Is any of the TV One (TV1) coverage of the Michael Jackson memorial available online?
MICHAEL JACKSON MEMORIAL SERVICE BROADCAST LIVE ON TV ONE TV ONE will broadcast the Michael Jackson Memorial Service live via satellite from Los Angeles on Wednesday morning. The broadcast starts at 4:55am NZT and will be hosted by Breakfast presenters, Paul Henry and Ali Mau through until 9am. ONE News will have full coverage of the memorial throughout Wednesday including updates from US Correspondent, Tim Wilson and TVNZ Entertainment Reporter, Dominic Bowden who have been covering the story from Los Angeles since news broke of Michael Jackson’s death. TVNZ 7 (Freeview and Sky 97) will be taking live satellite coverage from US Broadcaster, the ABC and hosted by broadcasting veteran, Charles Gibson. Full coverage will also be available on www.tvnz.co.nz and viewers can also post their tributes to Jackson on the tvnz.co.nz message board. CONTACT: Andi Brotherston News and Current Affairs Public Relations Manager MOB: 021 242 1111 EMAIL
Today’s memorial service for Michael Jackson is expected to be the biggest event in the history of the internet. As media companies prepare to cover the service with live broadcasts on television and simultaneous streaming online, analysts are predicting that the enormous worldwide interest in the death of the King of Pop will lead to a surge in internet use, and could even crash some servers. Adam Ostrow, Editor-in-Chief of the San Francisco-based Mashable online social media guide, said that he expected the service to be “the biggest event we’ve ever seen online”, and it would test the infrastructure of the internet and the websites broadcasting the service. “It could just be the biggest thing ever in the history of the internet,” Mr Ostrow told The Times. “The memorial service is happening during normal hours in the US when people will be at work, which means people aren’t going to be in front of a TV, they are going to be at their computers and turning to the internet to watch the
