ASTRA Awards

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ASTRA Awards
Awarded forExcellence in subscription television
CountryAustralia
Presented by Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association
First award2003
Final award2015
(folded into AACTA Awards)
Websiteastra.org.au (defunct)

The ASTRA Awards were the annual awards for the Australian subscription television industry. According to the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA), the awards "recognise the wealth of talent that drives the Australian subscription television industry and highlight the creativity, commitment and investment in production and broadcasting." [1]

Contents

The ASTRA Awards were instituted in 2003, but were discontinued after November 2015, when ASTRA announced the awards would be folded into the annual AACTA Awards. [2] [3]

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

The 2012 ASTRA Awards were sponsored by Telstra, FOXTEL, AUSTAR, Napoleon Perdis, GHD and OpenTV. [4]

Channel

– Channel of the Year – Fox Sports (Australia)

Subscriber's Choice

Programming and production

– Most Outstanding Children's Program or Event – The Amazing World of Gumball
– Most Outstanding Music Program or Coverage – Foo Fighters: Wasting Light on the Harbour
– Most Outstanding Sports Program or Coverage – KFC T20 Big Bash League
– Most Outstanding Documentary – Australia's Great Flood
– Most Outstanding News Program or Coverage – Gillard V Rudd
– Most Outstanding Reality Program – Kalgoorlie Cops
– Most Outstanding Lifestyle Program – Planet Cake
– Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program – Balls of Steel Australia
– Most Outstanding Drama – Cloudstreet
– Most Outstanding Use of Innovation in Programming – FOX FIELD [5]

Talent

– Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor (Male) – David Wenham
– Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor (Female) – Kerry Fox
– Most Outstanding Performance by a Presenter – Luke & Wyatt
– Most Outstanding Performance by a Broadcast Journalist – David Speers
– Best New Talent – Lara Robinson

2013

The 2013 ceremony took place on 25 July 2013 with the following categories and winners: [6]

Channel

Subscriber's Choice

Programming and production

Talent

Lifetime Achievement Award

2014

The 2014 ceremony took place on 20 March 2014 with the following categories and winners: [7]

Channel

Subscriber's Choice

Programming and production

Talent

Honorary ASTRA Award

2015

The 2015 ceremony took place on 12 March 2015 with the following categories and winners: [8]

Channel

Programming and production

Talent

Industry Contribution Award

See also

References

  1. ASTRA Awards – About ASTRA
  2. Christensen, Nic (24 November 2015). "Dedicated pay-TV awards scrapped, as ASTRA joins rest of industry in the AACTA Awards scheme". mUmBRELLA.
  3. https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/awards-history/5th-aacta-awards/overview/
  4. ASTRA Awards – Sponsors
  5. 1 2 "FOX Sports, Cloudstreet, Selling Houses Australia top 2012 ASTRA Awards". TV Tonight. 21 June 2012.
  6. "Selling Houses Australia, Tangle, FOX Footy win at ASTRA Awards. | TV Tonight". tvtonight. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  7. "2014 ASTRA Awards: winners | TV Tonight". tvtonight. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  8. "Standing ovation for Brian Walsh at ASTRA Awards | TV Tonight". tvtonight. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2024.