• January 19, 2009

Microsoft said the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) will rely on Silverlight technology to enable live and on-demand video streaming of the official inauguration swearing-in ceremony on the PIC Web site at www.pic2009.org.

During the weekend, the site also ran video of the Baltimore event on the Whistle Stop Tour that took President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden to Washington, D.C. from Philadelphia.

In August, the 2008 Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) used Microsoft Silverlight to stream convention proceedings, including President-elect Obama's acceptance speech. Microsoft collaborated with iStreamPlanet to develop and implement the media player powered by Microsoft Silverlight.--Laurie Sullivan