Oscars move from broadcast TV to streaming, starting in 2029
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Other contenders include "Amarela," "Beyond Silence," "The Boy With White Skin," "Butcher's Stain," and "Butterfly on a Wheel."
YouTube has won the rights to host the Academy Awards starting in 2029. The Google-owned service outbid other offers, including one from the Oscars’ longtime home ABC, which has been hosting the event since 1976. Disney’s deal runs through 2028.
The Oscars move to YouTube in 2029. The Academy Awards will stream live and for free worldwide, bringing red-carpet glamour and the full ceremony to your screen.
The Oscars will be entering a new era in the future. It was announced on Wednesday that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has signed a multi-year deal with YouTube that will give the social media platform exclusive global rights to the Oscars.
The Oscars are only a week away now, and while the popular categories for Acting, Directing and Writing may have simple name-recognition, there are a dozen or more over-looked categories, both on the film and technical sides of the annual awards.