Michael Jackson memorial services to broadcast live in theaters in 31 states

July 6, 7:25 PMDC Indie Movie ExaminerCassie M. Chew

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Memorial services for Michael Jackson set for Tuesday, July 7 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles will be broadcast live in movie theaters in 31 states, including Virginia, the Los Angeles Times has reported.

Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp., a New Jersey-based a digital events company, has arranged with AEG and Michael Jackson's family to broadcast the services live in more than 80 movie theaters at 1 p.m. eastern standard time. The company will use the same feed going out from Staples Center to television networks and will display it in high definition on big screens, according to the newspaper.

The free tickets to the broadcast will be provided by theaters on a first-come, first-serve basis. Cinedigm has posted a list of participating locations on its website. Cinedigm also may show an encore presentation of the memorial services in theaters for people who can't attend the live broadcast, the Los Angeles Times reported.

More than a million and a half people registered over the weekend for a lottery to receive two of the 17,500 tickets available to view the memorial services live at the Staples Center or the live simulcast at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. 

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