All Broadcast Digital Awards articles – Page 11
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NewsE4 triumphs at Digital Awards for second time
E4 has been named Channel of the Year at the Broadcast Digital Awards for the second year running.
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NewsChannel of the Year: E4
It is rare that a channel is strong enough to hold onto the top prize for a second consecutive year – but E4 has done just that, thanks to a diverse slate and some genuine breakout hits.
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NewsBest Original Web Channel: VICE News
Talk about consistency – the youth-skewing media brand has won the Best Original Web Channel award for the third year in a row.
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NewsBest Scripted Programme: Chewing Gum
Yet another award for Michaela Coel’s bulging trophy cabinet, but rarely does a comedy arrive so fresh, funny and fully formed, with real swagger and confidence about what it wants to be and say.
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NewsBest Programme Acquisition: Life Below Zero
The judges were impressed with the cost-effective nature of the acquisition and were in agreement that the series was a “channel-defining” purchase.
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NewsBest Scripted Online Short: Spencer Jones's Christmas
Shot in two days with a stripped-back crew, using innovative production techniques, judges described the warm-hearted farce ‘utterly hilarious and brilliantly executed’
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NewsBest Non-Scripted Online Short: CBBC Newsround: Hiroshima - A Survivor's Story
Using powerful animation to retell the story of survivor Bun Hashizum, A Survivor’s Story racked up 69,582 views on YouTube and has been widely critically accalimed.
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NewsBest Entertainment Channel: Dave
UKTV’s comedy station had a flyer of a year. Reaching more than 22 million adults a month, Dave is now the eighth-biggest commercial channel in the UK and grew its audiences by 4% in 2015.
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NewsBest Digital Children’s Content: Doctor Who Game Maker
The ability to manipulate the world of Doctor Who and allow fans to create their own adventures in space and time proved a hit with the judges.
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NewsBest Digital Video Platform/Services - All 4
Having launched just 15 months ago, judges praised All 4’s “very impressive development” which includes progress on data strategy, high-level algorithmic promotions and download functionality.
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NewsBest Factual Channel: BBC Four
The channel has held its position as the UK’s highest-rated digital factual offering, with an astounding range of headline-hitting and quietly spectacular single documentaries
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NewsBest Social Media & Digital Marketing Campaign: BRIT Awards 2016
Somethin’ Else’s round-the-clock Brits campaign unified Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, Vine and YouTube resulting in an “impressive, creative and truly cross-platform strategy.”
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NewsBest Popular Factual Programme: Charlie Hebdo: 3 Days That Shook Paris
Commissioned within two months of the Paris attacks of January 2015, Ursula Macfarlane’s moving film mixed interviews, news footage and eyewitnesses’ own mobile phone recordings to piece together the shocking events.
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NewsBest Content Partnership or AFP: Formula E Season 2 Digital
Working with world feed partner Aurora Media, plus brands including BMW, Visa and Microsoft, Little Dot distributed race content to social platforms and created a daily schedule that included technology explanations, driver interviews, lists and infographics, celebrity-led content, behind-the-scenes material and news.
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NewsBest Specialist Channel: CBBC
With a fresh look that sought to remind older children that there is still a place for them on the channel, judges said CBBC is “always inventive, clever, engaging and rewarding”.
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NewsBest Digital Programme Support: Formula E Season 2 Digital
The all-encompassing campaign was complimented by the judges for its “success in driving audiences through innovative execution of a comprehensive audience-first strategy”.
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NewsBest App or Website for Channel, Strand or Genre: At the Races
Simplestream have created an accessible, comprehensive app offering a range of brilliantly executed features for horse-racing fans - earning itself four and a half stars in Apple’s App Store
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NewsBest Sports or Live Event Coverage: League of Legends World Championship
The BBC’s move into e-sports for its coverage of the four-day League of Legends World Championship, an online video-gaming tournament at Wembley, proved a major success for the broadcaster.
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NewsBest Game: Operation Ouch: The Snotapocalypse
Created to support the fourth series Operation Ouch!, the endless game was brilliantly integrated with the TV programme and played more than 1 million times in its first four weeks.
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NewsBest Entertainment Programme: Murder in Successville
A “fantastically innovative comedy” which generated a massive Twitter buzz and unanimously impressed the judges with its originality.