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2000 Today - Millennium Concert with Kiri Te Kanawa
Television (Full Length) – 2000
Over the 48 hours following Kiri's performance, she's said to have sold 14 million albums worldwide.– Producer Richard Hansen, in his backgrounder
Staging a concert of international quality for a worldwide audience of 800 million potential viewers, on a beach in a city with little local infrastructure for such a big concert, proved extremely challenging. The logistics were complex.– Producer Richard Hansen, in his backgrounder
...the BBC will be attempting the most ambitious live broadcast ever undertaken.– PR Week writer Ed Shelton describes the global 2000 Today broadcast, 10 December 1999
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