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Broadcast is a monthly magazine for the United Kingdom television and radio industry, owned by Media Business Insight.

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Broadcast
Cover of the November 2024 issue
EditorChris Curtis
CategoriesMedia and television
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation6,383 (Jan–Dec 2012)[1]
Founded1973; 51 years ago (1973)
CompanyMedia Business Insight
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish
WebsiteBroadcastNow.co.uk
OCLC1043120303
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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, London, until he retired in 2006.

The magazine was later owned by Thomson Information Services, EMAP acquired it in 1993.[2] Ascential later sold the magazine as part of a management buyout of Media Business Insight division in 2015.[3]

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

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 Sport Awards.

Broadcast Awards

2024 nominations[4] and winners[5][6][7]

More information Best Children's Programme, Best Comedy Programme ...
29th annual awards: 8 February 2024 - Host: Sue Perkins[8]
Best Children's Programme Best Comedy Programme Best Current Affairs Programme
  • Russell Brand: In Plain Sight (Channel 4)
    • Inside the Iranian Uprising (BBC)
    • Putin vs The West (BBC)
    • The Crossing (ITV1)
    • Under Poisoned Skies (BBC News Arabic)
    • Undercover Hospital: Patients at Risk (BBC)
Best Daytime Programme Best Documentary Programme Best Documentary Series
  • Lyra (Channel 4)
    • London Bridge: Facing Terror (Channel 4)
    • Panorama Mariupol: The People's Story (BBC)
    • Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial (BBC)
    • Stranger In My Family (BBC)
    • This World: The Shamima Begum Story (BBC)
Best Drama Series or Serial Best Entertainment Programme Best Multichannel Programme
Best Music Programme Best News Programme Best Original Programme
Best Popular Factual Programme Best Pre-School Programme Best Single Drama
  • 123 Number Squad! (Sky kids)
    • Pip and Posy (Milkshake! and Sky Kids)
    • Pop Paper City (Milkshake!)
    • Roots & Fruits (CBeebies)
    • The Makery (Sky Kids)
    • What's In Your Bag? (CBeebies)
Best Soap/Continuing Drama Best Specialist Factual Programme Best Sports Programme
  • Inside Our Autistic Minds (BBC)
    • Anorexic (Channel 5)
    • Head On: Rugby, Dementia and Me (BBC)
    • How The Holocaust Began (BBC)
    • The Holy Land and Us: Our Untold Stories (BBC)
    • Windrush: Portraits of a Generation (BBC)
International Programme Sales Best Post-Production House Emerging Indie Of The Year
  • runVT
    • dock10
    • Gorilla Post Production
    • Halo
    • Sky Post Production
    • Splice Post
  • Curious Films
    • Mindhouse Productions
    • Motive Pictures
    • Wonderhood Studios
Best Independent Production Company Channel Of The Year Special Recognition Award
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More information TV Moment of the Year ...
TV Moment of the Year
  • Succession (Logan Roy's death)
    • Beckham (David queries Victoria claiming she's from a working-class family)
    • Eurovision Song Contest (Former Eurovision contestants in Liverpool & Ukraine join for a performance of You'll Never Walk Alone)
    • Happy Valley (Catherine caught Clare in a lie)
    • The Bear (S2 takes a stressful family Christmas to the next level)
    • The Piano (Blind & Neurodiverse Lucy stunning commuters in Leeds railway station)
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2023 nominations[9] and winners[10][11][12]

More information Best Children's Programme, Best Comedy Programme ...
28th annual awards presented: 8 February 2023 – Host: Sue Perkins[13]
Best Children's Programme Best Comedy Programme Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme Best Documentary Series Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme Best Multichannel Programme Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme Best Original Programme Best Popular Factual Programme
  • The Whistleblowers: Inside the UN (BBC Two)
    • Afghanistan: No Country for Women (ITV1)
    • Fearless: The Women Fighting Putin (ITV1)
    • Myanmar: The Forgotten Revolution (Channel 4)
    • Panorama: "SAS Death Squads Exposed: A British War Crime?"
    • Ukraine: Life Under Attack (Channel 4)
Best Post Production House Best Pre-School Programme Best Single Drama
  • Halo Post
    • Dock 10
    • Fifty Fifty
    • Films at 59
    • Fitzrovia Post Production
    • Storm
Best Soap/Continuing Drama Best Specialist Factual Programme Best Sports Programme
International Programme Sales Emerging Indie of the Year Best Independent Production Company
  • Forest
    • Buzz 16
    • Honey Bee
    • Long Story TV
    • Mam Tor Productions
    • The Format Factory
Channel of the Year Special Recognition Award
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More information TV Moment of the Year ...
TV Moment of the Year[14]
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2022 nominations[15] and winners[16][17]

More information Best Children's Programme, Best Comedy Programme ...
27th annual awards presented: 10 February 2022 – Host: Alex Horne and The Horne Section
Best Children's Programme Best Comedy Programme Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme Best Documentary Series Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme Best Lockdown Programme Best Multichannel Programme
  • Surviving Covid (Channel 4)
    • Help (Channel 4)
    • I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
    • Kate Garraway: Finding Derek (ITV)
    • Pandemic 2020 (BBC Two)
    • Staged
Best Music Programme Best News/Current Affairs Programme Best Original Programme
Best Popular Factual Programme Best Post Production House Best Pre-School Programme
  • Halo Post
    • Envy
    • Fifty Fifty
    • Films at 59
    • Splice
    • The Edit
  • World According to Grandpa (Milkshake!)
    • Go Green with the Grimwades (Milkshake!)
    • Milo (Milkshake!)
    • Numberblocks (CBeebies)
    • Odo (Milkshake!)
    • Pip & Posy (Milkshake!)
Best Single Drama Best Soap/Continuing Drama Best Specialist Factual Programme
Best Sports Programme International Programme Sales Emerging Indie of the Year
  • Flicker Productions
    • Air TV
    • Cardiff Productions
    • Doc Hearts
    • Licklemor Productions
    • South Shore
Best Independent Production Company Channel of the Year Special Recognition Award
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More information TV Moment of the Year ...
TV Moment of the Year
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2021 nominations and winners[18][19]

More information Best Children's Programme, Best Comedy Programme ...
26th annual awards presented: 27 May 2021 (live-streamed event) – Host: Claudia Winkleman
Best Children's Programme Best Comedy Programme Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme Best Documentary Series Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme Best Lockdown Programme –
Entertainment, Comedy and Scripted
Best Multichannel Programme
Best Lockdown Programme –
News, Documentaries and Factual
Best Lockdown Programme –
Sport and Live
Best Lockdown Programme –
Factual Entertainment, Popular Factual & Kids
Best Music Programme Best News/Current Affairs Programme Best Original Programme
Best Popular Factual Programme Best Post Production House Best Pre-School Programme
  • Fifty Fifty
    • Dock 10
    • Films at 59
    • Fitzrovia Post
    • Halo Post
    • The Edit
Best Single Drama Best Soap/Continuing Drama Best Specialist Factual Programme
Best Sports Programme International Programme Sales Emerging Indie of the Year
  • Label1
    • Dancing Ledge Productions[a]
    • Electric Robin
    • Monster Films
    • Two Rivers Media
Best Independent Production Company Channel of the Year Special Recognition Award
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2020 nominations and winners[20][21]

More information Best Children's Programme, Best Comedy Programme ...
25th annual awards presented: 5 February 2020 – Host: Harry Hill
Best Children's Programme Best Comedy Programme Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme Best Documentary Series Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme Best Multichannel Programme Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme Best Original Programme Best Popular Factual Programme
Best Post Production House Best Pre-School Programme Best Single Drama
  • Dock10
    • Envy
    • Films at 59
    • Halo Post
    • Molinare TV & Film
    • Splice
Best Soap/Continuing Drama Best Specialist Factual Programm Best Sports Programme
International Programme Sales Best Independent Production Company Channel of the Year
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More information Special Recognition Award, TV Moment of the Year ...
Special Recognition Award
TV Moment of the Year
  • Winner: Chernobyl (Tense countdown as conscripts have 90 seconds to throw radioactive granite into the reactor's core)
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2019 nominations and winners[22][23]

More information Best Children's Programme, Best Comedy Programme ...
24th annual awards presented: 6 February 2019 – Host: Harry Hill
Best Children's Programme Best Comedy Programme Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme Best Documentary Series Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme Best Multichannel Programme Best Music Programme
  • Killed by My Debt
    • Drugsland (BBC Three)
    • Love Island (series 4)
    • Taskmaster (series 7)
    • This Country
    • Valley Cops (BBC Three)
Best News/Current Affairs Programme Best Original Programme Best Popular Factual Programme
Best Post Production House Best Pre-School Programme Best Single Drama
  • Halo Post
    • Dock10
    • Encore
    • Fifty Fifty
    • Films at 59
    • Molinare
Best Soap/Continuing Drama Best Specialist Factual Programm Best Sports Programme
International Programme Sales Best Independent Production Company Channel of the Year
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More information Special Recognition Award, TV Moment of the Year ...
Special Recognition Award
TV Moment of the Year

Winner: Killing Eve (Villanelle breaks into Eve's kitchen)

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2018 nominations and winners[24][25]

More information Best Children's Programme, Best Comedy Programme ...
23rd annual awards presented: 7 February 2018 – Host: Jonathan Ross
Best Children's Programme Best Comedy Programme Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme Best Documentary Series Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme Best Multichannel Programme Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme Best Original Programme Best Popular Factual Programme
  • Old People's Home for 4 Year Olds (Channel 4)
Best Post Production House Best Pre-School Programme Best Single Drama
Best Soap/Continuing Drama Best Sports Programme International Programme Sales
Best Independent Production Company Channel of the Year Special Recognition Award
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More information TV Moment of the Year ...
TV Moment of the Year

Winner: BBC World News (Professor Robert Kelly’s live interview is gatecrashed by his kids)

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2017 nominations and winners[26]

More information Best Children's Programme, Best Comedy Programme ...
22nd annual awards presented: 01 February 2017 – Host: Jonathan Ross
Best Children's Programme Best Comedy Programme Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme Best Documentary Series Best Drama Series or Serial
  • Interview with a Murderer (Channel 4)
    • Abused: The Untold Story (BBC One)
    • Behind Closed Doors (BBC One)
    • How to Die: Simon's Choice (BBC Two)
    • The Murder of Sadie Hartley (ITV)
    • Swim the Channel (BBC Four)[a]
Best Entertainment Programme Best Multichannel Programme Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme Best Original Programme Best Popular Factual Programme
Best Post Production House Best Pre-School Programme Best Single Drama
  • Envy
    • Dock10
    • Encore
    • Films at 59
    • Halo Post
    • Molinare TV & Film
Best Soap/Continuing Drama Best Sports Programme International Programme Sales
Best Independent Production Company Channel of the Year Special Recognition Award
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More information TV Moment of the Year ...
TV Moment of the Year

Winner: Planet Earth II (Racer Snakes vs. Iguanas)

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2016 nominations and winners[27][28]

More information Best Children's Programme, Best Comedy Programme ...
21st annual awards presented: 10 February 2016 – Host: Jonathan Ross
Best Children's Programme Best Comedy Programme Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme Best Documentary Series Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme Best Multichannel Programme Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme Best Original Programme Best Popular Factual Programme
Best Post Production House Best Pre-School Programme Best Single Drama
  • Halo Post Production
Best Soap/Continuing Drama Best Sports Programme International Programme Sales
Best Independent Production Company Channel of the Year Special Recognition Award
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More information TV Moment of the Year ...
TV Moment of the Year

Winner: Japan v South Africa, Rugby World Cup – ITV Sport (Japan's last minute try defeats South Africa)

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2015 nominations and winners[29][30][31]

More information Best Children's Programme, Best Comedy Programme ...
20th annual awards presented: 4 February 2015 – Host: David Walliams
Best Children's Programme Best Comedy Programme Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme Best Documentary Series Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme Best Multichannel Programme Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme Best Original Programme Best Popular Factual Programme
Best Post Production House Best Pre-School Programme Best Single Drama
Best Soap/Continuing Drama Best Sports Programme International Programme Sales
Best Independent Production Company Channel of the Year Special Recognition Award
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More information Best Broadcast Award-winning programme of the past 20 years ...
Best Broadcast Award-winning programme of the past 20 years

Winner: The Office (Best Comedy Programme – 2003)

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2014 nominations and winners[32]

More information Best Children's Programme, Best Comedy Programme ...
19th annual awards presented: 5 February 2014 – Host: Alexander Armstrong
Best Children's Programme Best Comedy Programme Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme Best Documentary Series Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme Best Multichannel Programme Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme Best Original Programme Best Popular Factual Programme
  • Gogglebox
    • Insect Dissection: How Insects Work (BBC Four)
    • The Last Leg
    • The Plane Crash (Channel 4)
    • Playhouse Presents... "Psychobitches"
    • Plebs
Best Post Production House Best Pre-School Programme Best Single Drama
  • Halo Post Production
    • Clear Cut Pictures
    • Encore
    • Envy Post Production
    • Films at 59
    • Splice TV
Best Soap/Continuing Drama Best Sports Programme International Programme Sales
Best Independent Production Company Channel of the Year Special Recognition Award
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2013 nominations and winners[33]

More information Best Children's Programme, Best Comedy Programme ...
18th annual awards presented: 30 January 2013 – Host: Rob Brydon
Best Children's Programme Best Comedy Programme Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme Best Documentary Series Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme Best Multichannel Programme Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme Best Original Programme Best Popular Factual Programme
Best Post Production House Best Pre-School Programme Best Single Drama
Best Soap/Continuing Drama Best Sports Programme International Programme Sales
Best Independent Production Company Channel of the Year Special Recognition Award
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2012 nominations and winners[34]

More information Best Children's Programme, Best Comedy Programme ...
17th annual awards presented: 2 February 2012 – Host: Stephen Mangan
Best Children's Programme Best Comedy Programme Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme Best Documentary Series Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme Best Multichannel Programme Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme Best Original Programme Best Popular Factual Programme
Best Post Production House Best Pre-School Programme Best Single Drama
Best Soap/Continuing Drama Best Sports Programme International Programme Sales
Best Independent Production Company Channel of the Year Special Recognition Award
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2011 nominations and winners[35]

More information Best Children's Programme, Best Comedy Programme ...
16th annual awards presented: 2 February 2011
Best Children's Programme Best Comedy Programme Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme Best Documentary Series Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme Best Multichannel Programme Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme Best Original Programme Best Popular Factual Programme
Best Post Production House Best Pre-School Programme Best Single Drama
  • Clear Cut Pictures
    • Envy
    • Films at 59[a]
    • Halo Post
    • Molinare
    • Prime Focus
Best Soap/Continuing Drama Best Sports Programme International Programme Sales
Best Independent Production Company Channel of the Year Special Recognition Award
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2001–2010 winners[32][36][37]

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Notes

  1. Highly commended

References

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