Academy Boss Gets Candid on Taking Oscars to YouTube as Gamble
Bill Kramer said the Academy wants a wider global audience and will add free translations in 30 languages.
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Academy CEO Bill Cramer defends the radical decision to move the Oscars to YouTube from 2029. This move, he says, should bring the most prestigious film award closer to a global and younger audience at a time of major changes in the film industry.
Oscars on YouTube will be a "different-looking" ceremony, assures Academy CEO
Regardless of how folks feel about the Oscars moving from its traditional telecast on ABC to YouTube, it’s happening, and we must all accept it as yet another streaming fact of life, like Hulu smooshing into Disney+, or whatever the hell’s gonna happen to Turner Classic Movies once Paramount Skydance gets its grimy mitts on it. Adopting this very Dad-like “deal with it” approach is Bill Kramer, CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scien…
Academy boss gets candid on taking Oscars to YouTube as gamble
Academy boss gets candid on taking Oscars to YouTube as gambleSince 1976, the Academy has been a mainstay of ABC, a traditional TV network, in the U.S.But now the ceremony is set to shift home to YouTube in 2029.Was it a gamble? 'An emphatic no,' says Bill Kramer, the CEO of the Academy.“It...
Academy CEO Bill Kramer Doubles Down on YouTube Move: “You’ll See a Very Different-Looking Oscars”
Kramer said at the Zurich Film Festival Summit on Saturday afternoon that bringing Hollywood's biggest night to YouTube "gives the Academy more control in engaging with film lovers."
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