Sky Sports activities received three awards on the 2024 Broadcast Sports activities Awards, with Actual Speak named Podcast of the 12 months.
The six-part sequence, hosted by Miriam Walker-Khan, explores well being and wellbeing themes skilled by athletes throughout the sports activities spectrum.
Sky Sports activities additionally received the Broadcast Sports activities TV Second of the 12 months award for its protection of teenage star Luke Littler changing into the youngest World Darts Championship finalist.
Sky Sports activities F1 received the “Greatest Visible Storytelling Utilizing Knowledge and Insights” award for its “ghost automobile” function, which is used to match the efficiency of various drivers.
The Actual Speak podcast launched in March and April and covers much less mentioned sports activities matters resembling OCD, pelvic ground well being, motherhood and retirement.
At the start of the 12 months, on the age of 16, Littler shocked the sporting world by reaching the ultimate at Alexandra Palace and created a historic second by overwhelmingly defeating former champion Rob Cross within the semi-finals.
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The spotlight of Luke Littler’s semi-final win over Rob Cross.
He misplaced a superb ultimate to Luke Humphries however his run to the ultimate would go down in darts folklore and appeal to an enormous new viewers to the game.
Sky Sports activities F1 has lengthy used side-by-side clips of rival qualifying laps to investigate race instances, however will have the ability to improve the viewer expertise in 2024 through the use of the ghost automobile function.
With out the necessity for a cut up display, the ghost automobile permits viewers to obviously see the main points of the battle for pole place.
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Karun Chandhok analyzes the lap instances of Lando Norris and Max Verstappen throughout Italian Grand Prix qualifying.
Sky Sports activities F1 Karun Chandhok stated: “The unbelievable group at Sky push us to innovate, do new issues and use the studio in inventive methods. This can be a large endorsement for all the group.”
Different winners on the night time included Michael Johnson and Gabby Logan, who received Commentator of the 12 months and Presenter of the 12 months respectively for his or her work on the BBC. The BBC’s protection of the Ladies’s FA Cup ultimate received Sports activities Manufacturing of the 12 months.
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