The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are set to retain the services of accounting firm PwC despite the snafu at this year's ceremony that led to La La Land being incorrectly named as the Best Picture winner. 

Many expected the Academy to part company with the firm as a result of the blunder however it was decided on Tuesday night by their board of governors that PwC will be retained for the 90th Annual Academy Awards ceremony next year. 

The meeting of the board ran for six hours according to The Hollywood Reporter. PwC's US chairman, Tim Ryan, was on hand to apologise for the "human error" of Brian Cullinan and Martha Ruiz, the PwC 'balloting leaders' who handed off the wrong envelope to Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, and failed to correct their mistake in a timely manner. 

After some heated debate between some of its members, during which Cullinan in particular was singled out for his social media activity during the ceremony, it was eventually decided to retain PwC's services. However it was also decided that some protocols would need to be introduced to prevent a mistake like the La La Land/Moonlight debacle from happening again.

As part of the safeguards, a third balloting leader is to be present on the night to sit in the control room and ensure a rapid response in the event of any similar mistakes in the future. As well as that. the balloting leaders will need to present during all rehearsals and will have to hand over any electronic devises before going anywhere near the Oscars stage.