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inauguration streams review
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fred Heutte)
Tue Jan 20 14:25:03 2009
From: Fred Heutte <aoxomoxoa@sunlightdata.com>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:24:49 -0800
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Normally I wouldn't do this but given that it's of-the-moment...
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http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/online_video/2009/01/20/a_quick=
_review_of_obamas_inauguration_streams/
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 08:02 PST
A Quick Review of Obama=92s Inauguration Streams
By Chris Albrecht
You may have heard, but Barack Obama gets to ditch the =93-elect=94=
part of his title today as he will be sworn in (shortly) as
our new President. We=92ve already provided an comprehensive list=
of where to watch the inauguration online, but here=92s
a quick review of what to expect from some of them, so far.
C-Span=92s coverage is not very impressive. The video window was=
small, and choppy. Avoid.
CBS is offering 7 HD streams of the event, and they look awesome.=
Definitely the best of the lot =97 worth watching.
MSNBC, FOX (which is providing Hulu=92s feed) and ABC News=92s video=
is solid, nothing too flashy. They all work just fine
(and I love that MSNBC allows embeds).
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the=
Economy
I had problems with CNN. It was the only network that asked me to=
install an update to Flash as well as another plug-in.
I skipped the second plug-in and it worked fine. The video=92s in=
widescreen, which is nice, and the Facebook
integration gives you a running commentary.
The Presidential Inauguration Committee=92s stream is pretty dull,=
offering just imagery and no commentary.
If our internal stats are any indication, this is going to be a=
huge day for live-streaming, and it looks like for the most=
part,
every network involved is holding up and the Internet won=92t crash=
(of course, we still have an hour to go).
