YouTube wants to host the Oscars

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The newest company vying to host the Academy Awards might be your friendly, neighbourhood video platform, a.k.a. YouTube. Bloomberg, citing two people familiar with the matter, claims the Alphabet-owned site has inquired about purchasing the rights to air the Academy Awards. Walt Disney's ABC currently holds the air rights for the awards show through at least 2028, but Bloomberg reports that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is in talks.

YouTube might be a behemoth in the video streaming space, but it still faces tough competition. There isn't just Disney or ABC, there's Comcast's NBCUniversal, Netflix, Amazon, and even Paramount's CBS. But YouTube hasn't shied away from live events. They have acquired the rights for NFL Sunday Ticket and are bidding on other live sports events. So, it might not win the rights for the Oscars outright, but it may get a chance to acquire them.

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Tweet about your favourite film of the year to get a chance to attend the Oscars in 2023

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While it's not considered a formal Academy Awards category, you can vote for your favourite film of the year even if it wasn't nominated for an Oscar. You can share your favourite through Twitter using the hashtag #OscarsFanFavorite. The film that receives the most fan votes by March 3 will be acknowledged during the awards broadcast on March 27. Three Twitter users who cast their votes between the February 14 and March 3 period will be picked to present an Oscar award at next year's ceremony. The trip will be all-expenses-paid, allowing you to bring a guest.

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YouTube releases Oscars movie trailer leaderboard

With the 89^th Academy Awards upon us, YouTube thought it best to share what has been getting the most attention on its platform. And we share with you the highlights here. Collectively, the nine trailers for all the Best Picture nominees have gotten three million hours of watch time on YouTube, which is said to be equivalent to 25 million viewings of the Oscar-nominated animated short Borrowed Time. Among those nine trailers, La La Land is the most popular. We’ll list down the films in order below.

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