Press release - Specials
January 15, 2026
DANIELLE BROOKS AND LEWIS PULLMAN TO ANNOUNCE 98TH OSCARS® NOMINATIONS
Live Presentation Begins Thursday, Jan. 22 5:30 a.m. PST / 8:30 a.m. EST / 1:30 p.m. GMT / 9:30 p.m. CST
The 98th Oscars Airs Sunday, March 15, on ABC and Hulu
Oscars art and talent photos available here.
FORMAT
Oscar®-nominated actor Danielle Brooks and actor Lewis Pullman will announce the 98th Oscars® nominations in all 24 Academy Award® categories in a live presentation from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater, on Thursday, Jan. 22, via global live stream on Oscar.com, Oscars.org, the Academy’s digital platforms (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook), ABC’s “Good Morning America,” and streaming on ABC News Live, Disney+ and Hulu, and NY and LA Switch pool ports and satellite downlink feed.
5:30 a.m. PST
(Not listed in order of presentation and subject to change)
Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Animated Short Film
Costume Design
Live Action Short Film
Makeup and Hairstyling
Music (Original Score)
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Writing (Original Screenplay)
5:41 a.m. PST
(Not listed in order of presentation and subject to change)
Actor in a Leading Role
Actress in a Leading Role
Animated Feature Film
Best Picture
Casting
Cinematography
Directing
Documentary Short Film
Film Editing
International Feature Film
Music (Original Song)
Production Design
Sound
Visual Effects
A 98th Oscars nominations press kit will be available immediately following the announcement in the Academy Press Office at https://press.oscars.org/.
Hashtags: #OscarNoms, #Oscars
LIVE STREAM INFORMATION
The announcement will be streamed live on Oscar.com, Oscars.org and the Academy’s digital social platforms.
YouTube Embed Code:
Live caption access will be available on all streaming platforms.
If you have any questions about the live stream, please email social@oscars.org.
TRANSMISSION FEED ACCESS
POOL FEED INFORMATION:
- HD-SDI (1080i 59.94 w/embedded audio, 16:9, uncompressed)
- Audio Ch Assignments: Ch.1-Stereo Lt. Ch. 2-Stereo Rt.
- HD-SDI on pool ports at The Switch in Los Angeles (LA Pool-1) and New York (NY Pool-1) as well as via Los Angeles AT&T Hollywood Hub HD SDI (CKT 34TRGS704923-001PT). Please contact The Switch at 866-660-9191 or NOC@TheSwitch.tv for more information on accessing the Switch pool feeds, Los Angeles Pool feed via AT&T can call 877-811-2727 or use ATT website to book video switches, https://www.corp.att.com/nbvo.
POOL FEED TEST AVAILABLE:
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026
TEST 1300 – 1400 PST 1600 – 1700 EST 2100 – 2200 GMT
(15-min approx. out)
POOL FEED EVENT TIMELINE:
Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026
TEST 0400 – 0500 PST 0700 – 0800 EST 1200 – 1300 GMT
PROGRAM 0530 – 0600 PST 0830 – 0900 EST 1330 – 1400 GMT
(30-min approx. out)
Schedule of events for 1/22
04:00:00 PST – SMPTE Bars w/ID and 1Khz audio tone will be fed
05:00:00 PST – A slate with color bars and 1 kHz tone w/ countdown clock to event will be fed
05:22:00 PST – Oscars Logo with Continued countdown clock and Stereo Music bed will be fed
05:30:00 PST – Signal will fade to black and silence :30 seconds prior to feed
05:30:30 PST – NOMINATIONS GROUP “A” BEGINS
05:37:30 PST – Break (Logo and Stereo Music on the line)
05:41:00 PST – NOMINATIONS GROUP “B” BEGINS
05:49:30 PST – (Approx.) – End of feed
06:00:00 PST – Goodnight TX Circuits/Pool Feeds
DESTINATION INFORMATION:
DESTINATION ONE: The Los Angeles Switch POOL 1 (ONE) HD SDI
DESTINATION TWO: The New York Switch POOL 1 (One) HD SDI
DESTINATION THREE: The Toronto Switch POOL 1 (One) HD SDI
DESTINATION FOUR: The Hollywood HUB HD SDI; Pool feed CKT 34TRGS704923-001PT. Customers can either call 877-811-2727 or use ATT website to book video switches: https://www.corp.att.com/nbvo
Satellite Feed Details Below
DESTINATION FIVE: Galaxy-19, tr. 10K,
SATELLITE Parameters: Oscar Nominations – Ku-band – HD
Transmit: PSSI TES – NT-27
Satellite: Galaxy-19, tr. 10k, Slot AB
Intelsat #’s – 2075847 (Test) / 2075949 (Event)
Location: 97 degrees west
Downlink Freq.: 11900MHz Horizontal
Bandwidth: 18 MHz
Service ID: AMPAS – Oscar Nominations
Video: HD 1080i / 59.94 / 16:9
Compression: MPEG-4
Chroma: 4:2:0
Delay: Low
GOP Structure: 32
Frame Structure: IBBBP
Modulation: DVBS-2, 8PSK
FEC Rate: 2/3
Symbol Rate: 15.00 Msym/s
Data Rate: 29.709543 mbps
Pilots: Off
Roll off: 20%
Required Eb./No: 7.0 db
Encryption: In-the-clear
Captioning: YES – (PID 708)
Video PID: 100 & 101 (Encoder set to Maximize/ Auto Fill)
Audio Data Rate: 384 Kbits
Audio PID: 102: Ch. 1: Program Stereo Left
(Stereo) Ch. 2: Program Stereo Right
Please contact The Switch at 866-660-9191 or NOC@TheSwitch.tv for more information on accessing these feeds.
TELEPHONES
The New York Switch NOC: +1.212.227.9191
The Los Angeles Switch: +1.310.287.3800
The AT&T Hollywood Hub: +1.323.461.9061
The 98th Oscars will be held Sunday, March 15, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and airs live in more than 200 territories worldwide.
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