Oscars move to YouTube starts in 2029
Retrospective: The YouTube agreement starts in 2029.
- Event / announcement date
- 2025-12-17
- Earliest linked source date
- 2014-09-10
- NewsTumble first published
- 2026-10-27T01:59:05Z
- NewsTumble updated
- 2026-10-27T01:59:05Z
On December 17, 2025, the Academy announced global Oscars rights for YouTube from 2029 through 2033. It promised free live viewing on YouTube and access for U.S. YouTube TV subscribers. The partnership also proposed digital access to selected museum programmes and parts of the Academy Collection; it did not announce digitisation of everything. [1]
The broadcast timetable has a longer history. The Academy’s August 31, 2016 announcement extended ABC’s domestic contract by eight years beyond its former 2020 expiry, through 2028. [2]
The Academy Collection’s search guide, dated July 31, 2025, distinguishes descriptive records from digital previews. It says some holdings are not digitised and some digitised material cannot be viewed online. Searches can find scripts, photographs or posters, as well as umbrella records describing a film. A searchable collection is therefore broader than a streaming library. [3]
The library’s access reference, updated April 1, 2026, describes another route for special collections: an appointment and a materials list submitted at least seven days ahead. It also distinguishes access from publication rights, which researchers may need to obtain elsewhere. These existing arrangements do not establish how the future partnership will change every collection’s availability. [4]
The source
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: The Academy Partners with YouTube for Exclusive Global Rights to the Oscars and Other Academy Content Starting in 2029 ↗
Source published 2025-12-17 · reviewed October 26, 2026 · Published December 17, 2025. - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: ABC Signs Expansive New Agreement to Broadcast the Oscars, Hollywood’s Biggest Entertainment Ceremony, Through 2028 ↗
Source published 2016-08-31 · reviewed October 26, 2026 · Published August 31, 2016. - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: How to Search Academy Collection ↗
Source published 2025-07-31 · reviewed October 26, 2026 · Visible page label Published: 7/31/2025, independently confirmed by primary web read October26 Pacific. - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Access to Special Collections ↗
Source created 2014-09-10 · reviewed October 26, 2026 · Page created September 10, 2014; publication/modified metadata April 1, 2026.
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