Where to watch the first 2012 presidential debate live online.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Where to watch the first 2012 presidential debate live online.

Where to watch the first 2012 presidential debate live online.(Gigaom).

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 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 its 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.
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.
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 C-SPAN2 live feed.
The Sunlight Foundation will provide a fact-checked live stream with contextual data as part of its Sunlight Live project.
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.Read the full story here.

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