Twitter will live-stream President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration despite being the only one left out from the Trump Tech Summit in which all major company’s CEO were invited except Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. The inauguration is going to be held in Washington DC on January 20.
One of the Twitter’s official account tweeted declaring about the live-stream. “Twitter and PBS @NewsHour Partner to Live Stream Coverage of Inauguration Day 2017 #golive,” tweeted @TwitterComms.
It will be a 6-hour coverage anchored by Judy Woodruff. The live-stream will cover the arrival of Trump at the White House, Trump, Mike Pence (Soon-to-be Vice-President) and other other officials speeches, the parade, and other related stuff.
“The special broadcast will be anchored by managing editor Judy Woodruff, with NewsHour correspondents John Yang reporting from the steps of the U.S. Capitol and Lisa Desjardins from the National Mall. NewsHour’s livestream will include the swearing in of the 45th President of the United StatesDonald J. Trump and the 48th Vice President of the United States Mike Pence on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, the Inaugural Address and Parade, and the arrival of President-elect Trump at the White House,” said Twitter.
“Streaming public broadcasting’s thoughtful coverage on Twitter will allow more Americans to experience the inauguration and join in discussion around it,” said Sara Just, NewsHour’s Executive producer.
Twitter has partnered with PBS NewsHour to broadcast the event on its platform. You can visit inauguration.twitter.com to watch the live-stream from 11am to 5pm ET.
Donald Trump recently conducted a meeting with CEOs of major tech companies but haven’t invited Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey. The Trump transition team, when asked, said that Twitter is “too small.” But later, a report by Reuters revealed that Twitter rejected an advertisement deal with Trump’s campaign during the election in October, 2016.
However, Twitter remains intact on its plan to live-stream all the major political events in US. Recently, Twitter has livestreamed the Republican and Democratic conventions.