In a seismic shift for one of television's marquee events, the Academy Awards will depart ABC and begin streaming on YouTube in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday ....
YouTube, the Google-owned streaming platform, has secured exclusive global rights to broadcast the Academy Awards starting in 2029, marking the end of ABC's nearly half-century relationship with Hollywood's most prestigious awards ceremony.
The annual Academy Awards will be livestreamed on YouTube from 2029, the event’s organisers have announced, with the ABC network losing the rights to broadcast the illustrious movie awards ceremony for the first time in more than 50 years.