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Article: Live Earth concerts break web-streaming records.(Network)
- Article from:
- The Mercury (South Africa)
- Article date:
- July 11, 2007
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THE Live Earth global pop concerts on Saturday broke a record for an online entertainment show by generating more than nine million internet streams, according to Microsoft web portal MSN.
As the last two of the nine Live Earth concerts got under way, MSN Product Manager Karin Muskopf said the number of streams had surpassed the previous record held by 2005's Live 8 global concerts to fight poverty.
"We have exceeded any other online entertainment event," Muskopf said.
An internet stream is when a person watches a performance or event on a computer. People can stream an event more than once, so nine million streams does not necessarily mean ...