Live Earth: Weak Ratings in UK
Posted July 9, 2007 — in Music News
Organizers of the global music concert - punctuated by swearing from presenters and performers - had predicted massive viewing figures.
BBC’s live afternoon television coverage attracted an average British audience of just 900,000. When coverage switched from BBC2 to BBC1, the figure rose to just 2.7million.
Live 8 peak audience…..
This year peak audience: 4.5 million
Two years ago: 9.6 million
Live Aid in 1985: 10 million
BBC blamed the poor figures on Saturday’s good weather, while critics claim the public snubbed the event because they thought it was hypocritical.
Musicians Bob Geldof, Roger Daltrey and the Pet Shop Boys pointed out that a concert highlighting climate change had itself generated huge carbon emissions. The BBC’s coverage, also sparked dozens of complaints about bad language.
Check this US Carbon Footprint Map out, has United States Interactive Carbon Footprint Map, illustrating Greenest States. This site has all sorts of stats on individual State energy consumptions, demographics and State energy offices.
http://www.eredux.com/states/
Comment by Fred — July 9, 2007 @ 1:39 am
The real problem is that CONCERTS DON’T HELP THE CAUSE! People are getting smarter - and like celebrities - people aren’t buying into “the charity”
A good 90% of participants do it for vanity, ego, or something for their resume.
I truly dont believe The Black Eyed Peas, Pussycat Dolls, Akon, Fall Out Boy, Kanye, Wolfmother, or anyone else for that matter know whats going on. They just see it as a spotlight.
I rather of seen a 7-Day Festival at ONE meaningful location where its FREE and there are people moving constantly around the crowd collecting money (protected of course) for a good cause.
Comment by Richie — July 9, 2007 @ 7:20 am
Were they tracking how many people might have been watching feeds off of the internet? (I’m not sure if that was listed or not in the article, I might have missed it…)
Comment by Scott — July 9, 2007 @ 7:27 am