US Emmy Awards will be exclusively distributed by Amazon, followed by Academy Awards, TV broadcast will end

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced on the 6th that Amazon.com's video distribution service ``Prime Video'' has acquired exclusive rights to broadcast the Emmy Awards ceremony and other events for six years. The contract period is six years, and exclusive distribution will begin from the award ceremony in September next year. It is expected that it will be possible to watch in various countries even if you are not a paid member.

Until now, the awards ceremony had been broadcast on a rotating basis by four major U.S. broadcasting stations, including ABC and CBS. ABC has been broadcasting the Academy Awards ceremony, the film industry's biggest festival, on TV since 1976, but from 2029 it will be exclusively streamed on YouTube.

"The television industry is more global than ever, and the Emmy Awards should be a celebration that can be shared by people around the world," the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences said in a statement.