This is big… YouTube replaces ABC as broadcaster of the Academy Awards from 2029. The deal is also a global deal, meaning that the ceremony will stream globally on Google’s streaming platform.
It’s disappointing that the Oscars are going behind the paywall, like Netflix having the SAG Awards.
YouTube TV currently has more than 9 million subscribers, and I doubt this will boost subscription in USA.
It’s YouTube the free platform.
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As the THR article says:
the ceremony will be available live and for free to over 2 billion people around the world on YouTube, and to YouTube TV subscribers in the United States.
I interpret it as the Oscars being live and free outside USA from 2029 to 2033.
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Okay, that’s terrible. Just begging for VPNs to be used at this point.
3 years away still - think there will be a lot of things in the industry that look different by then
No shortage of options to watch.
Even ESPN has a NYE special of sorts, which is the CFP quarterfinal match between Ohio State and Miami (OH). It starts 7.30pm ET and is Megacast across all of its networks.
Meanwhile, sports are just up this Christmas Day. No one took away the audience from the other.
No doubt buoyed by ESPN’s decision to simulcast all five games on ABC.
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Notice how much ABC deviated from the pool feed.
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has now been dissolved.
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Full roster released.
Also announced: how Super Bowl Sunday will be handled. Coverage on NBC all morning, then bounced to Peacock all afternoon.
Note that during the bounce, figure skating will be the only medal event, so you wouldn’t miss much.
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Interesting that NBC are doing some calls remotely from their HQ in Connecticut. The bulk coming from Italy but they are doing off tube calls.
I do like their structure though - clearly defined play by play, analysts and reporters for each sport and they label them as such. Australian networks need to do this properly.
From now on, every Sunday night on NBC = sports.
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Not TikTok in the USA?
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The 2026 World Cup is looking more and more like a clown show each day.
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There’s this crazy tiebreak going on at the AO. And how did ESPN2 serve viewers?
Broadcast it live to its conclusion?
No, they dropped out after Djokovic and moved straight to replay of Gauff’s match earlier in the day. To add insult to injury, they used the dirty feed with their own rolling score ticker, so every now and then Popyrin v Muller was shown to be “still to come”.
Basically they just pretended their viewers couldn’t care less.
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