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oscars 2022

s1l1con — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 10:18:51 GMT

is there a dedicated oscar channel for 2022 and will Sky be showing the Oscars?

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LGUser — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 10:56:33 GMT

There should be a dedicated Oscar channel on Sky Cinema where you'll be able to watch.

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s1l1con — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 11:06:19 GMT

Thanks for replying, the dedicated channel normally appears the month Oscar's are on showing Oscar winning films but there isn't so far

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Daniel0210 — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 11:27:12 GMT

@s1l1con

It will probably be announced in the coming weeks in the March thread about Sky TV Guide changes.

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caesarome — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:19:06 GMT

Sky usually rebrands one of the movie channels for this so I would guess they will do the same this year.

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nolte — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 11:28:32 GMT

One of the sky cinema channels renames to sky cinema oscar on Monday 14th

https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/What-s-On/Changes-to-the-Sky-TV-guide-March-2022/td-p/3937524

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s1l1con — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 20:01:27 GMT

Thank you for your reply

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Timelord2018 — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:17:15 GMT

Also I think it's been shown on Sky Showcase aswell.

Edit: It is

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LGUser — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:15:12 GMT

@Timelord2018 wrote:
Also I think it's been shown on Sky Showcase aswell.

We've not had Sky Showcase long enough for The Oscars to have been shown on it.

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NewtonBoy — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 22:47:01 GMT

@LGUser A few folk spell being as been. Never sure why.

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LGUser — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 23:03:04 GMT

@NewtonBoy wrote:
@LGUser A few folk spell being as been. Never sure why.

It's possible that @Timelord2018 made a typo. I've never seen being spelled as been.

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shnqa — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 01:25:47 GMT

Well, timelords are likely to get confused by present / past tense occasionally I guess..

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PatAlan — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:41:30 GMT

Surely the broadcast on Sky Showcase is the live transmission? My TV guide on the Sky box says it starts at the same time at 1am as it starts on Sky Cinema Oscars. (And ends at 5am instead of 4am even!) They cannot possibly be editing it that quickly. Therefore, can all Sky subscribers watch the full show now on Showcase? Anyone at Sky can confirm that as that would be great as I do not have a Cinema subscription.

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merv60 — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:12:59 GMT

@PatAlan Yes, the Oscars are being shown live on Sky Showcase, the first time in a long time they've been shown live on a channel that isn't part of Sky Cinema, & about time too. The information is all there on the EPG. There is Oscars Night Live from 11.00 pm until 1.00 am, followed by the awards ceremony itself from 1.00 am until 4.10 am.

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merv60 — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:19:58 GMT

@Timelord2018 wrote:
Also I think it's been shown on Sky Showcase aswell.

Edit: It is

@Timelord2018 I think that information is a bit wrong. The EPG shows it as being on at 1.00 am until about 4.10 am, not 2.00 am - 5.00 am. Maybe they forgot about the time changing on Sunday morning at 1.00 am when the clocks go forward, even though the Oscars are on 24 hours later. 🤔

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TimmyBGood — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:28:53 GMT

@merv60 wrote:

@PatAlan Yes, the Oscars are being shown live on Sky Showcase, the first time in a long time they've been shown live on a channel that isn't part of Sky Cinema, & about time too.

Presumably part of the increasingly desperate attempts by the Academy for their flagship to remain relevant (or at least get to ceremony # 100 in 2028 and then quit gracefully ; )

"I don't get why movie people care so much if other people care what awards we give ourselves," actor Seth Rogen told Insider. "I don't care who wins the automobile awards.

"No other industry expects everyone to care about what awards they shower upon themselves. Maybe people just don't care. Maybe they did for a while and they stopped caring. And why should they?"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60616273

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merv60 — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:46:01 GMT

@TimmyBGood wrote:
@merv60 wrote:
@PatAlan Yes, the Oscars are being shown live on Sky Showcase, the first time in a long time they've been shown live on a channel that isn't part of Sky Cinema, & about time too.
Presumably part of the increasingly desperate attempts by the Academy for their flagship to remain relevant (or at least get to ceremony # 100 in 2028 and then quit gracefully ; )

"I don't get why movie people care so much if other people care what awards we give ourselves," actor Seth Rogen told Insider. "I don't care who wins the automobile awards.
"No other industry expects everyone to care about what awards they shower upon themselves. Maybe people just don't care. Maybe they did for a while and they stopped caring. And why should they?"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60616273

Have to say I find what Seth has to say a bit arrogant. We care by going to the cinema or paying to stream films, hence why we care about the awards ceremonies. If we didn't care, he wouldn't have a job. I'm glad I can actually watch the complete ceremony this year instead of having to make do with the highlights show. I enjoy seeing if a film I've watched & liked has won anything, what's wrong with that?

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TimmyBGood — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 14:32:10 GMT

@merv60 wrote:

We care by going to the cinema or paying to stream films, hence why we care about the awards ceremonies.

I'd guess the viewing figures indicate that's increasingly not the case though. As the BBC article starts by saying, the whole notion of a televised Oscars ceremony is quite literally from another era.

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LGUser — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 14:43:23 GMT

@merv60 wrote:
We care by going to the cinema or paying to stream films, hence why we care about the awards ceremonies

Thing is. cinema viewership has dropped. People are not going because they don't want to mix in a crowd. Peple are not going because they found that during lockdown, they found that it's easier to buy/rent and watch at home especially if you have kids and they don't mind watching at home.

I've not been to the cinema since before the first lockdown. It costs us more to go to the cinema then it does to rent. And if you have kids, you'll have to buy them popcorn, drinks, and maybe other food. Plus there is the cost of fuel and the hassle of going. At home it's just get the snacks/drinks from the kitchen, start the movie and away you go. It's easy to rent/buyt/stream from a service you subscribe. Much easier then going to the cinema.

As for the awards, I don't see all that many people who really care about watching. They are more interested in who won.

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merv60 — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 14:51:03 GMT

@TimmyBGood wrote:
@merv60 wrote:
We care by going to the cinema or paying to stream films, hence why we care about the awards ceremonies.
I'd guess the viewing figures indicate that's increasingly not the case though. As the BBC article starts by saying, the whole notion of a televised Oscars ceremony is quite literally from another era.

They should bring back Billy Crystal as the host, that might improve viewing figures. I think this year they're not even having a specific host, which is odd.