My Michael Jackson Memorial service coverage by using Twitter, sorted by oldest (first in order) tweet on top:

  • Why does all the TV coverage from the US always looks so shitty in quality? Blurry and worse.. YouTube looks better than a US live coverage.
  • TV was mentioning Twitter & Internet in general, some impressive numbers.. Would have been good opportunity to introduce their own account.
  • I believe the last and only time the world stood still, glued to the TV waiting for something to happen was when man set foot onto the moon.
  • I guess the next similar event might be something like Madonna, moon again or Mars. Expert guesses suggest the world stands still right now.
  • It is actually an excellent test to see how the media and the Internet in particular holds up to the challenge as mankind becomes connected.
  • I wonder what % of the MJ Memorial followers’ mass is actually the part which follows the event because of its mass, thus enlarging it more.
  • In the age of combined TV and Internet coverage, I think the last Pope did not do too bad in the ratings when it comes to death ceremonies..
  • As usual when tragedy struck, people are more famous afterwards. With many unpublished tracks, reworks, MJ’ll be richer than ever, in death.
  • RT @TechCurious: … wow look at all the hot spots from the MJ streaming worldwide on this Akamai map! http://tinyurl.com/ytwysn
  • RT @olgs: RT @william_ma: We are WITNESSING history! This could be the event we go back and say geographic limited broadcasting TV is DEAD!
  • I am really looking forward for “the day after the Michael Jackson Memorial” statistics, reports and analytics of the event and its traffic.
  • A couple of funny but also good harsh lines so far. I expect any moment now the Pope on stage declaring MJ a saint for bringing world peace.
  • I was close with my “saint” tweet: that US Congress lady declared him a national hero with that bill, even if very unlikely it doesn’t pass.
  • TVB Pearl was the only station to go with the live coverage through to the end. Glad I kept switching between ATV and all TVBs all evening..
  • Funny & interesting to read how US President Obama got shoved aside by the current global Michael Jackson “mania”: http://tinyurl.com/mb4kbt
  • Zooming live over Los Angeles in one of the news helicopters. They got a great camera onboard, feels like I stand on the street by myself :)
  • Reading MJ’s Memorial created a lot but not as much as expected online traffic. I doubt the result counted by 1 agency. What about restream?

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