Michael Jackson memorial service gets HDTV broadcasts around the globe by 1 p.m.
By Richard Lawler 
posted July 7th 2009 11:39AM
posted July 7th 2009 11:39AM
Today's broadcasts of Michael Jackson's memorial services have become s big of a television event as there has ever been, with networks domestically planning to cover the proceedings in high definition, but Sky News HD is following up on its broadcast of the Obama Inauguration by taking of the Sky Arts 1 HD channel again, and Cinedigm flicks on its digital distribution network, though not in 3D, it will air the memorial starting at 1 p.m. EST for free at theaters around the country. If not for anything else, this should extend even beyond Presidential Address' ability to compare the audio/video delivery capabilities of different networks, with CNN, Fox, ABC, Fox News, CBS, E! and more broadcasting, plus internet streams available from most (CNN, Sky, CBS, ABC are confirmed), plus Hulu and the StaplesCenter.com website itself. So let us know, which network will you be tuning to / avoiding this afternoon, or are you already switching back and forth with one gloved hand on the remote, comparing camera angles and contrast levels in detail?Update: A live HD stream from Microsoft & Canada's Inmusic.com is available and apparently not subject to geographic restrictions for those tuning in via desktop (Thanks, Aaron)
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Rest In Peace Michael! Finally, you get a chance to rest & be left alone in peace. You will be missed very much. With deepest condolences & love. Your music & legacy will live on forever!
http://on10.net/blogs/benwagg/Michael-Jackson-Memorial-in-live-HD-Smooth-Streaming-July-7th-10am-PDT/
Just in case some people are at work and interested in trying out streaming live hd....
Aw damn, I wish my work computer could handle that.
I'm probably going to have to stick with hulu.
Seems like a lot of positive coverage for a guy that should be in prison. Would you let your child spend a day alone with him?
Quite right. He was an extraordinarily gifted singer but his bizarre personal life, his drug addiction and the recurring molestation accusations made against him seemed to have conveniently ignored in recent days.
I absolutely would trust him with my child. In case you forgot, he was aquitted. Thank God people like you do not run the planet...
Ya, OJ was aquitted also. When you spend lots of money on defense, you usually get aquitted. There was more than one allegation, as they say, where there's smoke there is usually fire.
That family was after money... they stopped talking after they were paid. I think a real victim would want justice.
http://www.techbanyan.com/4554/jordan-chandler-admits-lied-about-michael-jackson/
One of the so called "victims" Jordan Chandler admitted that he was lying just a few days ago.
I am currently watching SKY News HD which has the best picture quality. ABC has OK picture quality. Best to avoid MSNBC but CNN is a good source of the coverage today.
He just jumped up and announced his North America tour dates!
What a terrible waste of bandwidth!
Sorry Sally. but you forget that even though he was aquited he paid big time in civil damages to several families to keep them quiet. You probably think that Barry Bonds didn't take steroids because he said so. The drugs they found in his house were very very illegal. He was not a good person. Good singer but not a good person. The whole truth is starting to come out now. It's sort of like Manny Rameriz. Guilty of banned substance abuse but still revered by those that don't really care.
I watched the video on livestream//USA Today and on my cell phone compliments of Sprint TV.
Sorry Andy, nothing but heresay unless you have proof. You forget YOU weren't there. You didn't witness it, you've got nothing to say...
There are many many things that we do not have proof of. Most of what we hear and pass on to others is heresay. I don't have proof that Barry Bonds took steroids but like most people I believe that he did. There is even some published doubt that we actually landed on the moon but I think that we did. Much has been published by eastern countries that the Holacost is just a publicity story dreamed up by the US and it's allies. So you're right, I wasn't there, but I do have something to say, as do you.
I would buy the blu-ray version of the memorial service video. Or anything Michael Jackson in blu-ray.