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Digital Spy is a British entertainment, television and film website and the largest digital property at Hearst UK. Iain Chapman launched the original site in early January 1999 to cover Sky's SkyDigital satellite platform, and the Digital Spy brand was formally established after a merger on the 28th of February 1999.
Digital Spy is owned by Hearst Magazines UK, which acquired it on the 1st of August 2011 when Hearst purchased Hachette UK. Before that, it was owned by Hachette Filipacchi UK, a subsidiary of the Lagardere Group, which bought the site in April 2008.
Digital Spy won Media Editorial Team of the Year at the British Media Awards in 2013, Consumer Website of the Year at the AOP Digital Publishing Awards in 2014, and PPA Digital Content Team of the Year in both 2017 and 2018.
The Digital Spy forums launched on the 1st of March 2000 using the UBB forum platform. In March 2021, Digital Spy closed its non-entertainment forums, including Politics and General Discussion, retaining only Film, Entertainment, and Television forums. The closures happened within 24 hours of the announcement.
Digital Spy held its first Soap Awards in 2008, with nominations chosen by soaps editor Kris Green. EastEnders won Best Soap, James Sutton won Most Popular Actor for his role in Hollyoaks, and Jack P. Shepherd won Villain of the Year for playing David Platt in Coronation Street.
Key editors have included Neil Wilkes, one of the founding contributors, who was replaced in March 2011 by David Moynihan, former editor of NME and FHM. Julian Linley, formerly of Heat magazine, became Editor in Chief in November 2015, followed by Matt Hill, formerly of T3 and Gizmodo UK, in November 2016.