The Rest of the Day: Twitter to Broadcast Democratic and Republican National Conventions
Twitter is already a common place to discuss and follow live news events, but they want to be more than just a blank chat platform – they want to be a news destination . Therefore, they are partnering with CBS News to broadcast live video coverage of the upcoming Democratic and Republican conventions.
- CBSN, the 24/7 digital streaming news service from CBS News, will provide coverage to be broadcast on the social network. Twitter recently unveiled a new Wimbledon live video streaming platform that displays tweet history in addition to live streaming . [PR Newswire]
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