Wed, 17 Dec 2025

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 The Oscars to leave ABC and stream on YouTube starting in 2029

The show was hosted by ABC for more than a half-century and reveals the latest major shakeup in Hollywood.

* The Academy Awards will begin streaming exclusively on YouTube in 2029.
* A multi-year deal was signed with YouTube, giving it global rights to the Oscars until 2033.
* The show has aired on ABC for 50 years and will now be available live and free on YouTube starting in 2029.
* Viewership of the awards show has declined over the decades, but there was a slight uptick in 2025 among younger viewers.
* YouTube CEO Neal Mohan called the Oscars "one of our essential cultural institutions" and said that partnering with the Academy would inspire creativity and film lovers.
* ABC will still host the telecasts for the next three years.
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