Oscar Noms for Streamers Make History, and AI Can Cement Their Place in Tinseltown This year's Academy Awards mark a new chapter in media history. Streaming video services produced three of the eight nominees for Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards: Netflix's Mank and The Trial of the Chicago 7and Amazon's The Sound of Metal. Never before have traditional major motion picture studios faced such competition for the top honor in American film. Streaming services have earned major Oscars before. In 2017, Casey Affleck won best actor for the Amazon film Manchester by the Sea. But this year is different. Netflix picked up a whopping 35 nominations, giving it the most of any production company for the second year running. Amazon secured 11 other nominations. Apple TV+ and Disney+ earned nominations for the first time, too.