Work | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | TVING | OTT video streaming platform | ||
| 2024 | Kocowa | OTT video streaming platform | ||
| 2025 | Binge korea | OTT video streaming platform | ||
| 2026 | LG Channels | OTT video streaming platform |
| Year | Winner | Work | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Watcha | OTT video streaming platform |
| Year | Winner | Work | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Viu | OTT video streaming platform | ||
| Wavve Americas | OTT video streaming platform |
| Year | Winner | Work | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Pinkfong Company | Entertainment company |
| Year | Winner | Work | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Song Byung-joon | Composer |
| Year | Winner | Creator | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Naoki Hanzawa | TBS |
| Year | Winner | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Dreaming Busan |