Silverlight Coverage of the Inauguration

What a day it's been, we have seen tremendous coverage of the Presidential Inauguration and the use by many organizations to consume the streams using Silverlight. Our team has aggregated some of the articles today and it's nice to see the press and attention Silverlight has received, but in reality it's even better to be part of such a great historic event.

Some interesting things to note, we (thanks to Ben Waggoner) did some late night wrangling with Novel to get the linux version available and Istream (thanks Mio) did some test feeds so that the Novell team could get an early version running.

My favorite blog post was Dan Rayburn, who really enjoyed our CBS feeds with Move Networks.

My other favorite application is the CNN Photosynth application, where users submit thier own and we combine them into a large collage that you can drill into.

CBS Best Inauguration Video Quality, Hulu, CSPAN the Worst, Others Not LoadingStreaming MediaJanuary 20, 2009; by Dan Rayburnhttp://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2009/01/best-i.html

Original Articles:
Microsoft, CNN team up to make historians out of inaugural attendees
Computerworld
January 19, 2009; by Sharon Gaudin
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9126320&intsrc=news_ts_head

Silverlight to Stream Obama’s Inauguration
IDG News Service
January 19, 2009; by Elizabeth Montalbano
http://www.macworld.com/article/138284/2009/01/silverlight.html

Silverlight will be used to Stream Inauguration Ceremony
News Factor Network
January 19, 2009; by Jennifer LeClaire
http://www.newsfactor.com/news/Silverlight-To-Stream-Inauguration/story.xhtml?story_id=103009GSN3O7&full_skip=1

Inauguration coverage in cyberspace
Government Computer News
January 19, 2009; by Joab Jackson
http://gcn.com/articles/2009/01/19/inauguration-tools.aspx

Silverlight to follow Obama in US Presidency
The Register
January 17, 2009; by Gavin Clarke
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/17/obama_silverlight/

Microsoft’s Silverlight: Yes We Can
CNET
January 17, 2009; by Leslie Katz
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10145058-93.html

Microsoft’s Silverlight to Stream the Inauguration
Windows IT Pro
January 16, 2009; by Sheila Molnar
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/101269/microsofts-silverlight-to-stream-the-inauguration.html

Blog Posts:
CBS Best Inauguration Video Quality, Hulu, CSPAN the Worst, Others Not Loading
Streaming Media
January 20, 2009; by Dan Rayburn
http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2009/01/best-i.html

Microsoft, Moonlight reach across aisle to bring Obama inauguration to Linux desktops
ZDNet
January 20, 2009; by Paula Rooney
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=3303

CBS Serves up 7 HD Streams for Inauguration Day
ZatzNotFunny
January 20, 2009; by Mari Silbey
http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-01/cbs-serves-up-7-hd-streams-for-inauguration-day/

How Will You Follow the Inauguration Online?
Washington Post / Faster Forward Blog
January 20, 2009; by Rob Pegoraro
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2009/01/how_will_you_follow_the_inaugu.html?wprss=fasterforward

Digital Overload at Inauguration?
The Wall Street Journal
January 20, 2009; by Marisa Taylor
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/01/20/digital-overload-at-inauguration/

Linux Users Enjoy the Inauguration Thanks to…Microsoft?
InformationWeek
January 20, 2009; by Serdar Yegulalp
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/01/linux_users_enj.html

Obama’s Inauguration coming to you live Through Silverlight
Waleg
January 20, 2009; by Raissa
http://www.waleg.com/techgadgets/archives/015017.html

Obama Inauguration shines on Linux too with Moonlight
Ars Technica
January 20, 2009; by Ryan Paul
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090120-obama-inauguration-shines-on-linux-too-with-moonlight.html

Technology Players Gear up for Inauguration
Contentinople
January 20, 2009; by Ryan Lawler
http://www.contentinople.com/author.asp?section_id=450&doc_id=170570

Inauguration: Help Capture the Moment
PC World
January 19, 2009; by Peggy Watt
http://www.pcworld.com/article/157950/inauguration_help_capture_the_moment.html

Obama’s Inaugural Address: A Tipping Point for Silverlight?
Mashable
January 19, 2009; by Jennifer Van Grove
http://mashable.com/2009/01/19/obama-inaugural-address/

Inauguration Streams Live with Silverlight
Tom’s Guide
January 19, 2009; by Kevin Parish
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/FLash-Microsoft-silverlight-Obama,news-3320.html

Some Linux backers upset about selection of Silverlight to stream Obama inauguration events
ZDNet
January 19, 2008; by Paula Rooney
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=3302

Silverlight at the Heart of Obama’s Swearing-In Ceremony
Softpedia
January 19, 2009; by Marius Oiaga
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Silverlight-at-the-Heart-of-Obama-039-s-Inauguration-Swearing-in-Ceremony-102270.shtml

Silverlight and Photosynth to gain with Obama’s Inauguration
Ars Technica
January 19, 2009; by Emil Protalinski
http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2009/01/19/silverlight-and-photosynth-to-gain-with-obamas-inauguration

Microsoft’s Silverlight Technology Gets a Major New Client
eFluxMedia
January 18, 2009; by Michael Todd
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Microsofts_Silverlight_Technology_Gets_A_New_Major_Client_33533.html

Microsoft Silverlight to be Used for Online Broadcast of Obama Inaugural
Gotta Be Mobile
January 17, 2009; by Warner Crocker
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2009/01/17/microsoft-silverlight-to-be-used-for-online-broadcast-of-obama-inaugural/

Silverlight to Shine on Obama’s Inauguration
NewTeeVee
January 16, 2009; by Chris Albrecht
http://newteevee.com/2009/01/16/silverlight-to-shine-on-obamas-inauguration/

Obama team chooses Microsoft’s Silverlight for streaming online video
TG Daily
January 16, 2009; by Rick Hodgin
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/41061/122/

Silverlight Makes History
Microsoft Watch / eWEEK
January 16, 2009; by Joe Wilcox
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/silverlight_makes_history.html

Microsoft’s Silverlight to stream online video of inauguration
USA Today (Technology Live Blog)
January 16, 2009; by Byron Acohido
http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2009/01/microsofts-silv.html

Microsoft to Offer Inaugural Web Video
Tech Daily Dose / Congress Daily
January 16, 2009; by Staff Writer
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/01/microsoft-to-offer-inaugural-w.php

Obama inauguration to stream online in Microsoft Silverlight
Tech Flash
January 16, 2009; by Todd Bishop
http://www.techflash.com/Obama_inauguration_to_stream_online_in_Microsoft_Silverlight_37721089.html

Microsoft’s Silverlight chosen to stream the Inauguration
The Seattle PI
January 16, 2009; by Joseph Tartakoff
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/159655.asp?from=blog_last3

Radio Broadcast:
“Jeff Levy on Computers” interview with Eric Schmidt
KRLA-AM, Los Angeles
January 17, 2009
To listen to the full interview, please click here.