>Caught in the middle of ABC Channel 7 vs Cablevision? Here’s how you can still watch the Oscars
Sunday, March 7th 2010, 1:24 PM
If you have Cablevision and ABC has gone dark on your TV, here are some alternative ways to follow tonight’s Academy Awards:
ONLINE: Starting at 6 p.m., the red carpet arrivals will be streamed live online at Oscar.com. If you have a Facebook account, you can even ask some of the stars questions.
Oscar.com will also have a “Backstage Cam” showing footage from behind the scenes and press room interviews of winners after they’ve left the stage.
Red carpet coverage from the Associated Press will also be available at www.livestream.com/academyawards, starting at 6 p.m. The AP stream is also on Facebook: become a fan of AP Live to see it.
ABC’s Oscars site has not announced plans to stream the actual ceremony live, but clips should be posted frequently at abc.com.
Clips should also show up quickly at the official Oscars YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/user/Oscars) and on Hulu.com
Unofficial live streaming may be available at video sites like justin.tv, tv.com, ustream.com, freedocast.com, and atdhe.net.
This Russian site claims it will carry live stream of the telecast: watch-oscar-online.com
ON A BLOG: Hundreds of sites are live-blogging the ceremony. Best bets include Entertainment Weekly, Film.com, the Onion’s A.V. Club, the LA Times and, presumably, oscarsliveblog.com
ON TWITTER: search for the hashtag #oscar for a flood of news and opinion from micro-bloggers across the land.
ON YOUR IPHONE: Several free apps promise to update results as they are announced, including the AT&T Film Awards app and the Vanity Fair Hollywood app. The AP’s Livestream feed can also
FROM A CUSHY THEATRE SEAT: If you have $150 and some fine duds, head to the official Oscar watching party at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. Viewers get hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and live jazz before the show and can watch the telecast from theater seats on a giant screen. The open bar runs all evening. More info at www.nycgo.com/OscarNight.
AT A FRIEND’S HO– USE: Lean on pals who have Time Warner, RCN, Verizon, a satellite dish or Direct-TV to host an Oscar party.
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