Apple TV+ made history on Sunday as the first streaming service to win a best picture Oscar for Coda.
, a heartwarming drama about the daughter of deaf parents who pursues her passion for music.for a record US$25-million following its debut in 2021 at the Sundance Film Festival, and it has gathered momentum throughout the awards season, winning top honours from the Producers Guild, Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild awards., which collected a dozen nominations. The film’s director, Jane Campion, received an Academy Award.
As the global pandemic forced theatres to close in 2020, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences modified its Oscar eligibility rules to temporarily change the requirement that a movie screen for seven days in theatres to qualify. That represented a watershed moment for movies that debut via streaming services in the home.
The best picture Oscar also marks a milestone for Apple TV+, which launched in November 2019 with a handful of original series and no library of movies and TV shows., about an American football coach who takes a job with an English soccer club, received the Emmy Award for outstanding comedy series.it would catalyse more A+ talent coming to Apple first ” and boost subscriptions, Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives wrote before the awards.