Broadcast (magazine)
Broadcast is a monthly magazine for the United Kingdom television and radio industry, 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 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.Notable former staff
- Dan Wootton
Awards
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
| Best Children's Programme | Best Comedy Programme | Best Current Affairs Programme |
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| 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 Programme | Best Original Programme |
| Best Popular Factual Programme | Best Pre-School Programme | Best Single Drama |
| Best Soap/Continuing Drama | Best Specialist Factual Programme | Best Sports Programme |
| International Programme Sales | Best Post-Production House | Emerging Indie Of The Year |
| Best Independent Production Company | Channel Of The Year | Special Recognition Award |
2023 nominations and winners
| Best Children's Programme | Best Comedy Programme | Best Daytime Programme |
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| 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 Specialist Factual Programme | Best Sports Programme |
| International Programme Sales | Emerging Indie of the Year | Best Independent Production Company |
| Channel of the Year | Special Recognition Award | |
| TV Moment of the Year |
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2022 nominations and winners
| Best Children's Programme | Best Comedy Programme | Best Daytime Programme |
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| Best Documentary Programme | Best Documentary Series | Best Drama Series or Serial |
| Best Entertainment Programme | Best Lockdown 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 Specialist Factual Programme |
| Best Sports Programme | International Programme Sales | Emerging Indie of the Year |
| Best Independent Production Company | Channel of the Year | Special Recognition Award |
| TV Moment of the Year |
2021 nominations and winners
| Best Children's Programme | Best Comedy Programme | Best Daytime Programme |
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| 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 |
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| 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 Specialist Factual Programme |
| Best Sports Programme | International Programme Sales | Emerging Indie of the Year |
| Best Independent Production Company | Channel of the Year | Special Recognition Award |
2020 nominations and winners
| Special Recognition Award |
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| TV Moment of the Year |
2019 nominations and winners
| Special Recognition Award |
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| TV Moment of the Year |
| Winner: Killing Eve |
2018 nominations and winners
| TV Moment of the Year |
Winner: BBC World News |
2017 nominations and winners
| TV Moment of the Year |
Winner: Planet Earth II |
2016 nominations and winners
| TV Moment of the Year |
Winner: Japan v South Africa, Rugby World Cup – ITV Sport ' |
2015 nominations and winners
| Best Broadcast Award-winning programme of the past 20 years |
'Winner: The Office ' |
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
- 2008: My Life as a Popat
- 2007: Charlie and Lola
- 2006: Serious Arctic
- 2005: List of [The Story of Tracy Beaker (franchise) spin-offs|Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me]
- 2004: Balamory: "The Lost Letter"
- 2003: My Parents Are Aliens
- 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
- 2003: Pop Idol
- 2010: Land Girls
- 2009: The Estate We're In
- 2008: The Paul O'Grady Show
- 2007: Deal or No Deal
- 2006: The Paul O'Grady Show
- 2010: Later Live... with Jools Holland
- 2009: Glastonbury 2008
- 2010: Terry Pratchett: Living with Alzheimer's
- 2009: The Genius of Charles Darwin
- 2008: Meet The Natives
- 2007: Planet Earth: "From Pole To Pole"
- 2006: The Power of Nightmares
- 2005: Brat Camp
- 2004: Operatunity
- 2010: Man on Wire
- 2009: My Street
- 2008: Dispatches: "China's Stolen Children"
- 2007: True Stories: Sisters in Law
- 2006: The Real Sex Traffic
- 2005: The Secret Policeman
- 2004: Cutting Edge: "Bad Behaviour"
- 2010: Outnumbered
- 2009: Gavin & Stacey
- 2008: The Thick of It Special
- 2007: Extras
- 2006: The Catherine Tate Show
- 2005: Little Britain
- 2004: Bo' Selecta!
- 2010: The Inbetweeners
- 2009: Ross Kemp in Afghanistan
- 2008: Gavin & Stacey
- 2007: The Virgin Diaries
- 2006: Long Way Round
- 2005: Brainiac: Science Abuse
- 2004: Monkey Dust
- 2010: The Street
- 2009: Criminal Justice
- 2008: Skins
- 2007: Bleak House
- 2006: Doctor Who
- 2005: Shameless
- 2004: State of Play
- 2010: Pakistan: Terror's Frontline
- 2009: Zimbabwe: The Stolen Ballots
- 2008: Zimbabwe – The Tyranny and the Tragedy
- 2007: Granada Reports: "The Morecambe Bay Cockling Trial"
- 2006: London Bombing 7 July
- 2005: Beslan school siege
- 2004: Newsnight: "Blair Special"
- 2010: Being Human
- 2009: Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live
- 2008: Fonejacker
- 2007: Life on Mars
- 2006: The Thick of It
- 2005: Strictly Come Dancing
- 2004: Wife Swap
- 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
- 2010: In the Night Garden...
- 2010: Coronation Street
- 2010: A Short Stay in Switzerland
- 2009: Boy
- 2008: The Relief of Belsen
- 2007: See No Evil: The Moors Murders
- 2006: Sex Traffic
- 2005: Dirty Filthy Love
- 2004: The Second Coming
- 2010: Formula 1 – Monaco Grand Prix
- 2009: John Smith's Grand National Meeting 2008
- 2008: Match of the Day 2
- 2007: 2006 FIFA World Cup Final
- 2006: The Ashes
- 2005: Olympic Grandstand with Matthew Pinsent
- 2004: Tour de France 2003
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
- 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
- 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