The BAFTA Awards are back on PIX

Media News

Mumbai, February 18, 2010

The BAFTA Awards are back on PIX. Early last year, PIX had bagged the official telecast rights of the BAFTA Awards 2009. Often cited as the British equivalent to the Oscars, BAFTA is a British charity that host annual award shows for film, television, television craft and video games. The LIVE telecast of the 2010 awards ceremony will air at 5 30 am on February 22nd 2010 followed by the prime time telecast at 9 pm on February 22nd 2010.

As part of the upcoming special, PIX has slated the BAFTA Movie-marathon which goes on till February 21st every night. The movie line-up has been exclusively selected from the BAFTA award winners of the previous years.

Mr. Sunder Aaron, Business Head, PIX, said, "We grabbed the rights to showcase the BAFTA awards live last year. As one of the leading English movie channels today, it’s an absolute honor to have the exclusive rights to telecast the BAFTA Awards, an evening that sees the work of several great films, get felicitated. A brilliant list of the BAFTA nominated movies is being screened on PIX and we are hoping our movie buffs love watching them."

Catch the BAFTA Movie-marathon till February 21st 2010. Watch the glorious Awards night when the most deserving actors and the best movies take home their prestigious BAFTA Awards on February 22nd 2010 at 5 30 am only on PIX.

For further information, please contact:

Hanmer MS&L

Maeen Hussaini

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Email: maeen.hussaini@hanmermsl.com