Fox Sports named channel of the year at Astra Awards

Tim Burrowes

June 22, 2012 7:31

The Fox Sports team celebrates channel of the year

The winners of pay TV’s annual awards have been announced with Fox Sports selected as channel of the year.

News Limited this week launched a bid to buy Consolidated Media, which would potentially double its stake in Fox Sports to 100%.

Viewers’ love of the property genre was obvious in the subscriber-voted categories with Selling Houses Australia, the show’s presenter Andrew Winter and the UK version of Grand Designs all getting nods.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.