Written by Liz Gannes
Posted Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 11:44 AM PT

Will Michael Jackson’s Funeral Be Live-Streamed?

Update: Here’s our list of Michael Jackson memorial service live streams.

Michael Jackson’s funeral will likely be scheduled for next Tuesday, July 7 at 10 a.m. at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, according to various reports. AEG Live, which was planning Jackson’s comeback, owns the Staples Center and says it’s putting on the event. The arena seats 20,000, and AEG is said to have plans to place large screens outside to show the proceedings to an overflow audience. But will the funeral be live-streamed to the King of Pop’s fans around the rest of the world?

Given the ongoing magnitude of global grieving for Jackson, wall-to-wall coverage of the funeral on TV networks goes without saying, and one or more online live streams is a solid bet. Other midday events, such as Obama’s inauguration and college basketball’s March Madness, have had huge numbers of watchers online, many of them office workers who want to see them live.

Hulu has already set up a placeholder page for the live web broadcast, under the account it uses to post special events. That site is mostly geo-blocked outside of the U.S.; surely others will get in on the action as plans unfold.

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Comments (9)

Oh how we stoop so low to get a few extra search engine hits.

Chris — 12:32 PM on July 2, 2009 Reply
- @ Chris — hey there, the Hulu page exists — not like I’m making this up. Besides, wouldn’t you watch?
  
  Liz Gannes, NewTeeVee — 12:55 PM on July 2, 2009 Reply
you know I’ll be watching

Unlock Private Myspace Profiles — 1:22 PM on July 2, 2009 Reply
i hope it’s streamed!

gas safety london — 4:21 AM on July 3, 2009 Reply
there would be no other King of Pop like Michael Jackson. he would always be the King.

Melatonina Melatonine — 12:44 AM on July 4, 2009 Reply
i love you micheal jackson xxxxxxxx there will never be another you…i miss you xx

jane maginnis — 2:47 PM on July 6, 2009 Reply
FUNERAL LIVE ON NBC,CNN,BBC EN A LOT OF OTHER WEBSITES USING LIVESTREAM OR OTHER P2P TV

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PEPE — 3:01 PM on July 6, 2009 Reply
TVU just announced two live streams starting at 9:30am. They have shown lots of big events before. http://www.tvunetworks.com

Peter Tom — 12:10 AM on July 7, 2009 Reply
tvu is showing it.

Peter Tom — 12:11 AM on July 7, 2009 Reply

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