WP/AP: MTV, VH1 To Telecast 8 Live Hours Of Live 8

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MTV, VH1 To Telecast 8 Live Hours Of Live 8

Associated Press
Thursday, June 23, 2005; Page C07


NEW YORK, June 22 -- MTV and VH1 will telecast eight hours of the Live 8 concerts July 2, the networks said Wednesday.

The performances, featuring U2, Coldplay, Madonna, the Dave Matthews Band, Jay-Z and Destiny's Child among many others, are being held in eight cities to raise awareness of poverty in Africa.

The telecast is a repeat performance for MTV, which telecast the Live Aid concerts two decades ago. Like Live Aid, the Live 8 performances are being organized by Bob Geldof.

America Online, which owns the U.S. rights to the concerts and will beam them on the Internet, also is negotiating with ABC for a prime-time telecast July 2 after the cable TV coverage.

MTV, VH1 and mtvU, MTV's college network, will be on the air with the same feed from noon to 8 p.m. that day, rotating among the different sites and also presenting packaged reports, such as a look back at Live Aid....


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/22/AR2005062202252.html

[ConfuZed]

1. So will any of this be live?