Broadcast Sport Awards 2024 – Shortlist revealed

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BROADCAST SPORT AWARDS 2024 - THE SHORTLIST

BEST ORIGINAL CONTENT BY A RIGHTS HOLDER

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• Equal Play (Harder Than You Think)
• Fan Mail: From Mongolia to Manchester (Premier League & Premier League Productions)
• Whistleblowers (World Rugby Studios in Partnership with Noah & HBS for RugbyPass TV)
• Step by Step: An Arsenal Original Documentary Series (Arsenal Football Club)
• Taking The Hundred Draft Digital First (Little Dot Sport)
• The Tour: A Reality Show (ATP Tour & ATP Tour Media)
• Together: Treble Winners (City Studios)

 

BEST SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN

• Barclay’s Women’s Super League: Women’s Football Weekend (Little Dot Sport & WING)
• E1: Season 1 (Curveball Digital)
• Fury v Usyk (TNT Sports Box Office)
• Olympic Games Paris 2024 (Eurosport)
• RWC 2023 (World Rugby)
• Shanghai Pulse: Jaguar TCS Racing (Aurora)
• Sky Sports SCENES! (Sky Sports)

 

BEST USE OF TECH IN A SPORTS PRODUCTION

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• AI Arrow Tracking (World Archery)
• E1 Series (Aurora)
• Euro 2024 Studios (BBC Sport)
• GeniusIQ: Premier League Data Zone (Genius Sports)
• Sky Sports Tennis Dashboard (Sky Sports)
• Tottenham Hotspur Transfer Reveals (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club)
• Unsilence The Crowd (Sela & Newcastle United)

 

BEST VISUAL STORYTELLING USING DATA & INSIGHT

• 2024 Paralympics Classifiers (Chapter 3 Graphics for Channel 4)
• Olympic Games Paris 2024 (Eurosport for Warner Bros. Discovery & Deltatre)
• Racing TV with RaceiQ (Ellipse & Racecourse Media Group for Racing TV)
• Sky Sports F1: Ghost Car Analysis (Sky UK for Sky Sports F1)
• Sky Sports Football (Sky Sports for Sky Sports Football)
• The Open Par-3 Channel (The R&A, IMG & European Tour Productions for The R&A, IMG & European Tour Productions)
• Visual Storytelling Powered by Opta at Euro 2024 (Stats Perform for BBC)

 

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR

• E1 Series (Aurora)
• FIFAe World Cup 2024 ft. Football Manager (LIVELee & FIFAe)
• Formula E Season 10 (Aurora)
• Ons Jabeur: This Is Me (beIN Originals)
• UCL Today (A CBS Sports production with IMG)
• UEFA Europa Show (Whisper)

 

PUNDIT OF THE YEAR

• Alan Shearer (Match of the Day, FA Cup & The Euros for BBC Sport)
• Ally McCoist (Champions League & Premier League for TNT Sports)
• Ian Wright (ITV Sport for ITV)
• Karen Carney (ITV Sport for ITV)
• Laura Kenny (Paris 2024 Olympics for BBC Sport)
• Michael Johnson (Paris 2024 Olympics for BBC Sport)
• Stuart Broad (Sky Sports Cricket for Sky Sports)

 

SHORT-FORM CONTENT OF THE YEAR

• A Hole in One…From 30,000 Feet (DP World Tour)
• Andy Murray Farewell: Wimbledon (Whisper & Wimbledon Broadcast Services)
• Brentford: Thousands of Stories (Studio Something)
• Red Bull ‘Wings Through Tower Bridge’ (Formidable, Red Bull & Canon)
• Sports Made Simple & Looney Tunes Presents: Sports Talk (Eurosport)
• Viral Player Arrivals Videos (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club)
• World’s Fastest Camera Drone Vs F1 Car (ft. Max Verstappen) (Cut Media & Red Bull)

 

SPORTS BROADCASTER/STREAMER OF THE YEAR

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• BBC Sport
• Channel 4
• S4C
• Sky Sports
• TNT Sports on discovery+

 

SPORTS COMMENTATOR OF THE YEAR

• Alex Jacques (Formula 1/Whisper for Channel 4 & F1TV)
• Andrew Cotter (Paris 2024 Olympics, Wimbledon & Six Nations Rugby for BBC Sport)
• Darren Fletcher (Premier League, Champions League & NBA for Warner Bros. Discovery)
• Rob Hatch (Grand Tours, Olympic Games Paris 2024 & UCL for Warner Bros. Discovery)
• Rob Walker (The Paris 2024 Paralympics for Whisper)
• Ronald McIntosh (Boxing & Wimbledon Championship for BBC)

 

SPORTS DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR (OVER 60 MINUTES)

• Death In The Heartlands (CMG Productions for Showmax)
• Michael Owen: Football is for Everyone (TNT Sports for TNT Sports & discovery+)
• Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge of Everything (Studio 99 for Prime Video)
• Storyville: Made Of Steel (Noah Media Group for BBC)
• SVEN (Whisper & Up & Away Film Entertainment for Prime Video)
• Wembley The Final: Attack on Wembley (Rogan Productions for Netflix)
• Whistleblowers (World Rugby Studios in Partnership with Noah & HBS for RugbyPass TV)

 

SPORTS DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR (SERIES)

• 99 (Ventureland, Studio 99 & Buzz16 for Prime Video)
• Born Racers (Whisper for Discovery+ & TNT Sports)
• Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story (North One Television for Disney+)
• Champions: Full Gallop (South Shore Productions for ITV1)
• Field Of Dreams on Tour (South Shore Productions for BBC)
• Sunderland ’Til I Die (Fulwell 73 for Netflix)
• Welcome to Wrexham (NEO Studios for Disney+)

 

SPORTS DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR (UP TO 60 MINUTES)

• Abbie Ward: A Bump in the Road (Fearless Women for ITVX)
• Adam Hills: Foot Fault (Noah Media Group for Sky Documentaries)
• Nothing Stops Us: Fran Kirby (Dead Films for YouTube)
• Rylan: Football, Homophobia and Me (Buzz 16 for TNT Sports 1)
• There’s Only One Rob Burrow (BBC Breakfast for BBC)
• TREVINO (IMG for Sky Docs, Sky Sports, Golf Channel & Fox AU)

 

SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR

• Find The Fake Fan (LADbible Group for LADbible YouTube)
• NFL End Zone (Whisper for Channel 5)
• Sign Up: Into Football (TNT Sports for TNT Sports 1 & discovery+)
• Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2024 (ITV for ITV)
• Street to Scrum / Stryd I’r Sgrym (Whisper Cymru for S4C & BBC iPlayer)
• The All Star Euros Sketch Show (The Comedy Unit for BBC Scotland)
• UK’s Strongest Man 2024 (FilmNova for Channel 5)

 

SPORTS PODCAST OF THE YEAR

• Big Kick Energy (Vibrant Television)
• F1: Back At Base (IMG)
• Gazza vs. Paul (High Performance)
• Planet Premier League (IMG)
• Real Talk (Sky Sports)
• Stick To Football (Buzz 16)

 

SPORTS PRESENTER OF THE YEAR

• Clare Balding (Paris 2024 Olympics, Wimbledon & Boat Race for BBC Sport)
• Ed Chamberlin (ITV Racing for ITV)
• Gabby Logan (Euro 2024, Olympics, Six Nations & the London Marathon for BBC Sport)
• Laura Woods (Champions League; Boxing, Olympics & ITV Sport for Warner Bros. Discovery & ITV Sport)
• Mark Pougatch (ITV Sport for ITV)
• Reshmin Chowdhury (Olympics, Football & Cricket for Warner Bros. Discovery)

 

SPORTS PRODUCTION COMPANY OF THE YEAR

• Aurora
• Box To Box Films
• Buzz 16
• IMG
• Noah Media Group
• Sunset+Vine
• Whisper

 

SPORTS PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR

• Match of the Day (BBC Sport for BBC)
• MotoGP British Grand Prix (North One Television for TNT Sport)
• Sky Sports NFL (Sky Sports for Sky Sports)
• Sky Sports Premier League (Sky Sports for Sky Sports)
• The 2023 Ryder Cup (Sky Sports for Sky Sports)
• The Investec Champions Cup Final (Buzz 16 for TNT Sport)
• Women’s FA Cup Final (Whisper for BBC Sport)

 

SPORTS PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR (QUADRENNIAL)

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• Euro 2024 (BBC Sport for BBC Sport)
• Olympic Games Paris 2024 (BBC Sport for BBC Sport)
• Olympic Games Paris 2024 (Eurosport for Warner Bros. Discovery)
• Rugby World Cup 2023 (HBS for Various Broadcasters)
• Rugby World Cup 2023 / Cwpan Rygbi’r Byd 2023 (Whisper Cymru for S4C)
• The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (Whisper for Channel 4)
• Euro 2024 (ITV Sport for ITV)

 

SUSTAINABILITY CHAMPION OF THE YEAR

• eGT3 Tesla Powerwall Hybrid Generator (Cloudbass)
• Pedal for Paris (Sport England)
• Project Hydrogen Power (European Tour Productions & IMG)

 

UNDER 30 GAMECHANGER/INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

• Ben Killackey (Sky Sports)
• Lara Mepham (Buzz 16)
• Luke Moreau (Noah Media Group)
• Rose Ayling-Ellis (Whisper, Channel 4)
• Rose Owen (Curveball Digital)

 

YOUTUBE CHANNEL OF THE YEAR

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•     DAZN’s Women’s Football (DAZN)
•     Eurosport Cycling (Eurosport)
•     GOAL’s Front Three (Footballco)
•     Sky Sports Premier League (Sky Sports)
•     Stephen Hendry’s Cue Tips (Social Bull Media)
•     Team GB British Olympic Association (Little Dot Sport)
•     The Overlap (Buzz 16)