More than 34,000 users reported the streaming site was down within the ceremony's first hour.Hulu suffered significant technical difficulties on Oscars Sunday, with more than 34,000 users reporting that the site was down within the ceremony's first hour,

The error came down to scheduling: Hulu gave the Oscars a set ending time of 10:32PM. That’s exactly when viewers started getting kicked out of the stream. But as usual, several acceptance speeches ran long on Sunday night, and Hulu’s chosen cutoff time didn’t allow enough wiggle room for an often-unpredictable broadcast.

Hulu’s first attempt at live-streaming the Academy Awards did not go as planned. More than three hours into the 97th annual telecast, just as Emma Stone was presenting the next award, the livestream abruptly ended for many viewers––including yours truly––and displayed an error message declaring the event over.