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Janice · 07-09-2005, 07:31 PM

MTV Airing 10 Hours of Live 8 Reruns

NEW YORK (AP) - In the television equivalent of a do-over, the MTV Networks said they would air 10 commercial-free hours of performances Saturday from last weekend's Live 8 concerts.

Viewers will be able to see the entire sets of U2, Coldplay, Pink Floyd, Kanye West and Green Day on either MTV or VH1, and sometimes both, Van Toffler, president of the MTV Networks Music Group, said Friday.

MTV took a critical whipping and received complaints from more than 2,000 viewers about their eight hours of Live 8 coverage on July 2. Between commercials, interviews and reports from correspondents, MTV often showed only a song or two from several of the performances.

Toffler said the list of performers at each concert, held in 10 different cities, kept growing in the days leading up to the show - partly because MTV was helping organizers book acts.

"It just got bigger and bigger and we couldn't accommodate them all," he said.

At the same time, MTV had made a commitment to organizers to explain the purpose behind the concerts, and many artists wanted to be interviewed about their reasons for being there, he said. MTV's telecast stood in contrast to America Online, which offered most of the performances in their entirety.

Many of MTV's viewers weren't even alive when Pink Floyd broke up, so Toffler said he was surprised at how many wanted to see the band's reunion performance in full.

As the complaints flooded in, Toffler said he contacted Live 8 organizers on Wednesday to see if some of the performances could be rerun.

VH1 will air selected performances between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. EDT/PDT, featuring artists more popular with its older audience: Rob Thomas, Sting, the Dave Matthews Band and Maroon 5, for example. MTV will show performances between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., featuring Linkin Park & Jay Z, the Killers, Kanye West and Green Day.

Both networks will air U2, Pink Floyd, Coldplay, Paul McCartney and Orchestra Baobab. The full list of performers became available Friday on the networks' Web sites.

After the performances, MTV will air a 30-minute special, "Live 8: Next Steps," with news reports on the concerts and the G8 summit. ABC has probably seen all it wants of Live 8, however. Its two-hour concert special July 2 was seen by fewer than 3 million people, a smaller audience than even coverage of the rain delay of the Daytona 400 on NBC.

Steve M. · 07-09-2005, 10:08 PM

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TripperFan · 07-09-2005, 10:44 PM

Are these to be rerun on a certain day or anything - I didn't see a date on there (other than July 2).

TripperFan · 07-09-2005, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenFanatic

It was on VH1 today from 10-3, and then they continued on MTV from 3-8.

TODAY ONLY~!

TripperFan · 07-09-2005, 10:54 PM

Hollow · 07-09-2005, 11:48 PM

haha i'm glad i didn't see the live 8, JUST because everyone's so excited about it.

barwars · 07-10-2005, 02:44 PM

Damn, I never got to see the Pink Floyd performance in full. I wasn't home at all yesterday, I should have recorded it.

vashti1999 · 07-10-2005, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by barwars

Damn, I never got to see the Pink Floyd performance in full. I wasn't home at all yesterday, I should have recorded it.

I was planning on recording it, but a local news station was rebroadcasting the Luther Vandross funeral ceremony at the same time as the Live 8 rebroadcast, so I chose Luther. I figured I'd have a greater chance of seeing Live 8 some time in the future than someone's funeral...

TripperFan · 07-10-2005, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenFanatic

I'm not for sure. That is the way I understood it. Were you just wanting to watch the concert again, or did you not get to watch it the first run?

I caught parts of it, but we had company over for a BBQ that day so we had Floyd blasting outside and would run in when we saw it on, but STUPID Canadian television broke to go to the Canadian concert with The Tragically Hip mid-way through the Floyd set.

Got to only see a bit. Don't know if they were also going to show some of the other Canadian acts like Deep Purple - I missed them entirely.

Oh well - you gotta know its going to be coming out on DVD in its entirety in a few months, so we'll just have to buy the thing I guess. Hopefully some of the proceeds will go to Africa too.

07-09-2005, 07:31 PM	#1
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	MTV Airing 10 Hours of Live 8 Reruns MTV Airing 10 Hours of Live 8 Reruns NEW YORK (AP) - In the television equivalent of a do-over, the MTV Networks said they would air 10 commercial-free hours of performances Saturday from last weekend's Live 8 concerts. Viewers will be able to see the entire sets of U2, Coldplay, Pink Floyd, Kanye West and Green Day on either MTV or VH1, and sometimes both, Van Toffler, president of the MTV Networks Music Group, said Friday. MTV took a critical whipping and received complaints from more than 2,000 viewers about their eight hours of Live 8 coverage on July 2. Between commercials, interviews and reports from correspondents, MTV often showed only a song or two from several of the performances. Toffler said the list of performers at each concert, held in 10 different cities, kept growing in the days leading up to the show - partly because MTV was helping organizers book acts. "It just got bigger and bigger and we couldn't accommodate them all," he said. At the same time, MTV had made a commitment to organizers to explain the purpose behind the concerts, and many artists wanted to be interviewed about their reasons for being there, he said. MTV's telecast stood in contrast to America Online, which offered most of the performances in their entirety. Many of MTV's viewers weren't even alive when Pink Floyd broke up, so Toffler said he was surprised at how many wanted to see the band's reunion performance in full. As the complaints flooded in, Toffler said he contacted Live 8 organizers on Wednesday to see if some of the performances could be rerun. VH1 will air selected performances between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. EDT/PDT, featuring artists more popular with its older audience: Rob Thomas, Sting, the Dave Matthews Band and Maroon 5, for example. MTV will show performances between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., featuring Linkin Park & Jay Z, the Killers, Kanye West and Green Day. Both networks will air U2, Pink Floyd, Coldplay, Paul McCartney and Orchestra Baobab. The full list of performers became available Friday on the networks' Web sites. After the performances, MTV will air a 30-minute special, "Live 8: Next Steps," with news reports on the concerts and the G8 summit. ABC has probably seen all it wants of Live 8, however. Its two-hour concert special July 2 was seen by fewer than 3 million people, a smaller audience than even coverage of the rain delay of the Daytona 400 on NBC.

07-09-2005, 10:08 PM	#2
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07-09-2005, 10:44 PM	#3
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07-09-2005, 11:48 PM	#6
Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	haha i'm glad i didn't see the live 8, JUST because everyone's so excited about it.

07-10-2005, 02:44 PM	#7
barwars .. Forum Star Join Date: May 04, 2002 Posts: 13,273	Damn, I never got to see the Pink Floyd performance in full. I wasn't home at all yesterday, I should have recorded it.