Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards 2022: The Winners

The Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards 2022 winners

BEST INNOVATION PROJECT (Sponsored by grapevinejobs)

Winner: 5G private network at scale: Commonwealth Games, BT Media & Broadcast

Shortlist:

• 5G Broadcast demonstration of Eurovision Song Contest 2022, Rohde & Schwarz
• 5G private network at scale: Commonwealth Games, BT Media & Broadcast
• Al Wasl Interactive at Expo City Dubai, Bild Studios
• BBC News Automation, The BBC Automation Team
• Sky News Climate Live Team, Sky News

 

BEST USE OF CREATIVE INNOVATION IN THE CLOUD

Winner: FIFAe Finals 2022, LIVELee & FIFA

Shortlist:

• Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun, Bumblebee Post Production & Red Sauce Television
• Champions League Tonight, Dizplai & BT Sport
• FIFAe Finals 2022, LIVELee & FIFA
• ITV Studios Portal - Linking Production directly with streaming platforms, ITV Studios Technology & 100 Shapes
• Jellyfish Pictures File System, Jellyfish Pictures
• Production and Post Production in the Cloud, LucidLink and VICE Media Group

 

BEST USE OF REAL-TIME VFX (VIRTUAL PRODUCTION) (Sponsored by Medialease)

Winner: Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough, BBC Studios The Science Unit & MARS Volume

Shortlist:

• Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough, BBC Studios The Science Unit & MARS Volume
• The Best Wool in the World, Hogarth & Final Pixel
• SURGE, Megaverse
• World of Walker’ by Alan Walker, MER, Super Bonfire and 80six

 

BEST USE OF REMOTE PRODUCTION

Winner: Extreme E - Artic X-Prix - Greenland, Aurora for ITV, Sky Sports & BT Sport

Shortlist:

• Extreme E - Artic X-Prix - Greenland, Aurora for ITV, Sky Sports & BT Sport
• Live Sport on Warner Bros. Discovery, Warner Bros. Discovery in-house for Eurosport and discovery+
• Love Island Summer 2021, NEP & Lifted Entertainment for ITV2
• Springwatch 2022, BBC News for BBC1, iPlayer, BBC Online, Facebook Live, TikTok, YouTube
• UEFA Women’s Euro 2022, Whisper & Timeline Television for BBC

 

BEST VFX PROJECT

Winner: Prehistoric Planet, MPC

Shortlist:

• 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, Noah Media Group
• Doctor Who - Season 13, DNEG
• Dodger, dock10
• Peaky Blinders  - Series 6, Coffee & TV
• Prehistoric Planet, MPC
• The Lazarus Project, Vine FX & Urban Myth Films

 

CREATIVE USE OF AR/VR (Sponsored by MPC)

Winner: Your Body Uncovered with Kate Garraway, Remarkable Television for BBC

Shortlist:

• 5G Edge-XR, BT Sport
• Dinosaur With Stephen Fry, dock10 with Mentorn Media for Channel 5
• Dubai Expo2020 Closing Ceremony, Bild Studios for FiveCurrents
• President Zelensky’s Hologram, Talesmith in association with Evercoast, Arht Media & Garden Studios for Founders Forum Group
• Ryder Cup Living Photo, Sky Sports for Sky Sports Golf
• Your Body Uncovered with Kate Garraway, Remarkable Television for BBC

 

EXCELLENCE IN AUDIO POST-PRODUCTION (NON-SCRIPTED) (Sponsored by Jigsaw24 Media)

Winner: Nick Fry & James Spooner of Picture Shop, Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes

Shortlist:

• Matt Baird, Luke Hodsdon, Michal Maletz & Elliott Bowell of Splice, All or Nothing: Arsenal
• Nick Fry & James Spooner of Picture Shop, Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
• Jay Price & Sam Castleton of halo, Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
• Joe Cochrane & Elliott Bowell of Splice, Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee
• Kate Davis, Stephen Gilbert & Edwin Matthews of Directors Cut Films, The Last Mountain
• Nas Parkash, Claire Ellis, Will Chapman & Tristan Powell of Molinare, Trainwreck: Woodstock 99

 

EXCELLENCE IN AUDIO POST-PRODUCTION (SCRIPTED)

Winner: Joe Cochrane & Elliott Bowell of Splice, Here We Go

Shortlist:

• Cecile Janet & Claudia Casasola of Fitzrovia Post, Dead End: Paranormal Park
• Richard Lee, Carole Gleich, Patch Morrison & Lucy Mitchell of dock10, Dodger
• Joe Cochrane & Elliott Bowell of Splice, Here We Go
• John Cobban, Heather Andrews & Zander Mavor of Blazing Griffin Post Production, Karen Pirie
• Joe Siddons, Paul Ackerman & James Spooner of Picture Shop, Moominvalley
• Gareth Bull and James Ridgway of Formosa Group & Ben Meechan, Gavin Rose & Poppy Kavanagh, The Man Who Fell to Earth

 

EXCELLENCE IN GRADING (NON-SCRIPTED) (Sponsored by EIZO)

Winner: Nuala Sheridan of Picture Shop, Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof

Shortlist:

• Adam Dolniak of Splice, All or Nothing: Arsenal
• Blair Wallace for Evolutions Bristol, Epic Adventures with Bertie Gregory
• Nuala Sheridan of Picture Shop, Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof
• Will Coker of Picture Shop, Make or Break
• Dan Gill of Picture Shop, Our Great National Parks
• Ross Baker of Molinare, Tinder Swindler

 

EXCELLENCE IN GRADING (SCRIPTED) (Sponsored by EIZO)

Winner: Aidan Farrell of Picture Shop, The Responder

Shortlist:

• Ross Baker of Molinare, Rules of the Game
• Jamie Parry of dock10, Stay Close
• Carl Thompson & Jateen Patel of Molinare, The Capture Series 2
• Aidan Farrell of Picture Shop, The Responder
• Dan Coles of UNIT, graded at Picture Shop, The Tourist
• Colin Brown of Blazing Griffin Post Production, You Don’t Know Me

 

EXCELLENCE IN VIRTUAL STUDIOS

Winner: The Cube studio for Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, Eurosport, discovery+ & GCN+

Shortlist:

• BBC Sport’s Beijing 2022 virtual studio, BBC Sport, Vizrt & Lightwell
• Dinosaur With Stephen Fry, dock10 & Mentorn Media for Channel 5
• Premier League Productions: New Virtual Studio, AE Live, Premier League Productions & IMG for Multiple International Premier League Broadcasters
• The Cube studio for Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, Eurosport, discovery+ & GCN+
• The Electrik City - eSkootr Championship, Boombox Group for Global distribution through multiple broadcast partners’

 

INNOVATIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN STORYTELLING

Winner: America the Beautiful - V/SPEED, Wildstar Films

Shortlist:

• America the Beautiful - V/SPEED, Wildstar Films
• Dinosaur With Stephen Fry, dock10 & Mentorn Media
• FIFAe Finals 2022, LIVELee & FIFA
• BBC News at Six & Ten studio, The BBC Set Delivery Team
• World War II: Secrets from Above, Windfall Films

 

POST SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR (FREELANCE) (Sponsored by: Post Super)

Winner: Mal Woolford

Shortlist:

• Cory McCrum
• Emma Zee
• Louise Seymour
• Mal Woolford
• Miranda Jones
• Polly Duval

 

POST-PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

Winner: Kellie Sanders, dock10

Shortlist:

• Kellie Sanders, dock10
• Nicola Lacey, Fitzrovia Post
• Oliver Bramley, Sky Production Services
• PeiSze Wong, The Finish Line
• Tana Beynon & Stephanie Winnard, Picture Shop

 

STANDOUT TECH OF THE YEAR

Winner: Unreal Engine, Epic Games

Shortlist:

• LucidLink Filespaces 2.0, LucidLink
• Kairos IT / IP Video Processing Platform, Panasonic
• MK Engage, MediaKind
• Papercup, Papercup team
• Porta 2.0 cloud app and px hardware, disguise
• Unreal Engine, Epic Games

 

TECHNICAL INNOVATION (ENTERTAINMENT OR SPORT) (Sponsored by MRMC)

Winner: SURGE, Megaverse for YouTube

Shortlist:

• Localised Highlights of the 2022 Six Nations Championships & Autumn Nations Series, WSC Sports & Six Nations Rugby for YouTube & all other Six Nations Social Media channels
• Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars Series 1, Studio Ramsay Global for BBC
• Gran Turismo, dock10 for Playstation Network, Facebook Live & Twitch
• SURGE, Megaverse for YouTube

 

YOUNG TALENT OF THE YEAR (POST-PRODUCTION)

Winner: Tom Nursey, Sky Production Services

Shortlist:

• Ella Soryl, Azimuth Post Production
• Josh Manley, Buzz 16
• Megan Harrison, Sky Production Services
• Millie Tapner, Arrow International Media
• Tom Nursey, Sky Production Services
• Yasmin Amey, Picture Shop

 

YOUNG TALENT OF THE YEAR (TECHNICAL)

Winner: Jahreal Wright, Sky Production Services

Shortlist:

• Andrew Ware, dock10
• Bradley Woollett, Timeline Television
• Jahreal Wright, Sky Production Services
• James Codling, Final Pixel
• James Moore, Noah Media Group
• Maddie Holmes, EMG

 

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD

Winner: BBC Studios Events Production, for coverage of the Platinum Jubilee and Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.