Twitter is going to live stream the Republican and Democratic conventions
Twitter's push into live video of major events continued on Monday with the announcement that it would stream the upcoming Democratic and Republican national conventions.
CBS, which owned the streaming rights, agreed to a deal that will let Twitter stream the conventions online. The financial details were not disclosed.
"Twitter is the fastest way to find out what’s happening in politics and to have a discussion about it," said Twitter’s Chief Financial Officer Anthony Noto in a press release. "By bringing the live discussion of the Republican and Democratic national conventions together with CBSN’s live video stream of the proceedings, we believe we’re giving people around the world the best way to experience democracy in action."
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Twitter has been making a concerted effort to embrace live events on its platform, with its recent coverage of the Wimbledon tennis tournament providing an early look at how the company might combine streaming video with tweets.
The deal to stream the conventions was first reported by Recode and CNN Money.
Twitter's biggest live events are yet to come, with its 10-game package of NFL Thursday night games streaming in the fall.
Twitter did not immediately respond to request for comment.
The video will come from CBSN, the 24-hour streaming news channel run by CBS, including its anchors Josh Elliott, Elaine Quijano and Vladimir Duthiers. The main CBS feed will not be shown.
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Jason Abbruzzese is a Business Reporter at Mashable. He covers the media and telecom industries with a particular focus on how the Internet is changing these markets and impacting consumers. Prior to working at Mashable, Jason served as Markets Reporter and Web Producer at the Financial Times. Jason holds a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University and an M.A. in International Affairs from Australian National University.
