The Oscars:The 83rd Annual Academy Awards live and in HD.

I can be first to reveal exactly how and on what channels African TV viewers will be able to watch this year's Oscars - with several choices available to watch the 83rd Annual Academy Awards across various M-Net channels either live; in high definition (HD); live and in HD; or in HD.

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards with James Franco and Anne Hathaway as the hosts this year will go out live on M-Net Movies 1 (DStv 103) on Monday, 28 February at 2am (Nigerian time) as well as live and in high definition (HD) on M-Net Movies 1 HD (DStv 175) on the same date and 2am starting time.

Besides these 2 live broadcasts, the 83rd Annual Academy Awards will go out later on Monday, 28 February on M-Net East and West(DStv 101 and 102 ) at 8:30pm, and in high definition (HD) on the same date and 8:30pm starting time on M-Net Africa HD (DStv 170).