''Broadcast'' is a monthly magazine for the United Kingdom television and
radio industry
The "radio industry" is a generic term for any companies or public service providers who are involved with the broadcast of radio stations or ancillary services.
Radio broadcasters can be broken into at least two different groups:
Public service ...
, owned by Media Business Insight.
History
''Broadcast'' was started in 1973 by Rod Allen, who went on to work at
LWT,
HTV and HarperCollinsInteractive. He was most recently head of the
Department of Journalism at City University
The Department of Journalism at City, University of London, is a journalism school in London. It is regarded as one of the best universities in the United Kingdom for the study of journalism. as well as the nation's largest centre for journali ...
, London, until he retired in 2006.
Description
The magazine covers a wide range of news and issues affecting the professional broadcast market in the UK. It has regular monthly sections covering news, commissioning, facilities, analysis, opinion, interview, platforms, production and ratings. ''Broadcast'' also often has a special feature covering an issue relevant to the industry. It is owned by Media Business Insight, a publishing, events and information business that also includes
Screen International.
Notable former staff
*
Dan Wootton (former ''
News of the World'' TV editor)
Awards
Since 1996 the magazine has conferred the annual ''Broadcast Awards'', in a ceremony held at the
Grosvenor House Hotel in London, to recognise and reward excellence in and around the UK television programming industry. Additionally, each June since 2005, the magazine has held the annual ''Broadcast Digital Channel Awards'' specifically for the
digital TV industry, recognising and rewarding innovation, creativity and commercial success.
In 2019 the ''Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards'' were instituted to celebrate the exceptional teams behind the most outstanding broadcast productions of the year, and 2021 saw the inaugural ''Broadcast Sports Awards''.
Broadcast Awards
2022 nominations and winners
2021 nominations and winners
2020 nominations and winners
2019 nominations and winners
2018 nominations and winners
2017 nominations and winners
2016 nominations and winners
2015 nominations and winners
2014 nominations and winners
2013 nominations and winners
2012 nominations and winners
2011 nominations and winners
2001–2010 winners
Best Children's Programme
*2010: ''
Bookaboo''
*2009: ''
Holi Hana / Hana's Helpline'' (
S4C
S4C (, ''Sianel Pedwar Cymru'', meaning ''Channel Four Wales'') is a Welsh language free-to-air public broadcast television channel. Launched on 1 November 1982, it was the first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking ...
/
Channel 5)
*2008: ''
My Life as a Popat''
*2007: ''
Charlie and Lola
Charlie and Lola are fictional children created by the English writer and illustrator Lauren Child in 2000. They were introduced in a series of picture books and later adapted as animated television characters. Lola is an energetic and imagin ...
''
*2006: ''
Serious Arctic''
*2005: ''
Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me''
*2004:
''Balamory:'' "The Lost Letter"
*2003: ''
My Parents Are Aliens''
Best Entertainment Programme
*2010: ''
The X Factor''
*2009: ''
The Apprentice''
*2008: ''
Never Mind the Buzzcocks''
*2007: ''
How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria?''
*2006: ''
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway''
*2005: ''
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!''
*2004: ''
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' is a British chat show presented by Jonathan Ross and broadcast on BBC One between 2001 and 2010. The programme features Ross' take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews (usually three per show ...
''
*2003: ''
Pop Idol''
Best Daytime Programme
*2010: ''
Land Girls Land Girls or variants may refer to:
*Women's Land Army (World War II)
*Women's Land Army (World War I)
*''The Land Girls
''The Land Girls'' is a 1998 film directed by David Leland and starring Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz, Anna Friel, Ste ...
''
*2009: ''
The Estate We're In'' (BBC)
*2008: ''
The Paul O'Grady Show''
*2007: ''
Deal or No Deal''
*2006: ''The Paul O'Grady Show''
Best Music Programme
*2010: ''
Later Live... with Jools Holland''
*2009:
Glastonbury 2008
The 2008 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts was held from 27 to 29 June 2008.
New features
* The John Peel stage doubled in size and had a screen outside it to watch bands.
* There was a new 'Shangri-La' area that replaced L ...
(BBC)
Best Documentary Series
*2010: ''
Terry Pratchett: Living with Alzheimer's'' (BBC Two)
*2009: ''
The Genius of Charles Darwin''
*2008: ''
Meet The Natives'' (Channel 4)
*2007:
''Planet Earth:'' "From Pole To Pole"
*2006: ''
The Power of Nightmares
''The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear'' is a BBC television documentary series by Adam Curtis. It mainly consists of archive footage, with Curtis narrating. The series was originally broadcast in the United Kingdom in 2004 ...
''
*2005: ''
Brat Camp
''Brat Camp'' was a reality television show.
The first season, featuring RedCliff Ascent, won an International Emmy. Subsequent seasons saw declining viewership. The American version of ''Brat Camp'' was cancelled after its one-season run, but ...
''
*2004: ''
Operatunity''
Best Documentary Programme
*2010: ''
Man on Wire''
*2009: ''My Street'' (Channel 4)
*2008:
''Dispatches:'' "China's Stolen Children"
*2007: ''
True Stories: Sisters in Law'' (
More4)
*2006: ''
The Real Sex Traffic
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''
*2005: ''
The Secret Policeman
''The Secret Policeman'' is a documentary about an undercover reporter that reveals racism among police recruits in Manchester, England. It was screened by the BBC in October 2003. It was filmed by Mark Daly, an investigative journalist, who j ...
''
*2004:
''Cutting Edge:'' "Bad Behaviour"
Best Comedy Programme
*2010: ''
Outnumbered''
*2009: ''
Gavin & Stacey''
*2008: ''
The Thick of It Special''
*2007: ''
Extras''
*2006: ''
The Catherine Tate Show''
*2005: ''
Little Britain''
*2004: ''
Bo' Selecta!''
Best Multichannel Programme
*2010: ''
The Inbetweeners''
*2009: ''
Ross Kemp in Afghanistan''
*2008: ''Gavin & Stacey''
*2007: ''
The Virgin Diaries
''The Virgin Diaries'' is a reality TV show
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality televi ...
''
*2006: ''
Long Way Round''
*2005: ''
Brainiac: Science Abuse''
*2004: ''
Monkey Dust''
Best Drama Series or Serial Programme
*2010: ''
The Street The Street may refer to:
Geographical
*Wall Street in New York City's Financial District
*The Street, Lawshall, Suffolk, England
*The Street (Heath Charnock)
The Street is a historical property on a bridleway of the same name in Heath Charnock ...
''
*2009: ''
Criminal Justice
Criminal justice is the delivery of justice to those who have been accused of committing crimes. The criminal justice system is a series of government agencies and institutions. Goals include the rehabilitation of offenders, preventing other ...
''
*2008: ''
Skins''
*2007: ''
Bleak House''
*2006: ''
Doctor Who''
*2005: ''
Shameless''
*2004: ''
State of Play''
Best News/Current Affairs Programme
*2010:
Pakistan: Terror's Frontline (
Sky News)
*2009: Zimbabwe: The Stolen Ballots (
GuardianFilms)
*2008: Zimbabwe – The Tyranny and the Tragedy (
ITV News)
*2007:
''Granada Reports:'' "The Morecambe Bay Cockling Trial" (ITV)
*2006:
London Bombing 7 July (Sky News)
*2005:
Beslan school siege (
ITN
Independent Television News (ITN) is a UK-based television production company. It is made up of two divisions: Broadcast News and ITN Productions. ITN is based in London, with bureaux and offices in Beijing, Brussels, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, N ...
)
*2004:
''Newsnight:'' "Blair Special"
Best Original Programme
*2010: ''
Being Human''
*2009: ''
Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live''
*2008: ''
Fonejacker
''Fonejacker'' is a British comedy programme broadcast on E4 featuring a series of prank calls involving a number of different characters performed by British Iranian television actor Kayvan Novak. It first appeared in May 2006 and became a ...
''
*2007: ''
Life on Mars''
*2006: ''The Thick of It''
*2005: ''
Strictly Come Dancing''
*2004: ''
Wife Swap''
Best Popular Factual Programme
*2010: ''
Inside Nature's Giants''
*2009: ''
The Choir: Boys Don't Sing''
*2008: ''
Grand Designs''
*2007: ''
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares''
*2006: ''
Who Do You Think You Are?''
*2005: ''
Top Gear''
*2004: ''Wife Swap''
Best Pre-School Programme
*2010: ''
In the Night Garden...''
Best Soap or Continuing Drama
*2010: ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based ...
''
Best Single Drama
*2010: ''
A Short Stay in Switzerland''
*2009: ''Boy'' (Channel 4)
*2008: ''
The Relief of Belsen''
*2007: ''
See No Evil: The Moors Murders''
*2006: ''
Sex Traffic''
*2005: ''
Dirty Filthy Love''
*2004: ''
The Second Coming
The Second Coming (sometimes called the Second Advent or the Parousia) is a Christian (as well as Islamic and Baha'i) belief that Jesus will return again after his ascension to heaven about two thousand years ago. The idea is based on messian ...
''
Best Sports Programme
*2010:
Formula 1 –
Monaco Grand Prix (BBC One)
*2009:
John Smith's Grand National Meeting 2008 (BBC One)
*2008:
Match of the Day 2 (BBC Two)
*2007:
2006 FIFA World Cup Final (BBC One)
*2006:
The Ashes (Channel 4)
*2005:
Olympic Grandstand with
Matthew Pinsent (BBC Two)
*2004:
Tour de France 2003 (
ITV2)
Channel of the Year
*2010:
ITV1
*2009:
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
*2008:
BBC Two
*2007:
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's Flagship (broadcasting), flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News ...
*2006: Channel 4
*2005:
Living TV
*2004: BBC Two
International Programme Sales
*2010: ''Top Gear''
*2009: ''
Come Dine with Me''
*2008: ''
Dancing on Ice''
*2007: ''
Dancing with the Stars''
*2006: ''Strictly Come Dancing''
*2005: ''
Idols''
*2004: ''Wife Swap''
Independent Production Company
*2010:
Twofour
*2009:
Talkback Thames
*2008:
Company Pictures
*2007:
Kudos Film and Television
*2006: RDF Media
*2005: Company Pictures
*2004: RDF Media
*2003: Ideal World
*2002: RDF
*2001: Lion Television
Post-Production House
*2010: Envy
*2009: Envy
*2008: Envy
*2007:
Evolutions Television
Evolutions Television, commonly known as Evolutions (or more simply Evos), is a television post-production company in London, England. It has three sites across Soho: Great Pulteney Street, Sheraton Street, and a design facility on Wells Stre ...
*2006: The Farm
*2005: The Farm
*2004: The Farm
*2003: Blue Post Production
*2002: The Farm
*2001: The Farm
Notes
References
External links
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Magazines established in 1973
Magazines published in London
Radio in the United Kingdom
Television magazines published in the United Kingdom
Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom
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