SWITCH AS SEVEN GRABS THE LOGIES
THE Seven Network has won the broadcasting rights to air the TV Week Logie Awards, snatching it from Nine, which has televised it for the past 27 years.
There were recent reports that Seven was in negotiations with Are Media, owners of the Logie Awards, to broadcast the annual event and on Tuesday the network announced it was the new official broadcast partner of the event.
The awards, which will be in their 63rd year in 2023, will be broadcast on Channel 7 and on streaming platform 7 Plus on Sunday, June 18, next year.
Seven West Media managing director and chief executive James Warburton said he was thrilled to have secured the rights to the popular event.
“The TV Week Logie Awards are more than television’s night of nights, they are a treasured Australian institution and a celebration of Australia’s love of television,” he said.
“It’s early days but we have big, exciting plans for the awards in 2023 and beyond.”
The length of the multiyear agreement is unclear.
Figures from television ratings company OzTAM showed this year’s Logies, held in June, drew 885,000 viewers across the nation’s five major metropolitan cities.
A Nine spokesman recognised the importance of the Logies, despite no longer holding the broadcasting rights.
“The Logies are an important and valuable platform to celebrate the great work of our television industry, a night for our audience to connect with all parts of the industry and celebrate,” he said. “It has in its 62-year history been screened on all networks.”
Are Media chief executive Jane Huxley said the awards were “the most anticipated event of the year for the television industry”.
The location of next year’s awards has not been announced.