HBO Asia, the home of the Oscars in Asia (#HBOAsiaOscars2018) for the fourth year, delivers the ultimate Oscars experience ‘live’ and exclusive across multiple screens on TV and connected mobile devices on HBO Asia’s network of channels and online platforms.
On Monday, March 5, viewers can stream the Oscars Red Carpet ‘Live’ from 7:30am followed by The 90th Academy Awards ‘Live’ at 9am ‘live’ on HBO GO (see how here) or catch them ‘live’ and exclusively on HBO. Both programs will encore that same night on HBO at 7pm and 8pm respectively.
HBO Celebrates 90th Oscars with 90 Oscar Winning and Nominated Movies
To enhance HBO’s Ultimate Oscars Experience and in celebration of the 90th Academy Awards, HBO HITS will feature 90 movies recognized by the Academy for their filmmaking excellence from February 10 to March 11. These movies will also be streaming on HBO GO and includes past Oscar winning heavyweights dating back from 1977 through 2017 such as ROCKY, STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE, THE ENGLISH PATIENT, CHICAGO, BIRDMAN (or THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE IGNORANCE), LA LA LAND and MOONLIGHT. For the full list of 90 movies, please see attached or log-on to http://hboasia.com/Hits for more information.
The HBO HITS Oscars Channel
Specially for the Oscars season, HBO HITS will be the dedicated Oscars channel from February 10 to March 11. The channel will be branded with Oscars themed visuals and animations and will also feature specially created Oscars elements such as slates featuring Oscar®-related facts for all the movies showing on the channel.
HBO Asia Oscars contest
Fourteen lucky winners of the 2017 Oscars contest will be in Los Angeles on a five-day all-expense paid Hollywood trip to watch the red carpet live at the 90th Annual Academy Awards.
This year, HBO Asia is once again giving viewers the opportunity to win seven pairs of tickets in the HBO Ultimate Oscars Experience Contest. This opportunity of a lifetime includes watching the Oscars red carpet live and attending the Oscars viewing party at the 91st Annual Academy Awards in 2019. Also included are round-trip airfares to Los Angeles, 5D4N hotel accommodation, VIP tour of an iconic Hollywood studio, private horse riding tour through the Hollywood hills, private tour of iconic Hollywood landmarks and a three-course dinner at a celebrity restaurant.
To participate, viewers would need tune-in to any Oscar movies showing on HBO and HBO HITS , look out for the HBO Ultimate Oscars Experience Contest icon and log-on to www.hboasia.com/oscars to answer two contest questions as creatively as possible. More information can be found at www.hboasia.com/oscars from February 10 onwards.
Stream the Oscars Red Carpet ‘Live’ from 7:30am followed by The 90th Academy Awards ‘Live’ at 9am ‘live’ on HBO GO or watch it ‘live’ and exclusively on HBO on Monday, March 5. Both programs will encore that same night on HBO at 7pm and 8pm respectively.