BBC One named Channel of the Year

[Robot Chicken]

EDINBURGH -- BBC One has taken home the top honour at this year's Channel of the Year awards.

The station, headed by Peter Fincham, replaced Channel 4 as terrestrial channel of the year, while ITV2 took the non-terrestrial equivalent.

"That's the best thing that's happened to me all month," said Fincham. "I'm lucky enough to have a boss who couldn't be more supportive, I've needed that lately. BBC One's here to stay, mainstream TV is here to stay. I'm very lucky to be running BBC One, it's a job I love and I hope I'll be doing it for a while yet."

The winners and nominees in full:

FastTrack & TVYP Choice Award
Doctor Who, BBC One - WINNER!
Skins, E4
Planet Earth, BBC One
Life On Mars, BBC One

Non-Terrestrial Channel of the Year
BBC Three
Sky One
More4
ITV2 - WINNER!
BBC Four
UKTV Gold

Terrestrial Channel of the Year
BBC One - WINNER!
BBC Two
ITV1
Channel 4
Five
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How much is the license fee again?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Least. Interesting. Thread. Ever. Fact.

 

[desprateseagull]

channel of the year? there's another 4months to go yet, before all the phone-in / fake comp winner scandals are totted up, surely?

no channel deserves to win.

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

channel of the year? there's another 4months to go yet, before all the phone-in / fake comp winner scandals are totted up, surely?

no channel deserves to win.

equals - I must critisise the BBC, but I can't for the life of me think of a channel that is better

 

[dougdeep]

It should be the best for the price.

 

[Spicy]

Is it better because its paid for by licence payers and we don't get all those annoying commercial breaks?

 

[bhaexpress]

The bland leading the blind.

 

[Spicy]

The BBC make some good period dramas and is the home of British Broadcasting (the last bit is a joke).

 

[Silvanus]

BBC is crap. Channel 5 is better IMO

 

[Virgo's Haircut]

How can BBC Three, BBC Four and ITV2 be named non terrestrial channels of the year when the are on Freeview which is Digitial TERRESTRIAL?

 

[Tesco in Disguise]

bbc 1 has been dumbed down to itv's level. bbc 2 or c4 are far better

 

[Tricky Dicky]

bbc 1 has been dumbed down to itv's level. bbc 2 or c4 are far better

I'd go along with that. tho I hardly ever watch any of the 4 main channels. I do not want to watch soaps or reality TV, so that takes care of 90% of the output of BBC1 and ITV1.

 

[REDLAND]

The BBCs Natural History programming is 2nd to NONE, especially nice on HD as well

 

[Rangdo]

The BBC is for people with CLASS.

ITV and Ch5 are for chavs.

 

[Badger]

I can't believe Price Drop didn't make the Non Terestrial category

 

[Silent Bob]

bbc 1 has been dumbed down to itv's level. bbc 2 or c4 are far better

And BBC 4.