
FINALISTS
ANNOUNCED FOR 8th ANNUAL ASTRA AWARDS
Last week
forty five top subscription television executives gathered at the BBC Headquarters
in Sydney to review the entries for this year's ASTRA Awards which recognise excellence
in the subscription TV industry. Judges scored each entry based on whether the
program fulfilled its strategic intent and achieved distinction in terms of production,
innovation and impact with viewers. Talent and Presenter categories were also
judged on achieving an outstanding performance.
From the shortlist of finalists,
judges selected a winner in fourteen of the seventeen categories. The award for
Channel of The Year will be decided by the ASTRA Board while the final decision
on the Favourite Personality and Favourite Program awards will rest with subscription
TV viewers. Consumer voting starts on Monday 24th May until Friday 18th June 2010.
Viewers can vote online, by sms and through the iTV application (on MyStar and
Foxtel IQ set top boxes). For information visit the ASTRA Awards website, www.astra.org.au/awards.
MOST
OUTSTANDING CHILDREN'S PROGRAM OR EVENT
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Cartoon
Network Turner International Australia
Australian Nickelodeon Kids' Choice
Awards
Nickelodeon Nickelodeon Australia
Camp Orange: The Final Frontier
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon Australia
MOST OUTSTANDING MUSIC PROGRAM OR COVERAGE
Big
Day Out Li[v]e
Channel [V] XYZnetworks
Sound Relief
Channel [V] &
MAX XYZnetworks
MTV at the 2009 ARIA Red Carpet
MTV MTV Networks Australia
MOST
OUTSTANDING SPORTS PROGRAM OR COVERAGE
Pardon The Interruption
ESPN
ESPN
Rugby Union: Wallabies v All Blacks - 2009 Bledisloe Cup Series
FOX
Sports Premier Media Group
Monday Night Football (2009 NRL Season Round 21:
Wests Tigers v Manly Warringah Sea Eagles)
FOX Sports Premier Media Group
MOST
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY
For Valour The History Channel FOXTEL
Forecast
For Disaster: The Weather Behind Black Saturday
The Weather Channel XYZnetworks
One
Small Step: The Australian Story
BBC Knowledge BBC Worldwide
Sportstar Insider
Discovery
Discovery Networks
MOST OUTSTANDING NEWS PROGRAM OR COVERAGE
The
Weather Channel Coverage of The Sydney Dust Storm 22nd-23rd Sept 2009
The Weather
Channel XYZnetworks
The Weather Channel Black Saturday Coverage: 4th-8th Feb
2009
The Weather Channel XYZnetworks
Liberal Leadership Meltdown
Sky
News Sky News Australia
The Back Page
FOX Sports Premier Media Group
MOST
OUTSTANDING LIFESTYLE PROGRAM
The Barefoot Investor
CNBC Australia
CNBC
The Best In Australia - Season 3
The LifeStyle Channel XYZnetworks
Dry
Spell Gardening - Season 2
The LifeStyle Channel XYZnetworks
Selling Houses
Australia - Season 2
The LifeStyle Channel XYZnetworks
MOST OUTSTANDING
LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
My First Gig
MAX XYZnetworks
The Contender
Australia
FOX8 FOXTEL
Australia's Next Top Model - Series 5
FOX8 FOXTEL
An
Audience With Michael Parkinson
UKTV BBC Worldwide
Australian Nickelodeon
Kids' Choice Awards
Nickelodeon Nickelodeon Australia
MOST OUTSTANDING
DRAMA TANGLE SHOWCASE
The Premium Movie Partnership
False Witness
UKTV
BBC Worldwide
:30 Seconds
The Comedy Channel FOXTEL
MOST OUTSTANDING
USE OF INNOVATION IN PROGRAMMING
In The Womb: Extreme Animals
National
Geographic National Geographic Channel
Big Day Out Li[v]e
Channel [V] XYZnetworks
2009
JBWere Masters (2009 Australian Masters Golf)
FOX Sports Premier Media Group
MOST
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR - MALE
Matt Day - Tangle Showcase
The Premium Movie Partnership
Ben Mendelsohn -Tangle
Showcase The Premium
Movie Partnership
Dougray Scott - False Witness
UKTV BBC Worldwide
Joel
Tobeck - :30 Seconds
The Comedy Channel FOXTEL
MOST OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
BY AN ACTOR - FEMALE
Justine Clarke - Tangle Showcase The Premium Movie
Partnership
Catherine McClements - Tangle
Showcase The Premium Movie Partnership
Kat
Stewart - :30 Seconds
The Comedy Channel FOXTEL
MOST OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
BY A PRESENTER
Brendan Moar - Dry Spell Gardening
The LifeStyle Channel
XYZnetworks
Andrew Winter - Selling Houses Australia
The LifeStyle Channel
XYZnetworks
Danny Clayton - Channel [V] VJ
Channel [V] XYZnetworks
Sarah
Murdoch - Australia's Next Top Model
FOX8 FOXTEL
Brendon Julian - 2009 Ashes
Series
FOX Sports Premier Media Group
MOST OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
BY A BROADCAST JOURNALIST
Josh Holt The Weather Channel XYZnetworks
Ashleigh
Gillon
SKY News SKY News Australia
Kieran Gilbert
SKY News SKY News Australia
Nick
Bryant BBC World News BBC Worldwide
BEST NEW TALENT
Scott Pape
- The Barefoot Investor
CNBC Australia CNBC
Eva Lazzaro - Tangle Showcase
The Premium Movie Partnership
Camille Keenan - Satisfaction Season 3 Showcase
The Premium Movie Partnership
Tara Colegrave - CBeebies
CBeebies BBC Worldwide
Channel
Of The Year Bio - Foxtel
The Lifestyle Channel - XYZ Networks
FOX8 - Foxtel
FOX
Sports - Premier Media Group
Nick Jr. - Nickelodeon Australia
Consumer Voting
Categories
FAVOURITE PERSONALITY
Brendan Moar - The LifeStyle
Channel, XYZnetworks
Andrew Winter - The LifeStyle Channel, XYZnetworks
Jimmy
Barnes - MAX, XYZnetworks
Danny Clayton - Channel [V], XYZnetworks
Sarah
Murdoch - FOX8, FOXTEL
Bill Collins - FOX Classics, FOXTEL
Ruby Rose - MTV,
MTV Networks Australia
Alex Perry - FOX8, FOXTEL
FAVOURITE PROGRAM
Selling Houses Australia Season 2 - The Lifestyle Channel XYZnetworks
B430
- Channel [V] XYZnetworks
Sound Relief - Channel [V] & MAX XYZnetworks
Football
Superstar Series 2 - FOX8 FOXTEL
Australia's Next Top Model Series 5 - FOX8
FOXTEL
The Contender Australia - FOX8 FOXTEL
Camp Orange: The Final Frontier
- Nickelodeon Nickelodeon Australia
Deadliest Catch Season 5 - Discovery Discovery
Networks