Awards clash on Foxtel
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Foxtel prides itself on being the home of awards and with the Emmys, MTV, AVMAs, Golden Globes, SAGs, Tonys, American Music Awards and Helpmanns it’s a fair call.
It’s even better when many of them air live to air. We get to see big name celebrities give acceptance speeches and songs or deliver the occasional blunder, simultaneously with international audiences.
But next Monday there is a clash that ought to have been avoided.
The 50th Grammy Awards will air live on FOX8 at 12pm. It is preceded by lots of Red Carpet action (from Joey Fatone no less!) from 8am.
On the other side of the Atlantic the BAFTA is holding its 61st British Academy Film Awards. Being a Sunday night in the UK it will begin at 9am AEST Monday morning. But it is delayed in Australia, screening at, you guessed it 12pm on Arena. Smack back in contention with the Grammys.
Stupid programming or an embarrasment of riches?
Press Release:
THE 50TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS LIVE
Monday February 11 from 08.00am
[Countdown Show at 08.00am]
[Red Carpet LIVE at 10.00am]
[Ceremony begins at 12noon]
The 50th Annual Grammy Awards Encore at 9.30pm
Nominations for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards have been announced reflecting one of the most diverse years ever with the Album Of The Year category alone representing the country, hip-hop, jazz, pop and rock genres.
Kanye West tops the nominations with eight, Amy Winehouse garners six, and the Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, and T-Pain each earn five nods. Akon, Dierks Bentley, Chris Daughtry, Feist, Tim McGraw, John Newton, Ne-Yo, Rihanna, and Bruce Springsteen receive four each.
FOX8 are the only network to show The 50th Annual Grammy Awards LIVE as they’re happening in the U.S. and will be encored for those who missed it again that night from 9.30pm.
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2 Responses
I just hope that when they get to the Academy Awards that Foxtel is fair to all of its subscribers by broadcasting on a more general channel than Showcase. I missed the SAG Awards and I was not impressed!
David, thankfully both FOX8 and Arena have timeshifted channels. So one could always watch one of the ceremonies live and switch over to the another channel’s timeshifted broadcast 2 hours later.