🔗 Share this article The Oscars Are Exiting Broadcast TV and Broadcast Live on the Video Platform Beginning in the Year 2029. The Academy Awards will begin streaming exclusively on YouTube in the year 2029, signaling the newest significant shift in Hollywood. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the news on Wednesday, stating that it finalized a long-term agreement giving the streaming service the unique international license to the Oscars through 2033. The Oscars, which is planned for 15 March, has been televised for five decades on ABC. Commencing in 2029, the event will be viewable in real-time without charge on YouTube. It's a further major upheaval in Hollywood, which is navigating company buyouts and fusions, coupled with drastic slashes to movie budgets. "Our Academy represents an global institution, and this alliance will permit us to increase availability to the mission of the Academy to the biggest global viewership possible - which will be beneficial for our film artists and the movie industry," stated the Academy's executives in a announcement. Over decades, audience numbers of the ceremony have dropped, though there was a slight uptick in 2025, with a considerable amount of youthful audiences watching from cell phones and desktops. In a corresponding announcement, the head of YouTube called the Oscars "a key essential pillars of culture" and noted that teaming up with the Academy would "spark a younger cohort of artistic expression and cinema enthusiasts while remaining faithful to the Oscars' illustrious history". ABC, which has televised the awards since the mid-1970s, commented that it was eagerly anticipating "to hosting the event three more times" it will retain rights for. This decision comes as large entertainment companies confront intricate takeover attempts. Both options were considered unfavourable for an industry that has seen significant downsizing over the recent period. Like big production houses, cable networks have struggled as the audience has chosen streaming services instead. YouTube winning rights to the Oscars strongly indicates that dependence on streaming sites will persist to grow.