Sky Cinema will offer exclusive coverage of The 89th Academy Awards® as part of unrivalled coverage of The Oscars® on TV and across digital media.

Launched today, dedicated channel Sky Cinema Oscars® will be the exclusive home of The Oscars in the UK and Ireland. The channel will provide full live coverage of The 89th Academy Awards, the biggest and glitziest night in the film calendar, as well as airing a wide range of Oscar-winning films over the next two weeks. Both The Academy Awards and the range of Oscar-winning movies will also be available through a NOW TV Cinema pass.

On Sunday 26 February from 11.30pm, presenter Alex Zane and guests including Heat's Boyd Hilton, journalist and film critic Anna Smith, and comedian, actor and broadcaster Sanjeev Bhaskar, will host a special preview show, Oscars 2017: Red Carpet Live, covering everything from the red carpet arrivals to award predictions. Live coverage of the awards ceremony itself will follow from 1.30am.

Across mobile and social media, Sky Cinema will also have the complete picture, providing the latest breaking news, previews of this year's contenders, and the key highlights following the ceremony on Monday morning.

Sky Cinema’s offering also includes over 100 Oscar-winning films in a bespoke collection On Demand, including 2016 winners The Revenant, Bridge of Spies, and more, as well as a host of all-time classics.

Group Director, Sky Cinema Ian Lewis said: "The Oscars is the biggest moment in the film industry and as the UK and Ireland’s leading in-home movies service, Sky Cinema will provide unrivalled coverage throughout the week across our platforms.  As well as showing exclusively live coverage of the Academy Awards, viewers can enjoy all the previews, news and reviews as well as over 100 Oscar-winning films throughout the week.”

Sky Cinema viewers can enjoy the Academy Awards as part of an unrivalled service that includes a new premiere every day and over 1000 movies On Demand in the Sky Cinema collection.

Sunday 26th February, Sky Cinema Oscars® (Sky channel 304)
23.30 - Oscars 2017: Red Carpet Live
01.30 -  The 89th Annual Academy Awards®

Oscar-winning films in the Sky Cinema collection include:
American Beauty, Apollo 13, Back To The Future, A Beautiful Mind, Bridge Of Spies, Brokeback Mountain, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, The Danish Girl, The Dark Knight, The Departed, Erin Brockovich, Forrest Gump, The Godfather, Inglourious Basterds, Inside Out, Jerry Maguire, Max Max: Fury Road, Moulin Rouge!, No Country For Old Men, Pearl Harbor, Raging Bull, Rain Man, The Revenant, Saving Private Ryan, Spectre, Up, Witness, and many more. 

For further information, please contact:

Sky Cinema PR - 0207 032 1445

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