Oscars 2015: Facebook Launches Real-Time Trending Experience
The upcoming Academy Awards this Sunday is one event where all the stars of the universe will gather together for an unforgettable event honoring the film industry's best of the best for the past year.
Social media network giant, Facebook is partnering with the Oscars for a real-time sharing of highlights of the 87th Academy Awards as if you were actually there.
Video Highlights of The Oscars will post to Facebook and Oscar.com directly after they air.
The Oscars Backstage Hosts This Year Include Good Morning America Weekend Edition Co-Anchor Paula Faris, Fusion Host Pedro Andrade, Entertainment and Sports Reporter Chris Connelly, Yahoo Fashion Correspondent Nick Axelrod and How To Get Away With Murder Matt McGorry.
The Academy, ABC Entertainment and Facebook are partnering to make this year's The Oscars Backstage on WATCH ABC the most "Likeable" ever. Beginning at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, the curated "Director's Cut" feed from the award-winning The Oscars Backstage - which delivers three channels of live video feeds from over 20 cameras throughout the Dolby Theater to WATCH ABC for desktop and mobile devices - will also stream on the ABC Network's Facebook Page and be part of the Facebook Trending Oscars experience (www.facebook.com/oscars), which gives fans one place to connect in real time as they watch the night unfold.
"We're excited to bring viewers backstage and provide exclusive access to all those memorable, talked-about Oscar moments - the ones that happen on stage as well as the stories that play out behind-the-scenes," said Christina Kounelias, Chief Marketing Officer, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
On February 23, LIVE with Kelly and Michael will continue its awards season tradition with the fourth edition of LIVE's After Oscar Show, airing live in national syndication at 9:00 a.m., ET.