More than 34,000 Hulu subscribers reported problems accessing the streaming service Sunday as the 97th Academy Awards were underway in Los Angeles.

More than 34,000 Hulu subscribers had reported problems accessing the streaming service Sunday as the 97th Academy Awards were underway.

Unfortunately, some users reported issues accessing the service just as the award show began. Over 30,000 user-reported outages were being tracked by Downdetector as of roughly 7:15 p.m. ET, just after the Oscars began.

Hulu addressed the concerns, stating that its team is investigating the problem and working to resolve it as quickly as possible.

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Walt Disney Co.’s Hulu streaming service experienced technical difficulties as the Oscars ceremony got underway on Sunday night, shutting out tens of thousands of paying customers during Hollywood’s signature event.

Streaming service Hulu experienced a significant service outage Sunday night, coinciding with the start of the 97th Academy Awards broadcast. Users attempting to stream the ceremony were unexpectedly logged out of their accounts and encountered "invalid email" errors when trying to reconnect.

Thousands of Hulu subscribers reported problems accessing the streaming service during the Oscars on Sunday. The 97th annual Academy Awards ceremony kicked off at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, airing on ABC and livestreaming on Hulu.

In its first year livestreaming the Academy Awards, Hulu is facing some technical difficulties. Users reported that the streaming service was crashing as they tried to tune into the Oscars. On X, Hulu’s official technical support account acknowledged that there were problems.