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MS Silverlight To Stream Obama Inauguration Events

Posted by kdawson on from the open-to-most dept.

Ilgaz writes in to let us know that we will have to install MS Silverlight 2 to watch the US President's inauguration online. Everyone running Mac PPC, Linux, and FreeBSD has been left out, as there are no working Silverlight 2-capable alternatives on these systems. Here is Microsoft's press release announcing the selection of Silverlight yesterday. Streaming of various events around the inauguration begins today at the Presidential Inaugural Committee site, which touts its "inclusive and accessible" coverage.

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  1. Or alternatively by jonbryce · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can watch it using flash video here

    1. Re:Or alternatively by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      There's another list available here:
      http://newteevee.com/2009/01/14/where-to-watch-obamas-inauguration-online/

    2. Re:Or alternatively by oracleguy01 · · Score: 5, Informative

      Hulu will also be airing the actual inauguration and they use flash: http://www.hulu.com/spotlight/obamapresidency

  2. Huh? What? by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 5, Informative
    Boy, talk about cherry picking a slanted conclusion...

    The actual copy from the references story is...

    Microsoft's Silverlight technology has been chosen to stream U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony live on the Presidential Inaugural Committee's Web site...

    Nowhere does it say that all the networks will be using Silverlight exclusively.

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  3. Re:So much for a tech savvy Whitehouse. by Q-Hack! · · Score: 5, Informative

    I did find this. The senate claims that you only need Flash to view the ceremony.

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