This Wednesday, President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney are going to face off in the first of three televised presidential debates. The two candidates will meet at the University of Denver to answer questions around foreign domestic policy, and the whole spectacle will be moderated by Jim Lehrer.
The debate will be aired by a multitude of TV channels, including ABC, CNN and PBS, starting at 6 p.m. PT (9p.m. ET). Of course, there are also going to be a number of live streams as well as second-screen experiences. Check out our definitive guide to watching the debate online below:
- ABC News will be streaming the debate live on its YouTube channel as well as the YouTube politics channel and ABC’s iPad app.
- CBS News will stream the debate live on Ustream.
- CNN will stream the debate on its website. The news network will also allow viewers to create clips of their favorite answers and share them with their friends. CNN will also stream to its iOS apps.
- Fox News will be streaming the debate on its site starting at 4:45pm PT, and also feature some insights into the most popular topics of the evening through an exclusive collaboration with Twitter.
- Hulu will feature live feeds from ABC, Fox and The Wall Street Journal, including pre- and post-debate content. The site will also have an archived version of the entire debate available soon after.
- The Wall Street Journal is providing a live feed of the debate on it site as well as through its WSJ Live apps on the iPad, on Android devices and various Smart TV platforms.
- Politico’s website streams the debate as well as some pre- and post-debate coverage, starting at 5pm PT.
- Univision’s live stream of the presidential debate will be translated into Spanish in real-time.
- C-SPAN is going to stream the debate on it site as part of its debates hub. C-SPAN’s live feed comes with closed captions, which can be turned on here.
- The Sunlight Foundation will provide a fact-checked live stream with contextual data as part of its Sunlight Live project.
- Aereo will give New York-based viewers two hours of free access to its TV streaming service to watch live streams of major broadcasters’ debate coverage on their laptops or mobile devices.
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Android users can cheer and boo with their mobile device.
The Peel companion app will allow Android usersto digitally cheer and boo during the debate, and see how others like the performance of both candidates. The app will also reveal who won the debate amongst Peel’s base of users.
- Ponderoo gives iOS users a chance to provide feedback on the debate with a somewhat experimental, but intriguingly simple interface.
- Al Jazeera English teamed up with Reddit for context and commentary during the debate.
- Twitter is providing curated tweets on its #debates micro-site.
We will update this post with new links right up to the start of the debate.
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Image courtesy of Flickr user League of Women Voters of California.
What about C-Span? IMO they’re the only ones who manage to provide a stream with decent quality and great stability.
Good point, I added a link to the C-SPAN live stream.
Awesome – just what I was looking for.
What about the story GigaOM Ran yesterday about the Debates Commission Live Streaming through Yahoo, AOL & Yahoo.
That actually wasn’t about a live stream, but about something you could call an educational initiative around the issues that are going to play a role during the debates.
http://gigaom.com/2012/10/01/debate-sponsor-taps-youtube-yahoo-and-aol-to-quiz-inform-voters/
Thanks for the article. Linked via Cato. http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2012-presidential-debate-live-blog/
Guys remember that you can watch over 50 live news channels (CNN, C-span, Bbc, Aljazeera, etc) globally and on any device on http://www.livestation.com. We were one of the few places where you could watch the previous debates a few years back!
Wow this is great, thank you for sharing!
A lot of streaming media doesn’t show up in Canada (it can read our Canadian ip address) – do you know of any live streams that can be viewed internationally?
What about replays?
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Thanks for the info, really appreciate it.
Kelli
Dont forget about http://feedmonk.com/events/october-2012-presidential-debate they have a listing of live blogs that are covering the presidential debate.
can’t wait to see mit make mote of a fool of himself.
Haha!!! looks like ur guy is the one who was a fool!!!
what about replays cant listen till 10pm central time
Yeah I watched it two times,lol….
I think this debate is about domestic policy, not foreign policy.
That happens when you let immigrants write your blog posts (I’m talking about myself here). Of course it’s domestic policy. Will correct it right away.
I have to work during the debate. Is there a way to watch it later online? I would imagine the NYTimes site will have it up… but I don’t want to chance it. I don’t have DVR where I am… so I may actually try and locate a VCR! Let me know if someone will have the whole debate online…
Really cool reblog! Also, later today I’m going to run out to DIA and take a pic of an empty chair strapped to the roof of my car with DIA in the background…a sign that says (needs some help here with sign) “OK… Obama has been picked up and is on his way to the debate at DU.” And take some pics along the way.
any idea about TV-broadcasting in Europe?
Can I watch these links even though I am in Europe?
Check out http://www.ratethedebate.org to rate the debate in real-time and see how the nation is rating as you watch.
We are going to be collecting all the opinions of journalists, bloggers, public figures (online as well as on air) to figure out who they think “won” . . . (www.unfold.com) will be updated throughout the night and the next day. Am curious to see if there is going to be general consensus or if the opinions generated will just be along party lines!
(And for those that want more background on the topics and what the opinion breakdown was prior to the debates and if opinion shifted afterwards, we’ll have info on that too!)
Here’s to hoping for some substantive dialogue!
When will the debates be rerun on TV and how quickly will we be able to watch the debates on youtube and these other sources? We have a meeting from 7-8:30 MT and everyone is saying they are bagging out on the meeting to watch the debate. I want to rerun it at 9:00 MT. What’s the best solution?
Hey Janko!
Thanks for this very thorough list, and for mentioning Ponderoo. We wear your description of our app (“somewhat experimental, but intriguingly simple interface”) with pride.
We believe anything that gets more people involved with this election is a good thing. There are lots of good social app options out there to voice your opinion. If you want a simple way to voice your constantly-evolving opinion as the debate progresses, give us a shot.
Is there any place that does a live stream of the debates but WITH subtitiles? Thanks!!
Isabel, the C-SPAN live stream will be subtitled. Here’s what I just heard from someone working for C-SPAN: “you can find the “click here” for the closed captioning on our livestream here: http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN/“
Third party presidential candidates, Jill Stein from the Green Party and Rocky Anderson from the Justice Party, will have an opportunity to join the presidential debate on Democracy Now! tonight, live from 8:30pm to 11:30pm. Stream at http://www.democracynow.org
Are we better off than we were 4 years ago! I think sooooo!
xbox live .. with real time voting too
In 2007 3% if all jobs were temps. This June 30% of new jobs were temp/ contract positions. Thanks #Obama.
Romney is cheating. He has some kind of device he is looking at to get ideas and things to say. Someone should stop this tragedy of justice and ethics.
He is not as good would like to appear to be
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Are you away from your TV when Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are going to face off during their first presidential debate this Wednesday? No worries, plenty of sites are providing live streams, combined with realt-ime fact checking and mobile cheering and booing.
This Wednesday, President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney are going to face off in the first of three televised presidential debates. The two candidates will meet at the University of Denver to answer questions around foreign domestic policy, and the whole spectacle will be moderated by Jim Lehrer.
im more of a democrat as of last night
Don’t forget PBS!
I think that people need to wake up !!! Obama Rocks !!!