The Oscars are coming to YouTube. After a long time airing on CBS, the Academy Awards will livestream on the platform worldwide, without spending a dime, from 2029 to 2033. The brand new deal, introduced by the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences, provides YouTube unique rights to the present and surrounding content material, ranging from the a hundred and first ceremony.
The Academy’s CEO, Invoice Kramer, and president, Lynette Howell Taylor, stated in a press release quoted by Variety that the partnership would enable them “to develop entry to the work of the Academy to the most important worldwide viewers doable—which shall be helpful for our Academy members and the movie neighborhood. This collaboration will leverage YouTube’s huge attain and infuse the Oscars and different Academy programming with modern alternatives for engagement whereas honoring our legacy. We will have a good time cinema, encourage new generations of filmmakers, and supply entry to our movie historical past on an unprecedented international scale.”
The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards shall be introduced on January 22, 2026, with the total ceremony to comply with on March 15.
