Broadcast Sport Awards 2023: The Shortlist

Broadcast Sport Awards 2023 - The Shortlist

Best Original Content by a Rights Holder

Sponsored by base

• Behind the Game (COPA90 Studios & Premier League Productions)
• Electric Odyssey – Extreme E (Aurora)
• FIFA World Cup Daily Show (Aurora)
• Hoop Cities (Casual Films)
• The 2022/23 UEFA Grassroots Awards (DEAD Films)
• The Darts Show – All Access PDC (Matchroom Media)
• When Finlay Met Jack (Premier League Productions)

Best Social Media Campaign

• Ben Foster Meets (Amazon Prime Video Sport & Formidable)
• Budweiser x LADbible Group (Budweiser & LADstudios)
• Henley Royal Regatta 2023 (Sunset+Vine)
• Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2023 (Soccer Aid Productions)
• The Dub (Sky Sports)
• When Finlay Met Jack (Premier League Productions & Manchester City Football Club)

Best Use of Data and Insight in a Sports Broadcast

• F1 GP’s Live Graphics (Formula One Productions)
• Premier League Data Zone (Premier League Productions (IMG Media))
• Six Nations Rugby Special (BBC Sport)
• Sky Sports Football (Sky Sports)
• Sky Sports Viewers’ Verdict: Interactive Boxing Scorecards (Sky Sports)
• The Quidich Tracker & HyperView - The Ashes 2023 (Quidich Innovation Labs)
• US Open Tennis (Sky Sports)

International Programme of the Year

• 2023 PTO Asian Open Men’s Race (FilmNova for WBD/Eurosport, DAZN, BeIN & ESPN)
• A UCL Show Special: Sadio Mané – The Boy from Bambali (Whisper for UEFA Rights Holders)
• Champions League Tonight (IMG for CBS Sports, Pluto TV & Paramount+)
• Formula E (Aurora for Channel 4 & 40+ International Broadcasters)
• MLS 360 (IMG for Apple TV+)
• The Allianz Sailing World Championships (Sunset+Vine for Eurosport)
• The Power of Sport (Buzz 16 for Eurosport & discovery+)

Pundit of the Year

• Alan Shearer (Match of the Day for BBC)
• Jason Bell (The NFL Show & Sky Sports NFL for ITV & Sky Sports)
• Jill Scott (Men’s International Football for Channel 4)
• Michael Johnson (World Athletics Championships for BBC)
• Osi Umenyiora (The NFL Show & Sky Sports NFL for ITV & Sky Sports)
• Roy Keane (ITV FIFA World Cup 2022, FA Cup 2022-23, FA Community Shield & Sky Sports Football for ITV & Sky Sports)
• Tamsin Greenway (Sky Sports Netball for Sky Sports Netball)

Short-Form Content of the Year

• A Fighting Chance with Anthony Joshua (SBX Studios)
• Agree to Disagree (LADbible Group)
• Andy Murray vs Joel Dommett (LTA & Whisper)
• Deaf Away Days (Signpost Productions)
• England vs Countdown (IMG & Lifted Entertainment)
• Jaguar TCS Racing (Aurora)
• Le Mans 24 for 24 (Buzz16, discovery+ & Rolex)

Sports Broadcaster of the Year

• BBC Sport
• discovery+
• ITV Sport
• S4C
• Sky Sports

Sports Commentator of the Year

• Alex Jacques (Formula 1/Whisper for Channel 4 & F1TV)
• Guy Mowbray (Premier League, Match of the Day, FA Cup & FIFA World Cup for BBC)
• Nasser Hussain (The Ashes for Sky Sports Cricket)
• Robyn Cowen (Women’s World Cup, Women’s FA Cup, WSL & Match of the Day for BBC)
• Ronald McIntosh (Boxing, EuroLeague Basketball & Wimbledon Championship)
• Seb Hutchinson (FIFA World Cup Qatar, FIFA Women’s World Cup, England Women’s Football Internationals & FA Cup for ITV)

Sports Content of the Year (Quadrennial)

• FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 (IMG for BBC)
• FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 (ITV Sport for ITV)
• Men’s FIFA World Cup Final (BBC Sport for BBC)
• RLWC 2021 (Whisper for BBC)

Sports Documentary of the Year (Over 60 Minutes)

• After the Roar (3 Rock Productions & BT Sport Films for BT Sport)
• Game On. The Unstoppable Rise of Women’s Sport (Ben&Jack Studio and Fearless Women for Netflix)
• Hatton (Noah Media Group in association with Sky Studios for Sky Documentaries)
• Mark Cavendish: Never Enough (Pitch Productions for Netflix)
• Right to Fight (Raw TV for Sky Documentaries)
• Villeneuve Pironi: Racing’s Untold Tragedy (Noah Media Group & Sky Studios for Sky Documentaries)

Sports Documentary of the Year (Series)

Sponsored by The Collectv

• Born To Race (BBC / Current Affairs for BBC)
• Fever Pitch: The Battle for the Premier League (Story Films & Studio 99 for Paramount+)
• FIFA Uncovered (Ventureland for Netflix)
• ITALIA 90: When Football Changed Forever (Double Act for Channel 4)
• Lucky! (Jiva Maya for discovery+)
• Rio Ferdinand’s Tipping Point (Sportfive/Brave/Circle Circle Films/New Era Ingenious for Prime Video)

Sports Documentary of the Year (Up To 60 Minutes)

• Amputating Alice (Noah Media Group for Channel 4)
• Cycling Saved My Life (Studio Something for BBC)
• DUEL: Golf’s Greatest Showdown (IMG Films & North Ridge Films for Sky Sports & The R&A’s One Club Platform))
• Is Cricket Racist? (Cornered Tiger for Channel 4)
• Messi (BBC Sport for BBC)
• Rob Burrow: Living With MND (BBC Breakfast for BBC)
• Wrexham: Hollywood or Bust (Rondo Media for BBC)

Sports Entertainment Programme of the Year

• Goodwood Revival (Gravity Media for ITV)
• NFL End Zone (Whisper for Channel 5)
• Rob & Romesh Vs The Three Lions (CPL Productions for Sky Max)
• Sidemen Charity Match 2023 (After Party Studios for YouTube)
• Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2023 (Initial (part of Banijay) for ITV)
• The Lionesses: A League of Their Own Special (CPL Productions for Sky Max)

Sports Podcast of the Year

• Big Kick Energy with Maisie Adam & Suzi Ruffell (Vibrant Television)
• England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line (SBX Studio)
• Formula For Success (FFS) (Whisper)
• FPL Pod: The Premier League (Two Circles)
• Three Players and a Podcast (Sky Sports)
• World Gymnastics Championship 2022 (Voiceworks Sport)

Sports Presenter of the Year

• Ed Chamberlin (ITV Racing for ITV)
• Gabby Logan (Women’s World Cup, Six Nations, London Marathon & World Athletics for BBC)
• Laura Woods (FIFA World Cup Qatar, FIFA Women’s World Cup, Lionesses Football Internationals, FA Cup & Community Shield for ITV)
• Mark Pougatch (FIFA World Cup Qatar, FA Cup & Six Nations Championship for ITV)
• Mike Wedderburn (Sky Sport News for Sky Sport News
• Orla Chennaoui (Cycling, Rugby & Olympics for Warner Bros. Discovery Sports)

Sports Production Company of the Year

Sponsored by Timeline TV

• Aurora
• Buzz 16
• Gravity Media
• IMG
• Noah Media Group
• Sunset+Vine
• Whisper

Sports Production of the Year

• 2023 British Grand Prix (Sky Sports F1 for Sky Sports)
• Premier League – Arsenal v Manchester City (Sunset+Vine for Prime Video)
• The 2023 Open (Sky Sports Golf & IMG for Sky Sports)
• The Ashes (Sky Sports Cricket for Sky Sports)
• The Women’s FA Cup Final (Whisper & BBC Sport for BBC)
• World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023 (World Athletics Productions for BBC)

Sustainability Champion of the Year

• Aurora (Aurora)
• European Tour Productions (IMG & European Tour Productions)
• David Garrido, Sky Sports (Sky Zero)
• Web CIS (Wonderly & World Athletics)

Young Talent of the Year

Sponsored by EMG

• Dean Kemp (Sky Sports)
• Emily Jamieson (Gravity Media)
• Kelsey Gallagher (Aurora)
• Luke Moreau (Noah Media Group)
• Martha Watson (Sky Sports)
• Siham Abdullahai (Buzz 16)
• Tom Pethick (Tinopolis)

YouTube Channel of the Year