{"id":2134,"date":"2025-12-18T22:33:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2025-12-18T22:34:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:34:49","slug":"oscars-to-stream-exclusively-on-youtube-from-2029","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2134","title":{"rendered":"Oscars to stream exclusively on YouTube from 2029"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Oscars will be shown only on YouTube from 2029, the Academy said Wednesday, in a radical gambit for a movie industry that remains wary of streaming platforms even as viewing habits shift online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new five-year deal means Hollywood\u2019s most prestigious awards ceremony&nbsp;will be viewable exclusively online for the first time, ending a decades-long relationship with US broadcaster ABC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rema, Selena Gomez - Calm Down (Official Music Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WcIcVapfqXw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision will allow the Academy Awards to reach \u201cthe largest worldwide audience possible \u2014 which will be beneficial for our Academy members and the film community,\u201d said Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CEO Bill Kramer and President Lynette Howell Taylor in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual Oscars, which celebrate the year\u2019s top achievements in film and draw the world\u2019s biggest A-list stars, are regularly watched by around 20 million Americans, and millions more globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ABC\u2019s latest contract to broadcast the show had been due to end in 2028, with the 100th Academy Awards. The Disney-owned channel will continue to air the Oscars up until then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the new deal with Google-owned YouTube represents a bold new direction for the show at a time when audiences increasingly watch all types of content online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Streamers owned by Silicon Valley firms have lured top talent away from traditional Hollywood studios with massive contracts \u2014 despite filmmakers\u2019 concerns that they rarely show movies on the big screen in theaters for extended runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Streamers have also gradually gained wider acceptance at the Academy Awards, where Apple won best picture for \u201cCODA\u201d in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SAG Awards, another important Hollywood awards gala which recently rebranded as The Actors Awards, have already moved to Netflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>YouTube accounts for the biggest share of television viewing time in the United States of any streaming platform, dwarfing even Netflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis collaboration will leverage YouTube\u2019s vast reach and infuse the Oscars and other Academy programming with innovative opportunities for engagement while honoring our legacy,\u201d said the Academy statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Financial terms of the new Oscars deal were not disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Industry website Deadline said \u201cthe amount that YouTube was willing to pay didn\u2019t make sense for Disney,\u201d citing anonymous insiders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An ABC Entertainment spokesperson told AFP: \u201cABC has been the proud home to The&nbsp;Oscars&nbsp;for more than half a century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to the next three telecasts, including the show\u2019s centennial celebration in 2028, and wish the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continued success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like Hollywood more broadly, the Oscars have endured a challenging time in recent years, as younger generations\u2019 viewing habits shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the Covid-19 pandemic, Oscars ratings sank as low as 10.4 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most recent Oscars were viewed by 19.69 million people \u2014 the highest in five years \u2014 as the ceremony was shown live simultaneously on Disney\u2019s streamer Hulu along with ABC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the Hulu stream suffered technical glitches that left some viewers unable to see the final prizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Academy Awards telecast regularly topped 40 million just over a decade ago. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/12\/oscars-to-stream-exclusively-on-youtube-from-2029\/\">(Vanguard)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oscars will be shown only on YouTube from 2029, the Academy said Wednesday, in a radical gambit for a movie industry that remains wary of streaming platforms even as viewing habits shift online. 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