BREAKING. Announcement of the nominees of The 85th Academy Awards to be broadcast live in South Africa on M-Net Movies Premiere.

M-Net has secured the broadcasting rights to the announcement of the nominees of The 85th Academy Awards and M-Net will broadcast it live in South Africa in high definition (HD) on Thursday 10 January at 15:30 (South African time) on M-Net Movies Premiere (DStv 103).

This is the first time ever that South African TV viewers will get to see the announcements of Oscar nominees live in South Africa and in HD. The nominations will be made by Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone.

M-Net will broadcast The 85th Academy Awards in South Africa on Monday 25 February at 20:30 (South African time).