The British Media Awards aim to highlight the best in business across the entire media industry and are open to newspapers, magazines, event companies, broadcasters, media technology companies, B2B publishers, online-only publishers and mobile-based publishers. According to the organisers, their aim is simple: to celebrate inspiring and creative ideas that are changing the way the media industry works.
The winners were:
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO BRITISH MEDIA
Alan Rusbridger
WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Acquia
Winner: - Ascential – Nursing Times Website
Silver: Telegraph Media Group – telegraph.co.uk
Bronze: WGSN – WGSN Influence Strategy
PRODUCT TEAM OF THE YEAR
Winner: Time Inc. UK – The Lab
Silver: Dennis Publishing – Dennis Digital
Bronze: The Guardian – The Guardian Digital Development Team
APP OF THE YEAR
Winner: Economist – Espresso
Silver: Reuters – Reuters TV
Bronze: The Guardian – The Guardian
COMMERCIAL CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Onscroll
Winner: Time Inc. UK – Changing the Face of The British Army
Silver: JCDecaux – Jurassic World
Bronze: Factory Media – The Indestructibles
EVENT OF THE YEAR
Winner: The Drum – Do It Day
Silver: Open Door Media Publishing – Funds Society Fund Selector Summit 2015
Bronze: Centaur Media – Festival of Marketing
AD TECH PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Grapeshot – Grapeshot Advanced Keyword Technology
Silver: Captify – C3 - Search Intelligence powered advertising
Bronze: Unruly – UnrulyX
DIGITAL LAUNCH OF THE YEAR
Winner: Business Insider – Business Insider UK Launch
Silver: Retail Week – Retail Week Prospect
Bronze: Dennis Publishing – Alphr.com
SALES TEAM OF THE YEAR
Winner: DODS Group Plc Sales Team
Silver: Open Door Media Publishing – Investment Europe
Bronze: Centaur Media – The Profile Group Content Sales Team
TECH PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Smartology – SmartMatch™
Silver: Affino – Single-source Media Business Platform
Bronze: Zapnito – Building branded expert knowledge networks
EDITORIAL CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Winner: Grazia Magazine – Mind The Pay Gap
Silver: Dennis Publishing – Geeks vs Loneliness
Bronze: The Independent – #refugeeswelcome
CONTENT TEAM OF THE YEAR
Winner: Guardian News & Media – Guardian Professional Networks
Silver: Startups.co.uk – Editorial team
Bronze: WGSN – WGSN Content
LAUNCH OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Plural Strategy
Winner: Dennis Publishing – The Week Junior
Silver: Lions Festivals – Lions Innovation
Bronze: BMJ – Rethinking Student BMJ
PRINT PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
Winner: Bauer Media – MOJO Magazine
Silver: Ascential – The Architectural Review
Bronze: The Drum – The Drum Magazine
BEST COMMERCIAL USE OF DATA
Sponsored by Liveintent
Winner: Squawka – Match Day Data
Silver: Zoopla Property Group – AdReach
Bronze: Financial Times – The Financial Times reader engagement metric
VIDEO PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Winner: The Economist – Economist Films
Silver: VICE Media – VICE News - Europe or Die
Bronze: Dezeen – Future Makers
MARKETING TEAM OF THE YEAR
Winner: YOOX NET-A-PORTER– PORTER - Marketing Team
Silver: UBM EMEA – Safety & Health Expo
Bronze: Immediate Media – Subscriptions Marketing Team
RISING STAR AWARD
Winner: Faye Bell - Centaur Media
Silver – Megan Dunsby - Startups.co.uk
Bronze – Nick Flood - Dennis Publishing
MEDIA BRAND OF THE YEAR
Winner: Immediate Media – Radio Times
Silver: Dennis Publishing – The Week
Bronze: First News (UK) Ltd - First News
MEDIA PIONEER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Katie Vanneck Smith
MEDIA COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Adestra
Winner: Dennis Publishing