Wrap Video: We Debate What Oscars on YouTube Might Mean for Co-Streaming and Younger Audience

Hollywood was rocked this week with the news that the Academy Awards will move to YouTube starting in 2029 after 50 years on broadcast television, but TheWrap’s Steve Pond and Jeremy Fuster believe that this move could actually be a positive change for the awards show after years of declining ratings.

“If this is done right, maybe it could mean something good for the Oscars,” TheWrap’s box office and labor reporter Fuster said during a conversation with Pond about the shakeup.

Though he argued the move to a digital-first platform is “a sign of the continued demise of over-the-top TV,” Fuster argued that the awards show shakeup may be what…