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"9 Ways to Watch the Presidential Debates Online\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMashable\n\nMashable will be doing our own liveblog with a panel of experts and viral content hunters, combining the brightest minds with the best memes of the night. \nFollow along starting at approximately 8:30 p.m. ET.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYouTube\n\nYouTube, in partnership with ABC, will livestream the debates worldwide for free. \nABC News, Al Jazeera English, BuzzFeed, Larry King, The New York Times, Phil DeFranco, The Wall Street Journal and Univision will also provide analysis, while the latter does a live Spanish translation.\nTo watch, visit YouTube.com/politics.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTumblr\n\nTumblr is teaming up with The Guardian to \"live-GIF\" the debates. True to Tumblr's style, they'll be turning any potentially viral moment into a GIF at lightning speed.\nLearn more \u2014 Tumblr to Live-GIF Presidential Debates.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUstream\n\nUstream will livestream the debate via PBS NewsHour and CBS News. \nFor those looking for something a bit different, various Ustream channels offer other options, including coverage of protests outside the debate halls, commentary from  \"Show Interrupted's\" Hooter Girls, a drinking debate livestream and other debate panels.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMicrosoft/Xbox Live\n\nMicrosoft is inviting Xbox Live subscribers to watch the debates live via the game console and participate in interactive polls about the candidates' responses and views.\nXbox live users can submit poll questions on Twitter by using the hashtag #XboxPoll. \nBonus: Xbox users who watch three of the four debates will be awarded with a Halo 4 Warrior Armor avatar.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHuffPost Live\n\nHuffPost Live will offer a \"presidential debate conversation hub\" in the hours leading up to the debates. \nWhen the debates begin, a livestream will play along with HuffPost Live hosts leading conversations in four topics: Inside Politics, Comedy, Young Voters and Women.\nOn the day following each debate, HuffPost Live will offer a panel of \"Other Voices,\" including four presidential candidates from third parties.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC-SPAN\n\nC-SPAN is building an online \"debate hub,\" similar to the hubs it provided for convention coverage. \nC-SPAN's hub will feature livestreams, separated clips of each question and answer, behind-the-scenes footage and social engagement on the #cspan2012 Twitter hashtag.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSunlight Foundation\n\nThe Sunlight Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan group that \"uses the power of the Internet to catalyze greater government openness and transparency,\" will cover the debates with a liveblog, adding immediate analysis and context to questions and answers.\nVisit Sunlight Live to tune-in.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNPR\n\nNPR will  livestream each debate \u2014 including analysis and fact-checking liveblogs \u2014 online and on its mobile apps.\nWant to help NPR's @acarvin fact-check the debate? Tweet at him with the hashtag #factcheck.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBONUS: Aereo\n\nFor our New York City-based readers, Aereo is giving free access to the presidential debates this election season.\nTry it out at Aereo.com, and learn more about Aereo right here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoe Biden and Paul Ryan are set to face one another tonight at 9 p.m. ET in the only vice presidential debate of the 2012 election. \nLooking for a place to watch on your desktop, laptop, mobile phone or tablet? Mashable has you covered. \nYou should check our our very own liveblog along with a stream powered by YouTube. Our live coverage has two core elements: First, we've gathered an excellent group of experts and panelists to break down the issues as they arise. Second, we'll be finding the best viral content the Internet has to offer and sharing it with you, our readers, in real-time. \nOur panelists:\n\nWilliam A. Galston, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution\nMitchell L. Moss, Professor of Urban Policy and Planning and Director of the Rudin Center for Transportation at New York University\nStephen Schlesinger, Fellow at the Century Foundation\nMatt Norquist, Executive Vice President at Edelman Berland\nMargarita Noriega, Digital Trends Strategist\n\nLook for Mashable's own live coverage to begin at approximately 8:30 p.m. ET. \n\nSEE ALSO: 3 Tech Issues We\u2019re Hoping Come Up at Tonight\u2019s Debate\nWe've also collected eight other excellent ways to watch the debate online, so open up some tabs in your favorite browser, sit back and enjoy!\nImages courtesy of Flickr, Center for American Progress Action Fund, Gage Skidmore"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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