''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 Broadcasting, broadcast of radio stations or ancillary services.
Radio broadcasters can be broken into at least two different groups:
...
, 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, London, until he retired in 2006.
The magazine was later owned by
Thomson Information Services, EMAP acquired it in 1993.
Ascential later sold the magazine as part of a
management buyout
A management buyout (MBO) is a form of acquisition in which a company's existing managers acquire a large part, or all, of the company, whether from a parent company or individual. Management- and/or leveraged buyouts became noted phenomena of 19 ...
of Media Business Insight division in 2015.
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
''Screen International'' is a British film magazine covering the international film business. It is published by Media Business Insight, a British B2B media company which also owned '' Broadcast''.
The magazine is primarily aimed at those involv ...
''.
Notable former staff
*
Dan Wootton (former ''
News of the World
The ''News of the World'' was a weekly national "Tabloid journalism#Red tops, red top" Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published every Sunday in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the world's highest-selling ...
'' TV editor)
Awards
Since 1996 the magazine has conferred the annual ''Broadcast Awards'', in a ceremony held at the
Grosvenor House Hotel
]
JW Marriott Grosvenor House London, formerly the Grosvenor House Hotel, is a luxury hotel that opened in 1929 in the Mayfair area of London, England. Across from Hyde Park, London, Hyde Park, the hotel is built on the former site of the 19th ...
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
Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals. At the time of its development it was considered an innovative adv ...
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 and winners
2023 nominations and winners
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 /
Channel 5)
*2008: ''
My Life as a Popat''
*2007: ''
Charlie and Lola''
*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
''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for '' Pop Idol'' (2001–200 ...
''
*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 featured Ross' take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews (usually three per show ...
''
*2003: ''
Pop Idol''
Best Daytime Programme
*2010: ''
Land Girls''
*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 (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''
*2005: ''
Brat Camp''
*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''
*2005: ''
The Secret Policeman''
*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
''The Inbetweeners'' is a British coming-of-age television sitcom, which originally aired on E4 from 2008 to 2010 and was created and written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris. The series follows the misadventures of suburban teenager Willi ...
''
*2009: ''
Ross Kemp in Afghanistan''
*2008: ''Gavin & Stacey''
*2007: ''
The Virgin Diaries''
*2006: ''
Long Way Round''
*2005: ''
Brainiac: Science Abuse''
*2004: ''
Monkey Dust''
Best Drama Series or Serial Programme
*2010: ''
The Street''
*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
''Bleak House'' is a novel by English author Charles Dickens, first published as a 20-episode Serial (literature), serial between 12 March 1852 and 12 September 1853. The novel has many characters and several subplots, and is told partly by th ...
''
*2006: ''
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...
''
*2005: ''
Shameless''
*2004: ''
State of Play''
Best News/Current Affairs Programme
*2010:
Pakistan: Terror's Frontline (
Sky News
Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel, live stream news network and news organisation. Sky News is distributed via an English-language radio news service, and through online channels. It is owned by Sky Group, a division of ...
)
*2009: Zimbabwe: The Stolen Ballots (
GuardianFilms)
*2008: Zimbabwe – The Tyranny and the Tragedy (
ITV News
ITV News is the branding of news programmes on the British news television channel of ITV (TV network), ITV. ITV has a long tradition of television news. ITN, Independent Television News (ITN) was founded to provide news bulletins for the netwo ...
)
*2007:
''Granada Reports:'' "The Morecambe Bay Cockling Trial" (ITV)
*2006:
London Bombing 7 July (Sky News)
*2005:
Beslan school siege
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(
ITN
Independent Television News (ITN) is a UK-based media production and broadcast journalism company. ITN is based in London, with bureaux and offices in Beijing, Brussels, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, New York City, New York, Paris, Sydney and Washin ...
)
*2004:
''Newsnight:'' "Blair Special"
Best Original Programme
*2010: ''
Being Human''
*2009: ''
Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live''
*2008: ''
Fonejacker''
*2007: ''
Life on Mars
The possibility of life on Mars is a subject of interest in astrobiology due to the planet's proximity and similarities to Earth. To date, no conclusive evidence of past or present life has been found on Mars. Cumulative evidence suggests that ...
''
*2006: ''The Thick of It''
*2005: ''
Strictly Come Dancing
''Strictly Come Dancing'' (commonly referred to as ''Strictly'') is a British dance contest show in which celebrities partner with professional dancers to compete in mainly Ballroom dance, ballroom and Latin dance, Latin dance. Each couple is ...
''
*2004: ''
Wife Swap''
Best Popular Factual Programme
*2010: ''
Inside Nature's Giants''
*2009: ''
The Choir: Boys Don't Sing''
*2008: ''
Grand Designs
''Grand Designs'' is a British television series that has broadcast on Channel 4 since 29 April 1999 and is presented by Kevin McCloud.
Format
Episodes generally follow a regular format, with small variations depending on the progress of t ...
''
*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'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...
''
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''
Best Sports Programme
*2010:
Formula 1 –
Monaco Grand Prix
The Monaco Grand Prix () is a Formula One motor racing event held annually on the Circuit de Monaco, in late May or early June. Run since 1929, it is widely considered to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile races in the wo ...
(BBC One)
*2009:
John Smith's Grand National Meeting 2008 (BBC One)
*2008:
Match of the Day 2
''Match of the Day 2'' is a Premier League football highlights programme. It is a companion show to ''Match of the Day'', usually broadcast on BBC One on Sunday evenings, thus facilitating coverage of the respective week's PL matches that were p ...
(BBC Two)
*2007:
2006 FIFA World Cup Final (BBC One)
*2006:
The Ashes
The Ashes is a Test cricket series played biennially between England and Australia. The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, '' The Sporting Times'', immediately after Australia's 1882 victory at The Oval, ...
(Channel 4)
*2005:
Olympic Grandstand with
Matthew Pinsent (BBC Two)
*2004:
Tour de France 2003 (
ITV2
ITV2 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998. For a number of years, it had the largest audience share after the fiv ...
)
Channel of the Year
*2010:
ITV1
ITV1 (formerly known as ITV) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the British media company ITV plc. It provides the ITV (TV network), Channel 3 ...
*2009:
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...
*2008:
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's second flagship channel, and it covers a wide range of subject matte ...
*2007:
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television b ...
*2006: Channel 4
*2005:
Living TV
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*2004: BBC Two
International Programme Sales
*2010: ''Top Gear''
*2009: ''
Come Dine with Me''
*2008: ''
Dancing on Ice''
*2007: ''
Dancing with the Stars
''Strictly Come Dancing (widely known as Dancing with the Stars)'' is an international television franchise based on the format of the British TV series '' Strictly Come Dancing,'' itself a successor to the show ''Come Dancing'' (1950–1998) ...
''
*2006: ''Strictly Come Dancing''
*2005: ''
Idols''
*2004: ''Wife Swap''
Independent Production Company
*2010:
Twofour
*2009:
Talkback Thames
Talkback Thames is a British television production company, a division of Fremantle (company), FremantleMedia (now Fremantle), part of the RTL Group, which in turn is owned by Bertelsmann. It was formed by the merger of Talkback (production com ...
*2008:
Company Pictures
Company Pictures is a British television production company which has produced drama programming for many broadcasters. It was set up in 1998 by Charles Pattinson and George S. J. Faber, George Faber, colleagues at BBC Films. Their first film wa ...
*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
*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
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