The rise of YouTube as a global force in the connected living room took another big step this week when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences signed over exclusive global TV rights to the Alphabet-owned company for four years starting in 2029.
This means the Oscars, which averaged a still-very-impressive 19.7 million viewers on ABC back on March 2, will be available in the U.S. only via virtual pay-TV service YouTube TV and internationally via free-to-use, ad-supported YouTube.
What does this mean for streaming? For broadcast? For viewers? Next TMT’s David Bloom and Daniel Frankel ponder the possibilities here in the second installment in a series of thought-provoking video podcasts brought to you by Media Play News on MPN’s YouTube channel and, soon, audio podcasts on Spotify and other top platforms.
Media Play News is pleased to announce a partnership with Next TMT co-founders Daniel Frankel and David Bloom, who will star in a new series of thought-provoking video podcasts available exclusively on our YouTube channel and, soon, audio podcasts on…
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