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Details of the many broadcasts of the Live 8 event.

The following information is provided for reference. The Live 8 concert event was by far the most innovative global event in 20 years. Utilizing the power of over 200 broadcast stations the monumental event was made available to 85% of the world, either on radio, television, or phone. Listed below is many of the major broadcasters. If there is any information that you can provide in regards to these stations, please do not hesitate to contact us.
 

COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY LIVE 8 CONCERT COVERAGE DETAILS:

Europe

AUSTRIA
ATV+ channel broadcast Live 8 starting at 4.00pm. They broadcast the entire event.

BELGIUM
In Belgium, pay television BETV channel BE 1 broadcast Live 8 starting at 4pm and providing 11 hours of coverage, ending at 3am.

In addition, JIMtv broadcast full coverage of Live 8 from different places 16.00-03.00.

CROATIA
In Croatia, the show was broadcasted partly on HTV2 and fully on satellite channel HTVPlus.

CZECH REPUBLIC
In the Czech Republic the show was broadcast live by the public channel ČT2 of czech-tv.cz (15.00-23.00, 23.25-01.00).

DENMARK
DR1 and DR2 channels will broadcast the concert starting at 4.00pm, and ending at 2.00am

FINLAND
In Finland the concerts were shown by YLE: YLE TV 2 17.00-18.00, 18.45-21.00, 22.20-04.00 and YLE Teema 16.00-03.00

FRANCE
In France, the broadcast was made available on the commercial channel M6. First there was live coverage of Live 8 in London, and in the late afternoon this switched to live coverage of the Paris concert. In the late evening there were highlights of all the day's Live 8 events. NRJ Radio will broadcast the Live 8 concert.

GERMANY
Germany saw the entire day by Phoenix. In the afternoon many local ARD stations had a live feed. There were repeats on EinsFestival, EinsPlus, DasErste later in the day and on Sunday. (All these channels can be received FTA in Europe via satellite.)

GREECE
For the Greek islands, portions of the concerts were broadcasted by MEGA Channel from 21.00-00.30 and 1.00 until the morning.

IRELAND
People on the emerald isle were able to view the event by state broadcaster, RTÉ, who showed the concerts live. RTÉ2: 14.00--17.00, 19.20--00.05 and RTÉ1: 17.00--18.00.

ITALY
Italy saw the show broadcast by the state-channel Rai Tre. The Live8 concerts were also broadcasted in Italy on satellite by SKY, channel 109. It was an interactive channel, so you will be able to "jump" from one concert to another whenever you like... The broadcast began at 2.00 pm (Italian time).

MONTENEGRO
For the people of Montenegro the shows aired live on the state channel RTCG 3. TVCG 3 stands for Radio Televizija Crne Gore 3 Kanal. It is the official Radio Television

NETHERLANDS
In the Netherlands, Live 8 was shown on public channel 3 15.00-03.00 CET (live8live.nl, as well as BNN, VARA and 3FM), along with BBC One and BBC Two which are widely available in the Netherlands (see United Kingdom for times).

NORTHERN CYPRUS
In Northern Cyprus, the Live 8 concert is being aired by NTV Channel, starting from 5:00pm local time.

NORWAY
In Norway, Live 8 aired live on both NRK television channels.

POLAND
In Poland the shows aired live on TVN and TVN Siedem.

PORTUGAL
In Portugal the transmission was being handled by RTP channels, both on TV (RTP1, 2: and RTPN) and radio (Antena 3).

SERBIA
Serbia saw the entire show was broadcast live without commercials on the state-run RTS 3 channel. This event was hosted by Dejan Cukić, who made many unseasonable and foolish comments.

SLOVENIA
Slovenia the shows aired live 15.00-17.00 Central European Time on state channel TV Slovenija 1 and 17.50-01.00 on TV Slovenija 2 (There was a break in the show as a result of a women's tennis final at Wimbledon). Hosts were Mojca Mavec and Andrej Karoli.

SPAIN
In Spain, the show was broadcast live by the public channel TVE 2 (16.00-18.15, 21.00-03.00 GMT+1). Ainhoa Arbizu and Neil Solé hosted the spanish broadcast of the show.

SWEDEN
Sweden was provided  Sveriges Television broadcast the event non-stop on SVT1 (15.00-18.15, 21.00-00.00) and SVT2 (18.15-21.00, 00.00-03.00). Sveriges Television (SVT) is a national publicly-funded television broadcaster based in Sweden.

SWEDEN
For Switzerland Live 8 was broadcast in parts by SF2.

UNITED KINGDOM
For Great Britian the London show was broadcast live from 13.00-18.15 BST on BBC Two, when coverage switched to BBC One until midnight BST on Sunday. BBC One then aired the Philadelphia show until 03.35 BST. There was a repeat on BBC Three 19.00-03.00 BST Sunday. The Philadelphia and the Eden shows were both broadcast live on the BBCs digital/interactive service. There was also live coverage not only on BBC radio stations, but also on the major commercial stations. (NB: Coverage was interrupted by the overrun of the Wimbledon ladies' singles final, leading the resumption of coverage on BBC One to be delayed approximately 15 minutes). Live 8 on BBC One attracted an average of 7.8 million viewers, with a peak of 9.6 million viewers as Robbie Williams was on stage.

North America

CANADA
See Details about the CTV broadcast.

MEXICO
South of the North American border, Live 8 was broadcast on MTV Mexico and some radio stations.

UNITED STATES
In the United States, the dismal coverage was as follows: MTV, MTV2, MTVU (the new MTV University-oriented channel), and VH1 showed most of the Live 8 concerts, switching between all eight shows and also showing recaps of Live Aid as well as special content such as interviews with the stars and people behind Live 8. All channels had the same coverage of the concert, in order to keep viewers from avoiding commercials by jumping between channels. Coverage began at Noon ET, just when the show in Philadelphia got underway

MTV hit a sour note by offering too many commercials and the guest vee-jays did the best to talk over the much anticipated reunion of Pink Floyd. Although MTV and VH1 arguably dropped the ball on their coverage, the networks listened to the complaints and decided to try again. the following Saturday (July 9), the networks broadcast five hours each, commercial-free, allowing for more artists and longer sets to be shown for the first time on American TV. the two five-hour broadcasts contained many of the same artists, but roughly half of each set-list was unique to that network. The VH1 coverage aired from 10.00 EST, with MTV's coverage immediately following at 15.00.

Other Viacom-owned networks Country Music Television and VH1 Classic aired concert highlights the following day (July 3, 2005) featuring artists for their audiences. (Hence the Rome concert featuring Faith Hill and Tim McGraw for CMT and older artists or even veterans of Live Aid for VH1 Classic.)

For details about ABC's broadcast.

XM Satellite Radio carried the concerts live from Philadelphia, London, Paris, Berlin and Rome. To Date the Edinburgh concert has not been aired on XM Satellite radio. More details at

South America

ARGENTINA
For Argentina,  MTV showed event fragments every 30 minutes live via Cable and Satellite TV, while local FM radio broadcasted the concerts almost completely. TV channel Canal 13 showed highlights of the shows the event night and on the following week, Saturday July 9, 2005, starting at 21:30 local time.

BRAZIL
For Brazilians,  MTV Brazil broadcasted the events live.

Asia and Africa

INDIA
For India, VH1 broadcasted the concerts.

ISRAEL
In Israel the concerts were available on channel Israel 10 16.00-21.00, 22.30-03.00, interrupted for a news editorial.

LEBANON
For Lebanon, the  Live 8 was covered by 99FM.

MACEDONIA
The Macedonia shows were broadcast on A1 and on Antenna 5 radio.

MALTA
The Live 8 event for Malta was broadcast on Super One Television.

MALAYSIA
In Malaysia, friendly neighborhood cable operator, Astro, set up a special channel - Channel 88 - for the Live 8 concert, which ran from 9pm on the 2nd of July (Malaysian time) till 9 am the next day or thereabouts.

MIDDLE EAST
In the rest of Middle East and the Arab World, Live 8 was broadcast on MBC4, part of the MBC network.

SINGAPORE
Singapore witnessed the Live 8 event live on cable television (Starhub Cable Vision) and on Preview Channel 01 21.00-07.00.

TURKEY
Turkey saw the entire day was covered live by NTV.

Oceania

AUSTRALIA
For the land down under, Australia the Nine Network showed selected highlights 20.30-22.45 on Sunday, July 2, 2005. Pay TV channel Fox 8 showed coverage live from 21.30 Australian Eastern Standard Time on Saturday night to 10.00 AEST on Sunday morning. Radio stations in the Austereo network, including Triple M in certain capitals, broadcast the concert from 23.00 AEST Saturday night onwards. This led to it being roundly criticized for not being shown live on free to air television

NEW ZEALAND
The Kiwi’s in New Zealand saw the show aired live on TV 2  until 12 PM New Zealand Standard Time on Sunday Morning. It originally was scheduled to start at 2 AM Sunday Morning in the TV guide, but it began earlier (around 1:30 am NZST) with coverage of Live 8 Japan.

Online broadcast

AOL
America Online has broadcast almost Live 8 concert in its entirety live via the Internet and will make them available for viewing for six weeks following the shows. For more details.
NOTE: AOL did not include the Eden Project-Africa Calling at Cornwall, Live 8 South Africa, or Live 8 Japan.