MUMBAI: Organizers of the Academy Awards are in plans for a potential move of the Oscars to late January or early February starting in 2012 and related logistics, including the idea to let voters watch and vote on contenders online to accommodate the accelerated schedule.

A possible date switch still needs approval by the Academy and has been complicated by the NFL‘s plans to add two games to its schedule.

But Academy officials have tentatively decided that nominations for foreign-language movies could be announced later than others under a possible new schedule. Because there may not be sufficient time to mail out DVDs and ballots, the Academy is looking for solutions on the internet.

A committee is looking at how online balloting could be done while avoiding possible tampering.