{"id":669510,"date":"2026-07-02T09:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T09:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/669510\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T09:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T09:15:12","slug":"history-hit-and-after-party-studios-dazzle-at-broadcast-digital-awards-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/669510\/","title":{"rendered":"History Hit and After Party Studios dazzle at Broadcast Digital Awards | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

History Hit landed the double whammy of Channel of the Year<\/a> and Best Factual Channel<\/a>, while After Party Studios bagged the coveted Multichannel Production Company of the Year<\/a> gong at this year\u2019s Broadcast Digital Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

History Hit edged out BBC3<\/a>, BBC4<\/a>, CBBC, Channel 4<\/a>.0 and U&Drama to be crowned Channel of the Year, with judges lauding it as a \u201cmodern, niche broadcaster\u201d offering subscription originals, ad-funded YouTube content, a suite of podcasts and a raft of social output.<\/p>\n

They praised its combination of creative and original content, savvy commercial thinking and audience clarity as a \u201ctemplate for how the next generation of digital business can really cut through\u201d.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, After Party secured its first Broadcast Digital Award with judges commending its \u201cblend of creative innovation with commercial know-how\u201d. Its content ranges from Sidemen Charity Match on YouTube, to Paramount\u2019s In Search of Peace, Netflix<\/a>\u2019s Stranger Things: A Strangely British Christmas Party, and Channel 4.0 format Don\u2019t Get Catfished. It was also recently acquired by Sister Group.<\/p>\n

The BBC<\/a> and Channel 4 picked up six and five gongs apiece, respectively, while Disney<\/a>+ secured two.<\/p>\n

\"What<\/p>\n

Among the BBC\u2019s wins on the night were Hera Pictures\u2019 What It Feels Like For A Girl picking up the award for Best Drama Programme<\/a> and the second series of Roughcut TV\u2019s Such Brave Girls landing the Best Comedy Programme<\/a> trophy.<\/p>\n

Channel 4.0 was named Entertainment Channel of the Year<\/a>, while its format Love Is In the Blood picked up Best Content Partnership or AFP<\/a>. Stalwart E4 series Celebs Go Dating picked up Best Entertainment Programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Disney+\u2019 Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth, which was made by Curious Films, was named Best Documentary Series<\/a>. Underdogs, made by Wildstar Films for Disney+ and Nat Go, picked up the Best Specialist Factual Programme<\/a> award.<\/p>\n

Other major moments included The Celebrity Traitors halting Hollyoaks\u2019 four-year run by winning Best Digital Support For a Programme<\/a>, while Darcus Beese: In His Own Words was named Best Documentary Programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"History Hit landed the double whammy of Channel of the Year and Best Factual Channel, while After Party…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-669510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}