Netflix adds the SAG Awards to its growing list of livestreams

The annual SAG Awards acknowledge actors in films and TV reveals. Whilst you gained’t catch this yr’s ceremony, the twenty ninth iteration, straight on Netflix this yr, Netflix continues to be concerned with streaming it. As an alternative, you’ll be capable to watch the present, which takes place on February twenty sixth at 8PM ET, on the corporate’s YouTube channel. (You possibly can see the total listing of nominees on Deadline.) Subsequent yr, the present will likely be on Netflix, and presumably for a few years after, as Netflix and the SAG Awards are calling their work a “multi-year partnership.”

Netflix constructed its empire on streaming on-demand content material, however because it seems to win again subscribers amid rising competitors, the corporate is beginning to discover reside content material. The corporate confirmed in Might that it was wanting into livestreaming, and now we’re beginning to see its first reside efforts with the upcoming Chris Rock particular and the SAG Awards. And Netflix isn’t the one streaming service experimenting with reside content material: Disney Plus streamed the 2022 Academy Award nominations in February.