Fireworks Scores Pickups for BAFTAs

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LONDON: A number of broadcasters are slated to air the Orange British Academy Film Awards, with deals secured by Fireworks International through its recently announced representation agreement with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

Set to take place February 13 in London, the Orange British Academy Film Awards will be hosted for the fifth time by Jonathan Ross and will air exclusively in the U.K. on BBC One. The event will debut this year in Latin America on DirecTV and will also air on BBC America in the U.S. and UKTV in Australia and New Zealand. The awards have been picked up in Europe Danish national broadcaster DR and Scandinavia’s NonStop Television for broadcast throughout Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Benelux. HBO Central Europe has picked up the title for Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Poland. In India the show will be aired on the Indian movie channel Sony Pix.

Greg Phillips, the president at Fireworks International, commented, “The Orange British Academy Film Awards is a truly stand-out event in the international awards season, honoring the film industry’s brightest stars from around the world and providing high caliber entertainment appealing to a wide audience. We are delighted to announce this raft of deals following our partnership with BAFTA and are confident that this is just the start of our ongoing success in bringing their prestigious entertainment content to new global audiences.”