Jackson’s funeral on CNN today

It has been announced that Michael Jackson’s public funeral will be held today at 12:00am Bangladesh time at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Billions of fans of Michel are expected to watch live the funeral programme through television and internet.
Hundreds of thousands of people from around the world are expected to pour into Los Angeles and the police said they were preparing for an event of historic proportions.
According to the Daily Express, an UK based daily, hundreds of thousands of fans from around the world are expected to line the streets of Los Angeles for Jackson’s funeral.
The memorial service will be broadcast on five US television networks, after NBC executives changed their minds and decided to air the service live. NBC joins ABC, CNN, MSNBC and E! Entertainment.
Late King of Pop Michael Jackson’s funeral may be bigger than that of Princess Diana, say reports. Diana’s funeral saw a gathering of 250,000 people in London’s Hyde Park alone, and it was watched on TV by 2.5 billion people worldwide, a record for any television broadcast.
If experts are to be believed, Jackson’s funeral may equal or even exceed the astonishing figure recorded during the service for Diana.
Another UK based daily, The Telegraph, has stated that the funeral will likely be the biggest in entertainment history and draws comparisons to Luciano Pavorotti, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley.
The online video blog, webtvhub.com, which reported an influx of hundreds of thousands of visitors for Obama’s Inauguration speech, expects this to be the ‘biggest live internet video event to date’ and that some online broadcasters will not be able to cope with the number of viewers.
The funeral will be broadcast online on the web sites of most mainstream news broadcasters, as well as specialized online video sites including WebTvHub.com, Hulu.com, uStream.com, NewTeeVee.com, Stickham.com and LiveStation.com and others.

Courtesy of NewAgebd