Broadcast is a monthly magazine for the United Kingdom television and radio industry, owned by Media Business Insight. History Broadcast was started in 1973 by Rod Allen, who went on to work at LWT, HTV and HarperCollinsInteractive. He was most recently head of the Department of Journalism at City University, London, until he retired in 2006. Description The magazine covers a wide range of news and issues affecting the professional broadcast market in the UK. It has regular monthly sections covering news, commissioning, facilities, analysis, opinion, interview, platforms, production and ratings. Broadcast also often has a special feature covering an issue relevant to the industry. It is owned by Media Business Insight, a publishing, events and information business that also includes Screen International. Notable former staff Dan Wootton (former News of the World TV editor) Awards Since 1996 the magazine has conferred the annual Broadcast Awards, in a ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, to recognise and reward excellence in and around the UK television programming industry. Additionally, each June since 2005, the magazine has held the annual Broadcast Digital Channel Awards specifically for the digital TV industry, recognising and rewarding innovation, creativity and commercial success. In 2019 the Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards were instituted to celebrate the exceptional teams behind the most outstanding broadcast productions of the year, and 2021 saw the inaugural Broadcast Sport Awards. Broadcast Awards 2022 nominations and winners 2021 nominations and winners 2020 nominations and winners 2019 nominations and winners 2018 nominations and winners 2017 nominations and winners 2016 nominations and winners {| class=wikitable style=font-size:100% |+21st annual awards presented: 10 February 2016 – Host: Jonathan Ross ! style="background:#FAEB86;" width="34%"| Best Children's Programme ! style="background:#FAEB86;" width="33%"| Best Comedy Programme ! style="background:#FAEB86;" width="33%"| Best Daytime Programme |- | valign="top" | So Awkward Eve Horrible Histories Special: Awesome Alfred the Great I am Leo (CBBC) My Life: Mr Alzheimers and Me (CBBC) Punk Chef: Kids Challenge (Community Channel) | valign="top" | Catastrophe Peter Kay's Car Share Detectorists Inside No. 9 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show People Just Do Nothing | valign="top" | The People Remember (BBC One) Blitz Cities – Liverpool (BBC One) The Chase Judge Rinder Posh Pawnbrokers Who's Doing the Dishes? |- ! style="background:#FAEB86;" width="34%"| Best Documentary Programme ! style="background:#FAEB86;" width="33%"| Best Documentary Series ! style="background:#FAEB86;" width="33%"| Best Drama Series or Serial |- | valign="top" | The Paedophile Hunter (Channel 4) Breaking into