As of the 2017 awards, movies released only digitally will be able to be submitted.
Other Bafta rule changes included increasing the number of nominations from three to five in the animation category.
The company, which specialised in intelligent awards fare, was thought to have suffered from a falloff in cinema attendance among arthouse audiences.
Previously, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts had required competing titles to be released in cinemas.
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