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M-Net has secured the broadcasting rights to the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards for South Africa that will be taking place in the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles on 18 September. ''We will flight the Emmys,'' M-Net tells me.
M-Net has no programming specifics available yet regarding the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards broadcast but based on past scheduling behaviour, plus the new dynamics of the M-Net Movies 1 HD channel, below is my projected guess at what M-Net will be announcing regarding the broadcast, and only for the broadcast and no pre- red carpet specials, which should figure in somewhere as well. Note that nothing is confirmed besides M-Net having the rights and this is my calculated projection in chronological order:
Monday 19 September
03:00 - 06:30 LIVE M-Net Movies 1 HD (M-Net 175)
03:00 - 06:30 LIVE M-Net Movies 1 (DStv 103)
20:30 - 23:30 M-Net (DStv 101)
20:30 - 23:30 M-Net HD (DStv 170)
UPDATE Friday 15 July 13:30 - M-Net confirms broadcasting times of the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards. The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards will be on at 21:30 on 19 September on M-Net (DStv 101) and M-Net HD (DStv 170).
M-Net will be showing the live feed of the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards at 02:00 on the morning of 19 September. M-Net haven't specified which channel(s) yet.
