Silverlight Streaming of Obama’s Inauguration

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Microsoft’s Silverlight technology will be used by various broadcasting platforms for live and video-on-demand Online Streaming of the Inauguration of Barack Obama as US President on 20th January 2009

The Presidential Inaugural Committee (https://www.pic2009.org/) will be broadcasting live using Silverlight Technology. In August the 2008 Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) used Microsoft Silverlight to stream convention proceedings, including President-elect Obama’s acceptance speech.

CBS will be providing High Definition (HD) content using Silverlight Technology for it’s 25 owned and operated web sites.

CNN will be using Microsoft’s PhotoSynth for the iReport web site user-generated content.

Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.

Are you using Silverlight for your Online Streaming?