Jackson Memorial Ranks Third In TV Memorials
With a hefty 31.1 million viewers, Michael Jackson’s televised memorial service came in third only under Reagan’s televised burial (35 million) and that of Princess Diana (33.2 million). Of course, these figures are only for live television broadcasts. That figure doesn’t include the potential millions more that watched from their computers via streaming media.
Reuters has the story:
Internet company Akamai, which handles 20 percent of the world’s Web traffic, reported on Tuesday that it ran some 2.8 million audio and video streams during the Jackson memorial webcast, making it the most widely viewed on the Internet since Obama’s inauguration.