The Oscars Are Moving to YouTube in 2029

Starting successful 2029, the Oscars volition nary longer aerial connected ABC. Instead, the awards ceremonial volition beryllium connected YouTube.

In a property merchandise from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, it was announced contiguous that the Academy and YouTube person signed a multi-year woody for the exclusive planetary rights to aerial the Oscars, opening successful 2029 done 2033. ABC volition proceed to aerial the awards successful 2026 done 2028 arsenic before, concluding with the 100th Oscars.

This volition marque the Oscars viewable for free, unrecorded connected YouTube starting successful 2029, including each authoritative related Oscars contented and associated events, specified arsenic the reddish carpet pre-show, Governors Awards, Oscars nominations announcement, Student Academy Awards, and more. Select Academy Museum exhibitions volition besides beryllium made viewable connected YouTube.

“The Academy is an planetary organization, and this concern volition let america to grow entree to the enactment of the Academy to the largest worldwide assemblage imaginable — which volition beryllium beneficial for our Academy members and the movie community," said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and president Lynette Howell Taylor successful a associated statement. "This collaboration volition leverage YouTube’s immense scope and infuse the Oscars and different Academy programming with innovative opportunities for engagement portion honoring our legacy. We volition beryllium capable to observe cinema, animate caller generations of filmmakers and supply entree to our movie past connected an unprecedented planetary scale.”

The Oscars were primitively broadcast starting successful 1953 by NBC, with ABC taking implicit successful 1966 for 5 years, NBC regaining the rights for different 5 years, and past ABC taking backmost implicit successful 1976 and retaining rights ever since.

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