LIVE 8 - TV/RADIO/INTERNET BROADCASTS UPDATE

LATEST UPDATES: 29th June 2005
We've received a number of enquiries from people worldwide,
eager to know how they can tune in to the Live 8 concert in London, on July 2nd, 2005.

The objective is to have the Live 8 concerts, taking place around the world, being watched and listened to by more than 2 billion people.

In the UK, the BBC is the host broadcaster for Live 8 London with coverage across BBC ONE, TWO and THREE, with radio broadcasts on Radio's 1 and 2, the BBC World Service and across the BBC's regional stations. The BBC radio stations are streamed on the internet, meaning people worldwide can enjoy their coverage live, as it happens.

All other countries' coverage is shown below.Partner broadcasters in Europe and America will be working to bring this huge international event to the world.MTV Networks Worldwide have announced that they will air customized programming from the concerts.

In the United States alone, MTV, VH1 and MTV's college network, mtvU, will run a shared feed for the first time ever, capturing the biggest moments of this universal music effort to help fight poverty. From 12-8pm ET/9am-5pm PT, the sister networks will provide select LIVE coverage from every corner of the world, along with interviews with participating artists and fans on site, and produced packages that will look at everything from the original 1985 Live Aid concert to what is set to take place at the upcoming G8 conferences Live 8 is hoping to influence in 2005.

In addition, CMT and VH1 Classic will be involved in showcasing Live 8 performances reflective of their brands in separate highlight programming the day after the concerts take place.

Outside of the United States, hourly bulletins comprised of performances, backstage interviews and specially created packages will air on MTV, VH1 and TMF (The Music Factory) brands internationally. On July 3, the day after the concerts take place, a one-hour Live 8 special with featured global performances will be made available to MTV Networks music channels around the world.On the internet you can watch the Live 8 concerts live and on demand, along with behind-the-scenes stuff, during and after the concerts on July 2nd, by logging on to aolmusic.com, who will be providing free streaming coverage of all the shows. They will make the performances available to watch after the event, on demand, from their site, for six weeks. And you won't need to be an AOL member to use their facilities.

COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY COVERAGE DETAILS:

ARABIC COUNTRIES/MIDDLE EAST
Live 8 coverage started at 13:00hrs GMT on Arabic satellite station MBC4. MBC is a large, pan-Arab, news and entertainment channel, which can be received in many countries across the world.

ARGENTINA
In Argentina, radio station FM 95.9 Rock & Pop will be broadcasting the Live 8 concerts, to go alongside the MTV Latin American broadcasts.

ASIA, SOUTHEAST
MTV Southeast Asia will be broadcasting the event on Sunday July 3, from 14:00hrs and 19:00hrs, Monday July 4, from 14:00hrs, and Tuesday July 5, from 00:00hrs.

AUSTRALIA
In Australia, Foxtel will be screening the entire event on the 2nd July from 9:30pm AEST to 10am AEST. They'll also have a highlights show in the week after the event. For free-to-air viewers, the 9 network will have a highlights package on July 3rd at 8:30pm AEST.

AUSTRIA
ATV+ channel will broadcast Live 8 starting at 4.00pm, but the ending is not scheduled. Presumably it will broadcast the whole event.

BELGIUM
In Belgium, pay television BETV channel BE 1 will broadcast Live 8 starting at 4pm and providing 11 hours of coverage, ending at 3am. Belgian channel jim-tv will broadcast the whole concert live, starting the broadcast at 4pm and going until 2 AM (local time, so GMT +1hr). jim-tv is not pay television, so everybody with cable should be able to see it.

BRAZIL
MTV Brazil will be showing Live 8 live, starting at 9 AM local time. They have updated their schedule, and it will now be a 12 hour, non-stop broadcast, finishing at 9pm.

CANADA
CTV plans to broadcast from the beginning, going live early on Saturday, July 2 when the first act takes to the stage overseas, and continuing until the last act finishes at Live 8 Canada, sometime around 8 p.m. ET. CTV also plans to air a "Greatest Hits" recap in primetime following the conclusion of the live broadcast with highlights from the most memorable performances of the day from around the world.

CROATIA
Croatian TV channel HRT Plus will broadcasts Live 8 starting on 2nd July at 2.00pm and ending 3rd July at 1.00am. 

CYPRUS
For the Republic of Cyprus, CyBC 2 will broadcast the concert live, from 17:00hrs (Saturday) to 04:00hrs (Sunday) local times.

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

CZECH REPUBLIC
Czech channel TV2 will broadcast Live 8 starting at 3.00pm ending at 01.00am the following morning.

DENMARK
DR1 and DR2 channels will broadcast Live 8 starting at 4.00pm, and ending at 2.00am.

EUROPE - GENERAL
Satellite and cable channel Euronews will broadcast the entire event, with news breaks every 15 minutes, all day.

FINLAND
Finnish TV channel YLE 2 will broadcast full coverage of Live 8.

FRANCE
In France, M6 television, MTV France, and NRJ Radio will broadcast Live 8. With the exception of M6. 2:50pm to 3:50pm, they are showing live footage from Hyde Park, from 5:40pm to 7:50pm, then 8:05pm to 8:50pm, live footage from Versailles, and from 11:25pm, best moments from all the concerts.

GERMANY
All the German broadcasters currently state that they will show selected artists from the Berlin, London, Paris and Rome concerts. The Berlin TV station RBB will broadcast between 14:00 and 19:30. Another problem is that you can't receive this program in all parts of Germany. TV channel SWR will broadcast between 14:00 and 18:00 but again might be just the Berlin concert.  ARD, which represent all German regional broadcasters, gave the following time slots for their regional broadcasters:

RBB: 14:00 - 19:25 CET
WDR: 14:00 - 17:50 CET
HR: 21:50 - 01:20 CET
MDR: 14:00 - 17:30 CET

ARD will also be showing "Live 8 - Concert highlights from Berlin, London, Rome, Paris and Philadelphia" on July 3rd, between 01:35 - 05:25 CET. There are rumours that MTV Germany will provide (some) coverage, but this is not confirmed yet.

You can get latest schedule on www.tvtv.de. Just type "live 8" into the "Suche" (Search) field.Finally, we've just been told that Phoenix (via Cable) will broadcast Live 8 from 2pm onwards.

GREECE
MEGA Channel in Greece will eventually broadcast the whole event on Sunday 3th July at 21.00 local time until the following morning.

INDIA
VH1 India will broadcast 12 hours of Live 8 footage, showcasing highlights from all the event venues.

INDONESIA
MTV Indonesia will broadcast Live 8 from 14:30hrs, on Sunday July 3, and from 00:00hrs on Monday July 4.

ISRAEL
In Israel, Channel 10 TV will broadcast the entire event, all 11 hours, from the afternoon into the early dawn. The broadcast will start at 5pm local time (3pm GMT) and end at 4am local time (2pm GMT).

ITALY
In Italy, Rai Tre channel will broadcast Live 8, with their programmes at 14.35 - 18.55, 20.00 - 23.05, and 23.25 - 01.05. Programme details here. The Live8 concerts will also be broadcasted in Italy on satellite by SKY, channel 109. It will be an interactive channel, so you will be able to "jump" from one concert to another whenever you like... you can also have 4 windows open at the same time (so you can watch the five stages at one time). The broadcast will start at 2.00 pm (Italian time) and runs until midnight.

JAPAN
CS Fuji Sky PerfecTv! channel 721 (channel ident FUJITV721) will broadcast Live 8 on 2nd July, starting from 22:00 till around 11:00 local time.

LATIN AMERICA
MTV Latin America has confirmed that they will have the Live 8 show, live. Exact schedule and concert coverage details aren't known at this stage - it is hoped that there will be at least some Floyd coverage in their programming.

MALAYSIA
In Malaysia, their friendly neighbourhood cable operator, Astro, is setting up a special channel - Channel 88 - for the Live 8 event, which will run from 9pm on the 2nd of July (Malaysian time) till 9 am the next day or thereabouts.

MALTA
Malta's SUPER1 television has just announced that all of the Hyde Park Live 8 concert will be transmitted live. Live Transmissions will start around 13.00pm including pre show interviews etc., and continue to transmit the show until the end. Super 1 TV transmits nationwide and on Cable, and digital terrestrial. It will also stream live the whole concert on their website.

NETHERLANDS
In The Netherlands VARA and BNN will broadcast 11 Hours live on television from Live 8 on the channel Nederland 3 (NED3). It will also be on Dutch Radio 3FM.

NEW ZEALAND
Live 8 will be broadcast live in New Zealand on channel TV2 from 2am Sunday 3rd July until 12 noon.

NORWAY
In Norway, the TV station NRK (1 & 2) will broadcast the entire event. They will be broadcasting BBC's production. So far they're expected to be broadcasting from around 4pm on Saturday until the whole thing ends twelve, or more, hours later. So if you're in Norway, you won't miss a single thing!

PHILIPPINES
MTV Philippines will be showing Live 8 from 20:00hrs on Sunday July 3, and from 00:00hrs on Monday July 4.

POLAND
Polish TV channels TVN and TVN Siedem [TVN7] will be broadcasting Live8:

- TVN from 15:55-19:00 and from 23:15
- TVN7 from 19:00-23:15

PORTUGAL
In Portugal, television channels Rtp 1 and Rtp 2 will broadcast Live 8 starting at 3.30pm. Rtp1 programme details here, and Rtp2

ROMANIA
In Romania, Tv k lumea (formerly known as Atomic tv) will be broadcasting 11 hours of Live 8. As yet, we don't know the exact time of their schedule.

RUSSIA
In Russia, Live 8 is being aired by channel NTV, with the programme starting at 6:00pm local time. No further details are currently known.

Also, 1TV (Channel 1 Russia) will broadcast Live 8 in Moscow at 21.00pm CET, ending at 0.30am CET, July 3.

SLOVENIJA
Slovenija 2 (SLO 2) TV channel will broadcast Live 8 at 3.00pm, and ending at 2.00am.

SPAIN
TVE La 2 will broadcast the event on 2nd July, from 16:00 - 18:15, and from 21:00 - 03:00, which probably means that the second part won't be live.

SWEDEN
SVT 1 and SVT 2 will broadcast Live 8, using the BBC feed, as is happening in Norway. Here's how the schedule is split:

SVT1 16:00 - 18:15
SVT2 18:15 - 21:00
SVT1 21:00 - 00:00
SVT2 00:00 - 03:00

SWITZERLAND
SF2 (german language TV), between 15.00hrs - 17.30hrs, and from 22.35hrs, will broadcast live and recorded segments from London. Programme details here.

THAILAND
For Thailand there will be live TV coverage of Live 8 on UBC satellite on Channel 21 exclusively. There will also be coverage on MTV Thailand on Sunday July 3, at 2000hrs, and Monday July 4, at 1500hrs

TURKEY
In Turkey, Live 8 is being aired by NTV Channel, starting from 5:00pm local time. Programme details here. In other Turkish broadcast news, Dinamo FM radio will air 11 hours of live coverage of the concerts.

USA
Satellite radio station XM will be bringing the entire Live 8 event to the US, as it happens. Global coverage of Live 8 starts at 7am ET on July 2:

Live Global Coverage - XM Channel 40
London - XM Channel 41
Philadelphia - XM Channel 42
Berlin - XM Channel 43
Rome - XM Channel 44
Paris - XM Channel 45
Toronto - XM Channel 46

The UK coverage runs from 9am - 3pm ET on XM channels 41 and 201, with onstage and backstage access.

Live 8 is going to be carried by MTV and VH1 on July 2nd from noon - see top of the page for more details. Relevant highlights will additionally run on July 3 on CMT and VH1 Classic. In addition to showing select live coverage, the programming will include interviews with fans on site at some of the eight venues hosting shows.

We've just had a report that WLS TV in Chicago has a programme showing highlights of Live 8 that will be on Channel 7 at 7 pm Central time until 9pm.ABC networks will broadcast Live 8 starting at 8.00pm running until 10.00pm. People can search their ABC Networks local station through this link, choosing their US State/local station/s website and checking their schedule.In the meantime, we have had confirmation through that BBC America are NOT carrying the concert (in particular, the BBC's London production) in the US.

WORLDWIDE - BBC WORLD
Sadly the BBC only has the rights to broadcast the concert in the UK, so none of the concert will be shown on their worldwide satellite channel, BBC World.

This valuable source of information was provided to us by Matt Johns from The Pink Flloyd Website - Brain Damage