
via press release:
"12-12-12" Secures Distribution to Over One Billion People
Worldwide
34 U.S. NETWORKS AND TELEVISION FEEDS TO
NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA, EUROPE, AFRICA, ASIA AND AUSTRALIA, RADIO
BROADCAST AND ONLINE STREAMING WILL MAKE CONCERT AVAILABLE GLOBALLY
THE WORLD'S LARGEST ONLINE VIDEO CONTENT PROVIDERS TO STREAM LIVE
All-Star Concert Lineup Includes Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Dave Grohl,
Billy Joel,
Alicia Keys, Chris Martin, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Eddie
Vedder, Roger
Waters, Kanye West, The Who and Paul McCartney
NEW YORK, Dec. 3, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The producers of "12-12-12"
announced today that the concert at Madison Square Garden on December
12, 2012, at 7:30 PM (ET), to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy, has
secured distribution to over one billion people. The concert will be
able to be seen on 34 US networks and television feeds worldwide, radio
and online streaming. "12-12-12", which is presented by Chase, will be
distributed across networks and feeds in North and South America,
Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Tickets to "12-12-12" went on sale
today.
Event producers James Dolan, John Sykes and Harvey Weinstein issued the
following joint statement: "The fact that so many major media companies
are joining forces to distribute and stream this important event to
homes worldwide will enable us to create a tremendous and unprecedented
fundraising effort on a global scale to benefit the victims of this
devastating storm."
With every major U.S. media company airing the benefit on at least one
of their networks, 34 channels will "take over" TV for the night. Clear
Channel Media and Entertainment will broadcast the concert live on its
radio stations across the country, and will also video stream live on
iHeartRadio, Clear Channel's digital radio service, and across the
websites and Facebook pages of its 850 stations. In addition, the
concert will also stream live across several major online video
providers, as well as being streamed and promoted by several digital
media partners. The concert will also air in conjunction with the NBA's
television and online streaming broadcasts in China and simulcast live
on Clear Channel Outdoor digital billboards in Times Square, New York
City and locations in London and Paris.
Iconic performers Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Dave Grohl, Billy Joel,
Alicia Keys, Chris Martin, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Roger
Waters, Eddie Vedder, Kanye West, The Who and Paul McCartney will
perform at the "12-12-12" concert on December 12, 2012 at Madison
Square Garden.
The concert is being produced by James Dolan, Executive Chairman of The
Madison Square Garden Company (Nasdaq:MSG); John Sykes, President of
Clear Channel Entertainment Enterprises; and Harvey Weinstein,
Co-Founder and Chairman of The Weinstein Company.
Thanks to the generosity of concert organizers, sponsors, and Robin
Hood's board of directors, every single penny from ticket purchases and
donations will go to serve the victims of Hurricane Sandy through the
Robin Hood Relief Fund.The Robin Hood Relief Fund provides money,
material and know-how to local organizations that are serving families
and individuals in the regions hardest hit by the storm.
Tickets for "12-12-12" are on sale now through Ticketmaster phones,
outlets and www.ticketmaster.com, www.thegarden.com and
www.radiocity.com. Tickets are available at a variety of price levels.
Ticketmaster has generously agreed to waive its ticket service charges.
VIP packages are available through the Robin Hood Foundation.
Information on those packages is available by contacting The Robin Hood
Foundation at 212-844-3564.
The most up to date information on "12-12-12" can be found by visiting
www.121212concert.org.
U.S. media
companies
supporting the
concert include:
A+E Networks
AMC Networks
Bloomberg
CBS Corp.
Clear Channel
Media and
Entertainment
Discovery
Communications
Disney
HBO
MSG Media
The National
Basketball
Association
NBC Universal
News Corporation
Scripps Networks
Showtime Networks
Inc.
Starz
Entertainment
Viacom
International
media companies
include:
Fox International
Channels
Sky
Sony Pictures
Television
Networks
Time Warner
Viacom
International
Media Networks
U.S. channels
airing the
concert live on
12-12-12 at 7:30
pm ET include:
AMC
AXS TV
bio.(R)
Bloomberg
Cooking Channel
Destination
America
Discovery Fit &
Health
Encore
EPIX
FX Movie Channel
Fuse
G4
Hallmark Movie
Channel
HBO
HBO Latino
IFC
ION Television
Lifetime Real
Women
Live Well Network
Military History
MSG
MSG Plus
mundoFox
NJTV
Palladia
SHOWTIME
Smithsonian
Channel
Sundance Channel
Thirteen
VH1 Classic
WE tv
WLIW
WLNY (New York)
WPSG
(Philadelphia)
Global channels
and distributors
carrying the
concert include:
A+E Networks'
international
channels
American Forces
Network
AXN
Belgacom
(Belgium)
Direct TV Brazil
Direct TV Latin
America
Direct TV Pan
Americana
(Argentina,
Caribbean,
Chile, Colombia,
Ecuador, Peru,
Puerto Rico,
Venezuela,
Uruguay)
Fox International
Channels'
worldwide
networks
GlobosatMultishow
MGM Latino (Latin
America)
37 MTV Channels
Numericable
(France and
Belgium)
RTL (Belgium)
SGT JAMBOX
(Poland)
Sony
Entertainment
Television
SPIN
Sundance Channel
Asia
Sundance Channel
Europe
Telehit-Televisa
(Latin America,
USA, Europe)
Telenet (Belgium)
TruTV (Asia)
VH1 Brasil
WE tv Asia
YES (Israel)
Streaming and
digital media
partners:
AOL
Clear Channel
Media and
Entertainment
Clear Channel
Outdoor
Crackle
Fuse.tv
Hulu
iHeartRadio
MTV.com
MySpace
Vevo
Yahoo Sites
YouTube
People.com
Time.com
InStyle.com
EW.com










So if I read this correctly, the big four networks WILL be carrying the concert?
Thank for all of your efforts to help the people who have been effected by hurricane sandy! My mother n law along with her landlord and family have been miss placed and do not have the financial means to rebuild their home! How will the money raised be distributed?
Thank you
Angela DiMauro