It remains unclear whether the planned funeral for Michael Jackson next Tuesday at Staples Center in Los Angeles will be broadcast by the major networks, streamed over the Internet, or beamed by satellite to theaters. Hulu, the video site operated by NBC, Fox, and Disney, put up a "placeholder" on Thursday saying that it would offer a live Internet broadcast of the funeral as a "web exclusive." However, by this morning, the notice had been taken down and replaced by one reading, "Unfortunately, this video is no longer available." Late in the day Thursday, AEG Live, the concert promoter that was staging Jackson's comeback appearances in London, released a short video of Jackson rehearsing at the Staples Center two days before his death. It said that it had taped more than 100 hours of footage during the rehearsals and planned to edit the material into a special, integrating it with additional 3D footage shot on a Hollywood soundstage. Meanwhile, a new survey concludes that nearly two-thirds of all Americans believe the media is giving the death of Michael Jackson too much coverage, while 36 percent said that the coverage was "appropriate." On the other hand, 36 percent said that Farrah Fawcett's death was not given enough coverage, while 56 percent said it was appropriate.

03/07/2009