LONDON -- In the aftermath of the cancellation of the Golden Globes, leading international buyers are calculating the cost and impact of the writers strike while concerns mount that this year's Orange BAFTA Awards could also be affected by the fallout. "This would have been our first year airing the Golden Globes, and we haven't got off to a great start," said Richard Woolf, head of Sky One, which had planned to debut the awards show in the U.K. "We're very sad that the Globes have been canceled."
The British satcaster, a major buyer of blue chip U.S. fare including Lost, Prison Break, 24 and Bones said the combination of red carpet glamour and familiar film and TV stars would have a strong appeal for British viewers.
"I think that we as a nation have become more interested in (U.S.) television and film, given that the gulf between our countries has disappeared," Woolfe said.
Sky had planned live coverage of the Golden Globes as well as a series of highlights packages and red carpet specials across the Sky Movies and Sky One channels that would have kicked off the awards season. It still hopes to bookend the awards season with a similar package of programming around the Oscars.
The British satcaster, a major buyer of blue chip U.S. fare including Lost, Prison Break, 24 and Bones said the combination of red carpet glamour and familiar film and TV stars would have a strong appeal for British viewers.
"I think that we as a nation have become more interested in (U.S.) television and film, given that the gulf between our countries has disappeared," Woolfe said.
Sky had planned live coverage of the Golden Globes as well as a series of highlights packages and red carpet specials across the Sky Movies and Sky One channels that would have kicked off the awards season. It still hopes to bookend the awards season with a similar package of programming around the Oscars.
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LONDON -- In the aftermath of the cancellation of the Golden Globes, leading international buyers are calculating the cost and impact of the writers strike while concerns mount that this year's Orange BAFTA Awards could also be affected by the fallout.
"This would have been our first year airing the Golden Globes, and we haven't got off to a great start," said Richard Woolf, head of Sky One, which had planned to debut the awards show in the U.K. "We're very sad that the Globes have been canceled."
The British satcaster, a major buyer of blue chip U.S. fare including "Lost", "Prison Break", "24" and "Bones" said the combination of red carpet glamour and familiar film and TV stars would have a strong appeal for British viewers.
"I think that we as a nation have become more interested in (U.S.) television and film, given that the gulf between our countries has disappeared," Woolfe said.
Sky had planned live coverage of the Golden Globes as well as a series of highlights packages and red carpet specials across the Sky Movies and Sky One channels that would have kicked off the awards season. It still hopes to bookend the awards season with a similar package of programming around the Oscars.
LONDON -- In the aftermath of the cancellation of the Golden Globes, leading international buyers are calculating the cost and impact of the writers strike while concerns mount that this year's Orange BAFTA Awards could also be affected by the fallout.
"This would have been our first year airing the Golden Globes, and we haven't got off to a great start," said Richard Woolf, head of Sky One, which had planned to debut the awards show in the U.K. "We're very sad that the Globes have been canceled."
The British satcaster, a major buyer of blue chip U.S. fare including "Lost", "Prison Break", "24" and "Bones" said the combination of red carpet glamour and familiar film and TV stars would have a strong appeal for British viewers.
"I think that we as a nation have become more interested in (U.S.) television and film, given that the gulf between our countries has disappeared," Woolfe said.
Sky had planned live coverage of the Golden Globes as well as a series of highlights packages and red carpet specials across the Sky Movies and Sky One channels that would have kicked off the awards season. It still hopes to bookend the awards season with a similar package of programming around the Oscars.
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