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SHORTLIST 2026

Broadcast Sports

Congratulations to all those that made this year's shortlist!

We look forward to seeing you all on the night; view tables packages below.

TABLE PACKAGES

BEST AI TOOL

Ceivo

Ceivo 

Burnlab

EDC Media Analyzer

EDC Media Analyzer

Telestream

Quickture 2

Quickture 2

Quickture

Seamless AI

Strawberry Media Intelligence

Projective

SRFM File[less]

SFRM File[less] Editorial Match

Yahoo Studios

 

 

BEST INDUSTRY SKILLS & TRAINING INITIATIVE

   

ITV Technology Graduate Programme

ITV Technology Graduate Programme

sponsored by Gravity Media

On Air 2025

On Air 2025

   

Pixel Pathway 2026

Pixel Pathway 2026

 

 

Rise Women in Broadcast

Rise Women in Broadcast

 

 

BEST INNOVATION PROJECT

   

Bitmovin

Bitmovin Server-guided Ad Insertion

RTBF, Red Bee Media, Dotscreen, Ad Insertion Platform (AIP), and RMB

sponsored by NEP

Follow The Sun Operations

How Iyuno Reimagined Content Localization

Iyuno & SDVI

   

MyWorld Smart Cinema

MyWorld's Smart Cinema

MyWorld & Hidden Signals

Premier League Studios

Premier League Studios

Premier League Studios

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Remarkably Bright Creatures - Marcellus Pacific Octopus

Netflix, Anonymous Content,  Night Owl Stories & Untold Studios

Sky's Clean Energy Solution

Sky's Clean Energy Solution

Sky

Smart Stories

Smart Stories: the Story Object Model

IBC Incubator Project Team

BEST STUDIO BUILD

   

BBC FLEX

BBC/FLEX Studio

BBC Media Tech, for BBC Radio

sponsored by Digital Garage

BBC FIFA World Cup 2026 Studio

FIFA World Cup 2026 Studio

BBC Sport / Pixotope / MediaCity Studios

   

ITV Sport - FIFA World Cup 2026 Studio

FIFA World Cup 2026

ITV Sport

Finchley Studios

Finchley Studios

Finchley Studios

ITV News & Good Morning Britain

ITN Studio Build for ITV News & Good Morning Britain

ITN

ITV Sport - FIFA World Cup 2026 Studio

Sky Sports Premier League Football OB Studio

Sky Sports & D&B Solutions

BEST SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE

   

GLASS

GLASS - Dirty Looks' Smart Energy Platform

Dirty Looks & Pixels for Good

sponsored by Appear

Green Wing Sustainability

Green Wing Sustainability

Green Wing Sustainability

   

Humans Not Robots

Humans Not Robots' Blueprint for Carbon-Smart Delivery

Humans Not Robots (HNR), as part of the 33-partner 5G-EMERGE consortium led by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

Measuring the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Virtual Production

Measuring the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Virtual Production

University of Nottingham Virtual and Immersive Production Studio & Cut the Carbon

Nobody's Fuel

Nobody's Fuel for Nobody's Fool

ITV Studios, Aggreko, Gravity Media, Terry Tew Sound & Light, & The Collectv

Sky's Clean Energy Solution

Sky's Clean Energy Solution

Sky

BEST TECH FOR CONTENT CREATORS

amaran Ray 660c

amaran Ray 660c

BBC Digital Content Space

BBC Digital Content Space

Veepod

Veepod

BEST TECH INNOVATION IN LIVE PRODUCTION

BBC Arabic Trending

BBC Arabic Trending

BBC World Service Television

FIFA World Cup 2026 XR Studio

FIFA World Cup 2026 XR Studio

BBC Sport / Pixotope / MediaCity Studios

Gravity Media Stagebox

Gravity Media Stagebox

Gravity Media

Multiview Race Centre for Cycling

Multiview Race Centre for Cycling

TNT Sports

RoutePilot One

RoutePilot One

Timeline TV

Sky Sports Multiview

Sky Sports Multiview

Sky Sports

Reuters & TVU

Transforming Global and Scalable Live News Distribution

Reuters & TVU

WSL Play-Off Final

WSL Play-Off Final: Bringing Fans Closer with Live iPhone Innovation

Aurora

BEST USE OF AI (CREATIVE)

Boom Town

Boom Town: How Merthyr Made the World

Little Bird Films

Straten van Toen

Straten van Toen

Particle 6

Terror in the Skies

Terror In The Skies: Stopping The Liquid Bomb Plot

ITV News/ITN

The Assassinations of Queen Victoria

The Assassinations of Queen Victoria

IWC Media

Unmasking a Monster

Unmasking a Monster: Aileen Wuornos

Arrow Media

WarGame

WarGame

The Garden and ITV Studios

World Senior's Snooker Championship Promo

World Senior's Snooker Championship Promo

Sunset+Vine

BEST USE OF AI (WORKFLOW)

Channel Changers AI Production Suite

Channel Changers AI Production Suite

Channel Changers

Cuez Storydesk

Cuez Storydesk

Cuez

Intelligent Automation

Intelligent Automation

ITV

Promotool.ai

Promotool.ai

Promotool

SRFM File[less]

SFRM File[less] Workflow 

Yahoo Studios

Subtitle-based Semantic Search

Subtitle-based Semantic Search

ITV

BEST USE OF ARCHIVE

9/11: The Unseen Footage

9/11: The Unseen Footage

Atomic & Bumblebee for Channel 5

In Ten Pictures S3

In Ten Pictures Series 3

BBC Studios for BBC

Katie Price - Nothing to Hide

Katie Price: Nothing to Hide

Mindhouse for Sky Documentaries

The Alien Autopsy Scandal

The Alien Autopsy Scandal

Mindhouse for Sky Documentaries

The Investigation of Lucy Letby

The Investigation of Lucy Letby

ITN Productions & ITN Post for Netflix

Wham! 10 Days in China

Wham! 10 Days in China

Supercollider & Bumblebee Post Production for BBC

EXCELLENCE IN AUDIO POST-PRODUCTION (NON-SCRIPTED)

The Salt Path Scandal

Finn Curry, Tom Nursey & Tatjana Radivoj of Sky Post Production

The Salt Path Scandal

A Toxic Love Story

Gary Kelly & Jack Cheetham of Splice Post

A Toxic Love Story

Suez

Joe Siddons & James Spooner of Home Post Production

Suez: 24 Hours That Broke the British Empire

Nightmares of Nature

Richard Lambert, Chris Domaille, James Burchill, Ian Bown & Jonathon Cawte of Films @ 59

Nightmares of Nature

Rebel Country

Kate Davis & Stephen Gilbert

Rebel Country

In Ten Pictures Series 3

Thaddaios Yianni of runVT

In Ten Pictures Series 3

Bowie

Tristan Powell, Claire Ellis & Will Chapman of Molinare

Bowie: The Final Act

EXCELLENCE IN AUDIO POST-PRODUCTION (SCRIPTED)

Alice & Steve

James Colledge, Roland Heap, Bryony Lear, Marc Spector and Harry Platford of Jumbuck Film & TV with Foley from Sound Disposition

Alice & Steve

Granite Harbour

Jamie Kolonić, Adam Powell-Evans, Hayden Morris, Tom Hoey and Jay Whittaker of LA Post

Granite Harbour Series 3

Tip Toe

Mark Briscoe of Home Post Production

Tip Toe

Rivals S2

Richard Davey, Antony Bayman, Laura Lovejoy, Miles Sullivan, Jack Gillies, Sam Walsh, Neale Ross and Rhiana Field of Jumbuck Film & TV

Rivals Season 2

Legends

Richard Davey, Jack Gillies, Michael Williams, Alex Gibson, Vanessa Kanaan, Tom Beale, Sam Walsh, Neale Ross and Rhiana Field of Jumbuck Film & TV

Legends

EXCELLENCE IN GRADING (NON-SCRIPTED)

   

This Land

Emma Johnson of The Finish Line

This Land

sponsored by EIZO

Race Across The World

Enge Gray of Racoon

Race Across the World Series 6

   

Banjo & ro

John Sackey of Serious Facilities

Banjo and Ro's Grand Island Hotel

Sara Price

Jon Bruce of BSQUARED

Sara Price: Chasing Dakar

Pompeii Out of Time

Katherine Jamieson of Splice Post 

Pompeii Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston

Should I Marry a Murderer?

Ross Baker of Molinare

Should I Marry a Murderer?

How to Live on Earth

Simon Bland of Films @ 59 

How to Live on Earth

EXCELLENCE IN GRADING (SCRIPTED)

   

Lord of the Flies

Aidan Farrell of The Farm Post Production

Lord of the Flies

sponsored by EIZO

Granite Harbour

Alex Beards of LA Post

Granite Harbour Series 3

   

Coldwater

Colin Brown of BSQUARED

Coldwater

Small Prophets

Nuala Sheridan of The Farm

Small Prophets

Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue

Paul Harrison of Residence Pictures

Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue

Frauds

Ross Baker of Molinare

Frauds

Grow

Taryn Calverey of Blazing Griffin

Grow

EXCELLENCE IN VFX

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Chris Ritvo, Taylor Rockwell, Ross Burgess, Adam Chabane, Artem Sukach, Andrea Lacedelli, Timucin Ozger, Luke Groves, Tobias Winblad, Ngoc Phan and Mai Nguyen of Untold Studios

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Evolution

Graham Stott & Moonraker VFX Team

Evolution

The Dinosaurs

Jonathan Privett, Steve Moncur and Stafford Lawrence of Industrial Light & Magic and Paul Silcox of Lux Aeterna

The Dinosaurs

Under Salt Marsh

Mark Harris of Milk Visual Effects Team

Under Salt Marsh

Surgeons at the Edge of Life

Colin Maclean, Lauryn McCorkell, Robyn Gray & John Cox of Serious FX

Surgeons: At the Edge of Life Series 8

Brassic

Tanvir Hanif of Digital Imaging FX

Brassic

POST PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

Aimee Silverman

Aimee Silverman

ITN Post

Jen Powell

Jen Powell

Home Post Production

Laura Praciak

Laura Praciak

Home Post Production

Laura Taylor

Laura Taylor

Home Post Production

Marie Nichols

Marie Nichols

Bumblebee

STANDOUT TECH OF THE YEAR

Appear X Platform

Appear X Platform

freispace

freispace - Post-Production Scheduling

Gravity Media Stagebox

Gravity Media Stagebox

InSync

InSync OG-MCC Range - Ultra-Low-Latency Conversion for Tier-One Live Production

LiveU & Actual Sport

LiveU & Actua Sport: Resilient Multi-Venue Contribution and Cloud Distribution at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games

TECH TEAM OF THE YEAR

   

BBC Studios EMEA FAST

BBC Studios EMEA FAST

BBC Studios

sponsored by Medialease

Gen AI Innovation Team

Gen AI Innovation Team

ITV Studios

   

Home Post Production Tech Ops Team

Home Post Production Tech Ops Team

Home Post Production

NEP UK RF Team

NEP UK RF Team

NEP UK

NEP UK Wimbledon

NEP UK Wimbledon Team

NEP UK

Premier League Studios

Premier League Studios Technology Team

Premier League Studios

The Finish Line Post Production

The Finish Line Post Production

The Finish Line

YOUNG TALENT OF THE YEAR (LIVE PRODUCTION)

   

Bethan Clargo

Bethan Clargo

ITV Sport

sponsored by Netflix

Claudia Manchip

Claudia Manchip

Aurora

   

Felix Payne

Felix Payne

Gravity Media

Lanna Cowles

Lanna Cowles

NEP UK

Mariana Galego

Mariana Galego

Gravity Media

Nick Arbenz

Nick Arbenz

NEP UK

YOUNG TALENT OF THE YEAR (POST-PRODUCTION)

   

Asya Al Kooheji

Asya Al Kooheji

Framestore

sponsored by Netflix

Connor Eves

Connor Eves

Sky Post Production

   

Heather Mills

Heather Mills

Particle 6

Isabel Derr

Isabel Derr

Azimuth Post Production

Isabelle Yung

Isabelle Yung

ITN Post

Kitty Banks

Kitty Banks

FixFX

YOUNG TALENT OF THE YEAR (PRODUCTION)

   

Finley Bradley

Finley Bradley

Sky

sponsored by Netflix

Lily Brook

Lily Brook

See-Saw Films

   

Louise Duncan

Louise Duncan

Particle 6

Mathilde Davidson

Mathilde Davidson

Sky

Nick Moysey

Nick Moysey

Noah Media Group

Ryan Whittle

Ryan Whittle

Sky

Testamonials

  • Everybody sees what happens on the screen and what goes out, but there's so much work and effort goes into production, the preplanning and making these things happen, to be recognised for that work that goes on preproduction is amazing!
    Richard Wormwell
    dock10
  • Being able to show those unsung heroes within the technical innovation space is a really important achievement and it's a great awards to be part of...
    David Harnett
    Timeline TV
  • To recognise people that do stuff that isn't normally recognised, you know it's normally the hosts, the executive producers and the creative directors, but yeah the technical stuff makes it happen!
    Lisa Edwards
    Studio Ramsay
  • We're such an important industry to the country, and to everyone we serve from our clients to everyone at home, and there's a huge amount of work that's gone into the last couple of years innovation wise and it's great to be recognised.
    Jai Cave
    Envy Post Production