More Free Ways to Watch the Inauguration

Yesterday, I had a list of free inauguration viewing options for those of us without tickets or TVs. As promised, here's another list:

Colleges and Universities: Across the country, many colleges and universities are opening their doors for big-screen inauguration viewing parties.

Museums and Community Centers: Many cultural centers are hosting various free events related to the inauguration. Check your local paper.

Town Hall and Municipal Governments: Some local governments will have viewing facilities for the public.

The New York Times: Through the Internet, NYT will offer a live broadcast. Here's a short description from the Times:

"Live Streams: The New York Times will be live-streaming Mr. Obama’s speech from its home page; video Web sites Hulu and Joost are among the other sites broadcasting Tuesday’s events." source: The New York Times

MSNBC: Yahoo offered this overview of a broadcast from MSNBC:

"For those who prefer to get the inauguration feed while mixing it up with other Americans, MSNBC will beam its coverage to movie theaters around the country. Click to MSNBCEvents.com for free tickets. The partnership extends to a simulcast into 650 Starbucks stores in New York, San Francisco, and Seattle. Celebrants can also head to PIC2009.org to find a local inauguration party. Already, history buffs are heading to the Web for assistance on the Inauguration Day details, looking up "hbo
inauguration," "inaugurationday schedule," and "inauguration time."
--source: Yahoo

Tweet: Here's a rundown from the New York Times:

Live Tweeting: Similar to its coverage of the presidential debates, Current TV is joining with the microblogging site Twitter to showcase inaugural day musings from the Twitter universe, in 140 characters or less" --NYT

For more information: check out this technology piece from the New York Times

"Barack Obama’s inauguration will be televised. It will also be tweeted, live-streamed and simulated in virtual worlds. " full article

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No Ticket, No TV? How to Watch the Inauguration for Free

A free HBO hookup will help those of us who want to see Barak Obama's inauguration celebration. Free links are ideal for those of us without a television, cable box or tickets to any of the inauguration celebrations in Washington. I plan to closely track inauguration festivities and the Internet is my connection. Here's an inauguration guide for those of us without tickets or television sets.

Free HBO: a live blog post from USA Today reports that "HBO has offered its broadcast to cable providers for free, and is webcasting the event here. " I checked into the HBO webcast, and I was impressed with the photos and the menu of video options, including re-broadcasts of top events. Edited to add: The free HBO broadcast was for the We Are One concert. I will update if HBO offers other free event programs.

C-Span: This C-Span connection offers a full menu of webcasts, videos and photos.

NPR: Tune into your local NPR station or listen to this Internet-based connection. "NPR has the audio streaming here," according to USA Today.

CNN.Com: Here's the pitch about the live webcast from CNN.Com :"Tuesday January 20th, Watch President-elect Barack Obama become the next President of the United States on CNN.com Live."

Network news. ABC, CBS and NBC will all have a variety of news programs and other specials posted on the Internet. Check out the news videos offered online by the different networks or follow the link to live webcasts. For example, here's the option offered by CBS: "Live Simulcast & Webcast CBS News will be live all day on TV and the Web Tuesday, beginning here with the Early Show at 7 a.m. ET. "

I'll have additional links in later posts.

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