NBC beat ABC and Fox as the most-watched broadcast network in the hour leading up to and including President Barack Obama’s inauguration oath and speech. CNN topped the cable networks during the oath of office. During 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, NBC drew 11.5 million viewers and scored a 4.0...
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Obama Team Takes Over White House Web Site It didn’t take long for the White House Web page to switch from one president to the next. By 12:10 p.m., minutes after Barack Obama took office as president, the Bush administration Web page was replaced with a new one. Less than three minutes later, it had...
After raking in revenues and ratings during the election season, the cable news networks appear set for a last hurrah as Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States. CNN said Exxon, Sprint and Cisco had signed up for advertising packages as official inauguration sponsors on...
ESPN Classic will air a 10-hour marathon of “Breaking Barriers” on Jan. 20 to celebrate Barack Obama’s inauguration as president. An additional seven hours of the series, which profiles ground-breaking African American athletes such as Jackie Robinson, Arthur Ashe and Jack Johnson, will air Jan. 19 to...
HBO and MTV are adjusting their telecast plans as Tuesday’s inauguration of President-elect Obama draws near. On Sunday night, HBO had been planning to telecast the opening event of the inauguration, an afternoon combined concert and reading at the Lincoln Memorial. The musical performers for the event...
The Presidential Inaugural Committee is tapping HBO to exclusively televise the opening celebration of the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, a Sunday afternoon event at the Lincoln Memorial. The committee on Tuesday night said HBO will work with cable and satellite distributors to make the...
CBS News has unveiled its plans for multiplatform coverage of the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama, led by live broadcasts and Web streams anchored by Katie Couric. Ms. Couric will anchor broadcast coverage for CBS throughout the day on Jan. 20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST. Coverage will include...
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A second Viacom cable network is planning its own ball at the inauguration of Barack Obama. BET Networks will join with America’s Promise Alliance, the nonprofit organization set up by former Secretary of State Colin Powell and his wife, Alma, to host an inaugural ball to be held Jan. 20 in Washington...