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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and YouTube have signed a multi-year agreement granting YouTube global live streaming rights to the Oscars. Under the deal, viewers will be able to watch the 101st Academy Awards live on YouTube in 2029, with global rights secured through 2033.

This marks the first time in the Oscars’ history, spanning more than 50 years of televised broadcasts, that live streaming rights have been awarded outside traditional television. Until now, the Oscars have been broadcast live on ABC.

YouTube has confirmed that the Oscars ceremony will be available to stream free of charge. To make the event more accessible to a global audience, the platform will also provide captions and audio tracks in multiple languages.

In addition to the main ceremony, YouTube has secured streaming rights for other Academy events, including the Governors Awards and the Oscars Nominees Luncheon, both of which are typically held off-camera.

In a joint statement, Academy CEO Bill Kramer and President Lynette Howell Taylor said the partnership with YouTube would allow the Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, to reach the widest possible global audience. They said the collaboration would expand engagement opportunities for the Oscars and other Academy events while honouring the institution’s legacy.

Announcing the move, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan described the Oscars as one of the world’s essential cultural institutions.

Despite the new agreement, ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company, will continue to broadcast the Oscars in 2026 and 2027, as well as the 100th anniversary ceremony in 2028. ABC has televised the Oscars annually since 1976. In recent years, viewership for the ceremony has declined as audiences increasingly shift to online streaming platforms.

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