New Oscars producers open up the possibility of streaming - The A.V. Club
(2021 was the lowest point in recent memory, but this year’s show didn’t fare all that much better.) ABC currently has a handle on the Oscars broadcast rights for the next several years, but it sounds like the Academy might be looking to offload at least part of the show onto online viewership (Possibly those segments, for technical awards, that it got screamed at for cutting out of the show almost entirely this past year.).
Meanwhile, there’s also an apparent push to revamp the Oscars red carpet experience; the Met Gala was cited as a specific example, so don’t be shocked if we start seeing “themed” red carpets over the next few yearsThat’s in addition to reforms that were floated for the Academy as a whole, which is trying out this whole “transparency” thing after years of being criticized for its board of governors making decisions without any real responsibility to the thousands of professionals who make up the Academy