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2009 Inaugurations sets video-streaming record

Adrianna Ovnicek

According to Akami technologies, Obama’s inauguration yesterday failed to surpass all-time internet traffic records, what it did do was mark the most simultaneous streaming-video viewers in the Web’s history .

About 7.7 million video streams, primarily live, were being viewed at peak time on Tuesday. Demand was unprecedented: CNN.com, one of the most popular viewing destinations, had to cut off viewers and establish a wait list.

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