greta Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 WORLDSPACE® Satellite Radio Returns to London for Third Annual WORLDSPACE Sessions@Abbey Road & Four Days of Exclusive Performances and Live Recording Sessions From 30 of Today's Hottest Global Pop Artists By BusinessWire SILVER SPRING, Md., BUSINESS WIRE -- WORLDSPACE Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:WRSP), one of the leaders in satellite-based digital radio services, announced today that it is hosting the third annual WORLDSPACE Sessions@Abbey Road on Feb. 18-21, 2008, from Abbey infamous Studio 2, the legendary recording studio of The Beatles. WORLDSPACE will also broadcast the BRIT AWARDS 2008 on Feb. 20, featuring exclusive backstage and red carpet interviews and performances by Leona Lewis, Rihanna, Paul McCartney, Kaiser Chiefs, Kylie Minogue, Mark Ronson, and Mika. WORLDSPACE will carry the BRIT AWARDS 2008 live on its premier global pop channel, UPop 29, beginning at 1900 GMT. A full rebroadcast will take place the following day, Feb. 21, at 1200 GMT. The WORLDSPACE Sessions@Abbey Road will feature four days of exclusive performances and live recording sessions by 30 of the hottest global pop artists including: Japan's Pistol Valve, the U.K.'s Pama, Mattafix, dan le sac Vs. Scroobius Pip, The Hours, America's The Wrens, along with legendary performers Teenage Fanclub, Electric Six, Hugh Cromwell. "We are pleased to welcome over 30 of the world's hottest up-and-coming and established global pop talent to our third annual WORLDSPACE Sessions@Abbey Road," said William Sabatini, WORLDSPACE vice president of global programming. "We created the WORLDSPACE Sessions@Abbey Road to showcase a broad variety of musical genres and talent, giving our subscribers an incredible, diverse range of unique, exclusive and compelling content." The event will be hosted by UPop 29's Ted Kelly and Mark Daley. UPop 29 is the world's premier global pop music channel created by WORLDSPACE Satellite Radio. Subscribers can tune it to hear the WORLDSPACE Sessions@Abbey Road in its entirety from March 10-13, on UPop 29 which is also available in the United States on Satellite Radio, online and via DIRECTV Channel 824. Additionally, WORLDSPACE Satellite Radio's subscribers from around the world can tune in to hear performances from all three years of the WORLDSPACE Sessions@Abbey Road as well as other exclusive performances captured live in the WORLDSPACE Studios. This exclusive programming will be available on the newly-created channel, "WORLDSPACE Live," which will be broadcast from March 17 to April 6. Visit www.worldspace.com/live to check out the full archive of past WORLDSPACE Sesssions@Abbey Road interviews, performances, photos and videos. About WORLDSPACE® Satellite Radio Based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, WorldSpace, Inc. (NASDAQ:WRSP) is the world's only global media and entertainment company positioned to offer a satellite radio experience to consumers in more than 130 countries with five billion people, driving 300 million cars. WORLDSPACE® delivers the latest tunes, trends and information from around the world and around the corner. WORLDSPACE subscribers benefit from a unique combination of local programming, original WORLDSPACE content and content from leading brands around the globe including the BBC, CNN International, RFI and Virgin Radio UK. WORLDSPACE has two satellites covering two-thirds of the earth's population with six beams. Each beam is capable of delivering up to 80 channels of high quality digital audio and multimedia programming directly to WORLDSPACE Satellite Radios anytime and virtually anywhere in its coverage areas. WORLDSPACE is a pioneer of satellite-based digital radio services (DARS) and was instrumental in the development of the technology infrastructure used today by XM Satellite Radio. For more info, visit http://www.WORLDSPACE.com. WORLDSPACE and the WORLDSPACE logo are registered trademarks of WorldSpace, Inc. BRIT AWARDS 2008 is a Somethin' Else Production. Contacts: Judith Pryor WORLDSPACE Satellite Radio +1 301-960-1242 jpryor@worldspace.com Copyright Business Wire 2007. All Rights Reserved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwalk174 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I'm confused:blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise_xx Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I'm confused:blink: So am I:blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greta Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 ok I posted a bit too much of stuff...isn't that a satellite channel for following the Brit awards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessa Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Thanks for posting !!!So we can watch it through Worldspace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valelia Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Thanks for posting !!!So we can watch it through Worldspace I think you can listen to it through Worldspace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdeb Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 WORLDSPACE® Satellite Radio Returns to London for Third Annual WORLDSPACE Sessions@Abbey Road & Four Days of Exclusive Performances and Live Recording Sessions From 30 of Today's Hottest Global Pop Artists By BusinessWire SILVER SPRING, Md., BUSINESS WIRE -- WORLDSPACE Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:WRSP), one of the leaders in satellite-based digital radio services, announced today that it is hosting the third annual WORLDSPACE Sessions@Abbey Road on Feb. 18-21, 2008, from Abbey infamous Studio 2, the legendary recording studio of The Beatles. WORLDSPACE will also broadcast the BRIT AWARDS 2008 on Feb. 20, featuring exclusive backstage and red carpet interviews and performances by Leona Lewis, Rihanna, Paul McCartney, Kaiser Chiefs, Kylie Minogue, Mark Ronson, and Mika. WORLDSPACE will carry the BRIT AWARDS 2008 live on its premier global pop channel, UPop 29, beginning at 1900 GMT. A full rebroadcast will take place the following day, Feb. 21, at 1200 GMT. I've never heard of this Worldspace before (and they're located just down the road from me!)... but it does sound like we should be able to hear the Brits here... but maybe we need to be subscribers...? dcdeb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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