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The new deal, which runs from 2029 to 2033, brings an end to 50 years awards ceremony It is being shown on ABC.
in a statement to IndependentAcademy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor said: “We are thrilled to enter into a multifaceted global partnership with YouTube to be the future home of the Oscars and our year-round Academy programming.”
He added: “The Academy is an international organization, and this partnership will allow us to give the Academy’s work access to the largest audiences around the world – which will be beneficial to our Academy members and the film community.
“This collaboration will leverage YouTube’s immense reach and infuse the Oscars and other Academy programming with innovative engagement opportunities while honoring our legacy. We’ll be able to celebrate cinema, inspire new generations of filmmakers, and provide access to our film history on an unprecedented global scale.”
ABC will continue to air the Oscars until 2028, which will be the 100th ceremony.
YouTube CEO Neil Mohan said in a statement: “The Oscars are one of our essential cultural institutions, honoring excellence in storytelling and artistry.
“Partnering with the Academy to bring this celebration of arts and entertainment to audiences around the world will inspire creativity and a new generation of film lovers while staying true to the historic legacy of the Oscars.”
The deal also includes rights to a series of other Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences programs, which will also be broadcast via YouTube. It features the Governors Awards, Oscar nomination announcement, Oscar Nominees Luncheon, Student Academy Awards, Scientific and Technical Awards, Academy members, and various interviews with filmmakers.
Google, which owns YouTube, will partner with the Academy through its Google Arts & Culture initiative to provide digital access to some Academy Museum exhibitions and will work to digitize the Academy collection.
Academy Museum opened in 2021 a review at that time, Independent Wrote: “Given the Academy’s extensive world-class archives, filling the museum with props and artifacts was never a problem, but they clearly had ambitions for the project beyond building the world’s most expensive Planet Hollywood…
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“The museum has to function as much as a family-friendly tourist attraction as it is a scholarly institution dedicated to advancing society’s understanding of the art and science of filmmaking. But what’s impressive about the Academy Museum is that it is able to do both.”