With CODA, Apple TV+ beat out Netflix as first streamer to win Best Picture at the Oscars AcademyAwards BestPicture
. But the truly unexpected results from last night’s Oscars broadcast—lost in the shuffle following the massive media blowup over the Will Smith/Chris Rock physical confrontation—is that top award winnerSurely, if one had polled media writers on the most likely streamer to break that barrier, few would have thought to advance Apple TV+. Most would no doubt have guessed Netflix, with perhaps a smattering of votes for the likes of Amazon Prime, Hulu or HBO Max.
Regardless, it’s remarkable how much the film industry has changed in only a few years, given that as recently as 2017, the Cannes Film Festival prohibited streaming films from even competing for the Palme d’Or. In 2020, meanwhile, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences formally modified its eligibility rules for the Oscars in order to make more streaming films qualify for awards without theatrical releases, starting the sequence of events that ultimately led to’s win last night.
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