How to watch the Oscars online, including official iPhone app

It's the age-old question, or at least it has become thus since the advent of the Internet. Where can I watch (event X) online? In this case, the question relates to the 2011 Academy Awards.

Naturally, you can watch the Academy Awards on ABC, starting at 5PM PST, but there are some who have cut the "cable" and use only Hulu, Netflix, and other streaming sites to get their TV viewing. Since none of those will have the Oscars, where can people go for online viewing.

Interestingly, this year Oscar.com is going to monetize the event. Although that site will have a lot of live cameras that are freely accessible to all, if you want the full experience, Oscar.com will, for $4.99, provide an "All-Access Pass" to you for additional viewing, including multiple "360 cams," that end users can control, and cameras along the red carpet, backstage, and at the Governors Ball afterwards.

You can also watch via iDevice, although the $0.99 Oscar Backstage Pass app does not offer the "360 cam" technology. It includes the rest of the All-Access Pass features, however.

Additional coverage will come via LiveStream and the Associated Press (AP). They will provide live streaming of the red carpet. MTV will provide live-streaming of the red carpet, as well, and so will PopSugar.