Ms Heggessey took over as channel controller in November and has been looking into the station's image.
Viewers will pick a programme just as they pick a magazine on a bookstall, rather than being fed what a channel controller somewhere thinks should come next.
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Speaking later on Thursday, BBC News channel controller Kevin Bakhurst told Radio 5 live the move was part of "an ongoing review of the presenter line-up we have across BBC News".
This year's judges included BBC One controller Lorraine Heggessey, Channel 4 head of entertainment and comedy Danielle Lux and Channel 5 director of programmes Kevin Lygo.
His experience and reputation put him in the running for several top jobs - including head of the BBC News Channel and controller of Radio 4.
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Ross, controller of film and drama at Channel 4, said it was "a surprise and a great honour" to be recognised.
The channel also had a very famous face as its controller between 1965 and 1968 - Sir David Attenborough.
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Mr Abraham, who moved from UKTV to Channel 4 last year, was joined last week by Channel 4's new chief creative officer, Jay Hunt - previously controller of BBC One.
Former BBC Wales controller Geraint Talfan Davies told the inquiry that he believed the details of the deal to fund the channel from BBC funds "sounded cumbersome and expensive".
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