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Silverlight and the 2009 Presidential Inauguration
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Published:
19 Jan 2009
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Abstract
Barack Obama was a tech savvy candidate for the 2009 US presidential elections. His Presidential Inaugural Committee decided to make use of Microsoft's Silverlight technology for streaming live video of the entire oath proceedings beginning from the capitol to the White house. In this article, Scott examines the various aspects of this issue with relevant screenshots and links including briefly mentioning CNN and MSNBC using Photosynth. |
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by Scott Guthrie
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Republished with Permission - Original Article
The presidential inauguration of Barack Obama was indeed a
truly historic event. Silverlight
is used as an enabling technology on several sites that will allow those of us
who can't be there in person to share the experience online.
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| Presidential Inaugural Committee |
The Presidential Inaugural Committee has worked with
iStreamPlanet to enable live and live and on-demand video streaming of the
Inauguration events at the official Presidential Inaugural Committee web site: www.pic2009.org.
It streamed its first live video on Saturday, with the train ride that took
President-elect Obama from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. The official
Inaugural swearing-in ceremony, speeches and parade will also be streamed live
online on Tuesday, January 20, 2009.
You can read more about the Presidential Inaugural Committee
here.
Update: The site was viewable not just on Windows and Mac
systems with Silverlight, but also on Linux systems using Moonlight (the Linux
version of Silverlight built by Novell), you can learn more about the
Linux support here.
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| CNN and MSNBC with Photosynth |
CNN and MSNBC are both launching Photosynth viewers that
will help capture the Oath of Office experience. They will combine pictures
takes from professional photographers with pictures uploaded from people in the
crowd to create an interactive Photosynth experience of the event using
Silverlight's built-in DeepZoom feature to deliver an amazing 3D viewing of it.
Check out CNN's and MSNBC's pages a few hours after viewers send in their
pictures of the inauguration crowd, the President-elect's raised hand, and
everything in between.
You can learn more about Photosynth and Silverlight from the
Photosynth team blog here.
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| CBS Television Stations |
CBS Television Stations will be leveraging Silverlight and
Move Networks’ streaming services to deliver a live HD streaming experience (up
to 2.4 Mpbs) for online viewers. CBS will roll out the experience to a number
of major market stations including: Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver and New York.
Visitors to the CBS sites will be able to watch a variety of inaugural
activities, with up to seven camera feeds for live events, as well as reports
from CBS reporters on site, and real-time Twitter integration.
This week will be an exciting part of
history. Hope you get a chance to enjoy experiencing it with Silverlight!
Scott
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User Comments
Title:
silverlight
Name:
Anbazhagan
Date:
2009-03-05 9:53:48 PM
Comment:
very useful tutorial
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