Starting in 2029, the Oscars will be leaving its longtime home of ABC and instead be broadcast via YouTube, sources familiar with the discussions told The Hollywood Reporter.
ABC has broadcast the Oscars since 1961. The 2028 Oscars, the last with the network, will be the 100th annual ceremony.
The 2025 Academy Awards drew 19.7 million viewers, a five-year high, thanks to the inclusion of 1.65 million additional viewers who watched on digital devices.
In a bit of foreshadowing, the 2025 awards marked the first time the ceremony was simultaneously broadcast live and streamed online.
YouTube will retain rights to the Oscars through 2033, The Associated Press reports.
“We are thrilled to enter into a multifaceted global partnership with YouTube to be the future home of the Oscars and our year-round Academy programming,” Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Chief Executive Bill Kramer and Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor said in a statement.
“The Academy is an international organization, and this partnership will allow us to expand access to the work of the Academy to the largest worldwide audience possible — which will be beneficial for our Academy members and the film community.”
It’s not the first awards ceremony to switch to a streaming platform as a primary way to watch the ceremony.
The SAG Awards switched to Netflix in 2023, airing on the streamer’s YouTube channel. Then, in 2024, Netflix began airing the awards ceremony, now called The Actor Awards, on the streamer itself.
Erin Evans contributed reporting.
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