Oscars Exploring New TV Home After ABC’s Exclusive Negotiating Window Ends

deadline.com:

It’s Oscar (shopping) season. As we are closing the book on the 2025 Oscars, the Academy is looking ahead to the 2029 edition of the awards show and beyond.

Deadline has confirmed with sources that the Academy’s exclusive negotiating window with the Oscars’ longtime broadcaster ABC has lapsed, and the organization is expected to shop the marquee ceremony to other networks and platforms.

Reps for the Academy and ABC declined comment on the news, first reported by Bloomberg. According to sources, a license-fee increase sought by the Academy is the main reason the two sides are coming out of the exclusive negotiating period without a new deal.

Last time around, ABC announced a new eight-year agreement with the Academy in August 2016, three and a half years before the end of the previous deal, which was set to expire after the 2020 Oscars.