The Oscars ceremony is leaving its traditional broadcast home ABC since 1976 to YouTube from 2029 to at least 2033, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced.
The Disney-owned Alphabet Network will continue to air the Oscars — long the world’s most watched awards telecast — through the 100th edition of the awards show in 2028. After that, the ceremony will be available live and for free to over 2 billion people around the world on YouTube, and to YouTube TV subscribers in the United States.
The 2028 Oscars, the 100th ceremony, will be ABC’s final broadcast of the event.
In a new deal signed with the steaming giant, The Oscars would be streamed for free to subscribers worldwide and to YouTube TV subscribers in the United States. YouTube’s broadcast rights to The Oscars will last until 2033. The deal also gives YouTube a horde of Oscars-related content, including red-carpet pre-show and behind-the-scenes in-show content, the Oscar nominations announcement, and interviews with filmmakers and Academy members.
