Channel 4 were the big winners at the 2015 Broadcast Digital Awards, taking home eight trophies, including Channel of the Year and Best Entertainment Channel, both for E4. Vice held on to their Best Original Web Channel trophy while also beating the traditional broadcasters to the prize for Best Popular Factual Programme and BBC Three followed up their BAFTA success with a gong for Murdered By My Boyfriend. The awards were held at The Brewery and hosted by The Last Leg star Josh Widdicombe. See who was making waves in the 2015 digital world below.
Best App or Website for Channel, Strand or Genre
Stand Up Be Counted
Shortlisted:
4music
BBC Earth
Comedy Central UK
ITV News App
Nick.co.uk
Best App or Website for Programmes
The Singer Takes It All
Endemol, Chunk and Tectonic Interactive for Channel 4
Shortlisted:
Channel 4 Horse Tracker, Monterosa for Channel 4 (Highly Commended)
My Mind Checker for Embarrassing Bodies: Live From The Clinic, Maverick Television and Rocket for Channel 4
Strictly Come Dancing, BBC Production for BBC One
The Voice UK App, TellyBug and Wall to Wall for BBC One
War of Words VR, Burrell Durrant Hifle for BBC Arts
Best Content Partnership or AFP
Reverse The Odds for Stand Up To Cancer
Cancer Research and Maverick Television for Channel 4
Shortlisted:
Horizon: The £10 Million Challenge, BBC Science London and Nesta for BBC Two
Mazda: Race of Remembrance and Real Challengers, Princess Productions for Sky Sports
MUNCHIES, VICE and FremantleMedia for MUNCHIES.tv
The Big Fish Off, Korda and ITV for ITV4
The Ones To Watch, Samsung and Fresh One for Sky 1
Best Digital Children’s Content
CBeebies StoryTime App
BBC Children’s for Cbeebies
Shortlisted:
Code-It, Nickelodeon UK and We Are Tilt for Nickelodeon UK
Dixi 2: Dixi Unchained, Kindle Entertainment for CBBC
Junior Vets, True North for CBBC
Make It: Technobabble, Aardman Animations for CBBC
The Doctor and the Dalek, Somethin’ Else and BBC Wales Online & Learning for BBC Learning
Best Game
Reverse the Odds
Maverick Television and Chunk for Channel 4
Shortlisted:
Hollyoaks Game, Lime Pictures for E4 and Channel 4
Junior Vets on Call Game, Stardotstar and True North for CBBC
Make It: Technobabble, BBC Digital Creativity, Aardman Digital for CBBC
Our World War Interactive: High Wood, BBC Learning and Mi for BBC Three
Tipping Point Mobile Game, Barnstorm Games, RDF Television and Zodiak Media for ITV
Best Platform Innovation
LViS Global Activation Platform v4
Monterosa
Shortlisted:
All 4 for Channel 4
Showcase Relaunch for Freesat
Story of Now, TouchCast for BBC
TVPlayer, Simplestream
UKTV Play for UKTV
Best Multiplatform Project
The Singer Takes It All
Endemol, Chunk and Tectonic Interactive for Channel 4
Shortlisted:
BBC Live, BBC
Cucumber, Banana, and Tofu Multiplatform, Red Production and Rocket for Channel 4
Don’t Stop the Music, Fresh One Productions and Rocket for Channel 4
Leaders Live, ITV News for itv.com/news and Bite News
The Voice UK, Wall to Wall for BBC One
Best Social Media and Digital Marketing Campaign
Hollyoaks Snapchat Who Killed Fraser?!
Lime Pictures for E4
Shortlisted:
#MTVStars of 2014, MTV Music
Ex on the Beach, MTV
Feeling Nuts Check One Two, Attention Seekers and Fulwell 73 for Channel 4
Fortitude Polar Bear, Sky Atlantic
Strictly Come Dancing: Vine Booth, BBC One
Best Programme Acquisition
The 100
E4
Shortlisted:
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, for E4
Game of Thrones, Sky Atlantic
Scorpion, ITV2
Suits, Dave
Vikings, History
Best Sports or Live Event Coverage
The 2015 William Hill World Darts Championship
Sky Sports
Shortlisted:
Isle of Man TT, North One Television for ITV4
Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down, Five To Go, Phil McIntyre and Hipgnosis for Gold
MotoGP, North One Television for BT Sport 2
Phillip’s 24 Hour Live TV Marathon for Text Santa, ITV Studios for ITV3
Tour de France, VSquared for ITV4
Best Entertainment Programme
Wild Things
IWC Media, Mad Monk and GME for Sky 1
Shortlisted:
A League of Their Own, CPL Productions for Sky 1
Bad Bridesmaid, Fresh One and GroupM Entertainment for ITV2
Bad Robots, Objective Productions for E4
Release the Hounds, Gogglebox Entertainment for ITV2
Ross Noble Freewheeling, North One Television for Dave
Best Scripted Programme
Murdered By My Boyfriend
BBC Current Affairs for BBC Three
Shortlisted:
Detectorists, Channel X and Lola Entertainment for BBC Four
Fortitude, 50 Fathoms and Tiger Aspect for Sky Atlantic
Glue, Eleven Film for E4
Mr Sloane, Whyaduck Productions and Big Talk Productions for Sky Atlantic
The Keith Lemon Sketch Show, Talkback and Bang Tidy for ITV2
Best Popular Factual Programme
The Islamic State
VICE for vicenews.com
Shortlisted:
50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy, Burning Bright Productions and Brown Bread Films for Sky One
Drunk History, Tiger Aspect for Comedy Central UK
Katie Hopkins: My Fat Story, Crackit Productions for TLC
Our War: Goodbye Afghanistan, BBC Documentaries for BBC Three
Storage Hunters UK, North One Television for Dave
Best Factual Channel
Discovery Channel
Shortlisted:
BBC Four
BBC Three
History
Horse & Country TV
National Geographic Channel
Best Specialist Channel
CBBC
Shortlisted:
Horse & Country TV (Highly Commended)
CBeebies
Horror Channel
Nat Geo WILD
Sky Arts
Best Original Web Channel
VICE News
Shortlisted:
Barcroft TV
BBC Radio 1 in BBC iPlayer
FullTimeDEVILS
Jamie Oliver’s Drinks Tube
Shorts
