The Oscars will air on YouTube from 2029 under a new deal with the video platform.
The annual awards ceremony, held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), has aired on Disney-owned network ABC in the U.S. since the 1970s.
It will remain on ABC for the next three ceremonies before the switch.
AMPAS says the move is aimed at making the Oscars more accessible to a “growing global audience”.
The next Oscars will be held on 15 March 2026.
The Academy
The Oscars are officially called the Academy Awards. No one knows the exact origins of the nickname.
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The first Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929.
It celebrates “excellence in the motion picture arts” from the previous year.
Today, AMPAS has an international membership of more than 11,000 people from the film industry.
The deal
Under the new deal, which runs through to 2033, YouTube will stream the Oscars ceremony, the red carpet, behind-the-scenes footage and other related content.
The platform will also have exclusive rights to publish other AMPAS events and programs. The Oscars YouTube channel has more than three million subscribers.
The agreement also gives YouTube access to AMPAS’ archives and includes support to help digitise parts of its collection of 52 million film-related items.
