Sky1 Commissions Oscars Program

LONDON: Giant Film & TV has been commissioned by Sky1 to produce Oscars ’09, a two-hour red-carpet show and 90-minute highlight special. 

The red-carpet show will air live at 11 p.m. on February 22, and the one-and-a-half-hour highlight special will air at 10 p.m. the following day on Sky1. Giant Film & TV, founded by brothers David Green and Steven Green, has previous event TV production experience in the U.S., having filmed the Golden Globes and BAFTA Cunard Britannia Awards.