As the big day draws near, more information about programming on or around the big day comes forth. Here are some more updates:
FoxNews and MSNBC will stream the Obama Inauguration live on their websites, while CNN.com will use three streams to accommodate their tag teaming with FaceBook to gather and share viewer impressions, in real time, during the inauguration.
Some where in the flurry, I read that ABC.com is supposed to post Inaugural speeches from years past (yawn), but a quick tour around their site didn’t find any promises of that happening anytime soon. But who knows—that could change by the time you read this.
Talent confirmed for HBO extravaganza: HBO is putting on a big party to celebrate the 56th Presidential Inauguration titled (trumpets, please), We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. Confirmed performers include: Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Herbie Hancock, John Legend, Usher, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, will.i.am and Stevie Wonder (of course!). Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifa and Denzel Washington are set to read “historical passages.”
HBO will televise the event on an open signal to allow viewers with cable, telcos or satellite TV to watch the event for free (meaning you don’t have to be an HBO subscriber—that time? That day? No clear info on that yet.)
We Are One airs Sunday, Jan 18 from 6 to 8pm—but check local listings as this information changes daily.
This article appears in 2008.