The Oscars are going online.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Wednesday that it would move the Academy Awards to YouTube under an exclusive five-year deal beginning with the 101st ceremony in 2029. The agreement will end an exclusive run on ABC that started in 1976.
In choosing YouTube as its distribution partner, the academy — Hollywood’s most tradition-bound entity — is embracing a new reality: Viewers, in particular younger ones, now watch most of their content online.
“This partnership will allow us to expand access to the work of the academy to the largest worldwide audience possible,” academy leaders said in a statement.
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Brooks Barnes covers all things Hollywood. He joined The Times in 2007 and previously worked at The Wall Street Journal.
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