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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has signed a deal with YouTube that will give the video streaming platform exclusive rights to broadcast the Oscars from 2029 until 2033.
The deal will bring the Oscars to more than two billion viewers worldwide. and YouTube TV subscribers in the US, according to a news release.
It includes streaming rights to behind-the-scenes content and red carpet coverage, as well as other Academy events such as the Governor's Awards and Oscar nomination announcements, which will be available on the Oscars YouTube channel.
The awards will also be available with audio tracks in multiple languages in addition to subtitles.
Financial terms were not disclosed. A broadcast partner has also not been named, making it unclear if (or where) the awards show will be available to watch on television.
“The Academy is a global organization, and this partnership will allow us to expand access to the Academy's work to the widest possible global audience,” said Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor and CEO Bill Kramer.
“We will be able to celebrate cinema, inspire new generations of filmmakers and provide access to our cinematic history on an unprecedented global scale.”
YouTube CEO Neil Mohan said the partnership with the academy will help them inspire creatives around the world, “while remaining true to the legendary legacy of the Oscars.”
Disney ABC's broadcast of the Oscars will continue through 2028 – the 100th awards ceremony – as will the academy's international partnership with Disney's Buena Vista International.
The deal is a big shake-up for a major Hollywood touchstone and comes at a time when the film industry is already undergoing big changes with the shift to streaming and the scramble to be acquired by Warner Bros.
Paramount Skydance makes a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery for US$108 billion just days after Netflix announced a US$72 billion deal with the legacy studio. This move has implications even for US President Donald Trump.
Disney-owned ABC has been home to the Oscars for almost its entire history. NBC first televised the Oscars in 1953, but ABC acquired the rights in 1961. With the exception of the period between 1971 and 1975, when NBC aired the show again, the Oscars aired on ABC.
“ABC has been home to the Academy Awards for more than half a century,” the network said in a statement. “We look forward to the next three telecasts, including the show’s centennial celebration in 2028, and wish the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continued success.”
The 2025 Oscars ceremony marked Five-year viewership record: 19.7 million total viewers.” Disney said at the time. These awards were broadcast digitally for the first time on Hulu, although according to some viewers whoreported that the site is not working shortly before the winner for best picture was announced.
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