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Rumour: ARIAs for ELEVEN?

More rumours on the music industry's night of nights....

There was nothing confirmed yesterday, but TV Tonight is hearing more whispers that the ARIA Awards will be seen on ELEVEN…

The broadcast could be scaled down as a sponsor funded event.

The ARIAs take place on November 27 (a day after ratings end) at Allphones Arena, formerly Acer Arena.

Watch this space.

15 Responses

  1. “a day after the end of the ratings year”………
    Well then it should be up for grabs for anyone then!?

    If this is true it’s official…. All the networks have lost their touch. We all know last years was cringe worthy but to shove it off to the digital channels?

    For my sake I hope this is true because if it won;t be on TV i’m gonna have to travel to Sydney and see it live. I need the ARIAs.

    P.S….. If it does air on Eleven…. will it be live? Or are they gonna pull an Emmys and show it a week later? >.<

  2. Just a thought.

    Maybe a change in the structure of the awards themselves because each year there seems to be a whole lof of mostly wonderfull acts that pop up, win everything and then are never seen again.

    Keep all highest selling awards but break it up just a little to make it more relevant to a wider audience.

    The Newbies – for those who have been around 5 years or less
    The Hippies – those who have survived the first 5 and continue to the 15th year.
    The Dinos – the old bands and artists that are still packing rooms and selling music around the counrty.

    Just thinking out loud and sometimes it hurts !

  3. I would have liked if the ARIA’s were held at the Opera House preferably inside it on a propper stage. THey could have just had the musical acts and there partners, friends and family sitting in the first 5 to 10 rows an the rest of the crowd could purchas the tickets and watch it live. It would have been a simple yet effective setup, The Grammy’s and the AMA’s do it that way so what would be the problem? Also All Phones Arena used to be known as the Sydney Superdome about 8 to 10 years ago. As for the FTA coverage i think it would be good for 11. I am not surprised that they are interested in putting it on 11 considering the ARIA’S is a youth orientated thing, so that makes sense, i wouldnt be surpised if they do bring back Video Hits, it should come to no surprise to anyone that networks just change their minds at anytime.

  4. Ten dumped it because it didn’t rate…economy of scale.
    No pressure on ratings or trying to have a broad appeal on a digital channel.
    ….no point having it on foxtel, 2/3 of Australia don’t have access to it.

  5. The first time ten dumped the arias they said it was because it was too expensive. And it has always looked very cheaply produced. It will be interesting to see how they make it economically viable aired on 11.

  6. I don’t see the point of it being on ELEVEN, since ch10 got rid of their last music show “Video Hits”

    ..Fox8 or MTV Hits would be better choices for the ARIA Awards

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