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MTV backs Band Aid all the way.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)

Music Week

| December 04, 2004 | Hansen, Brent | COPYRIGHT 2004 UBM Information Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

This is with reference to the Music Week article Band Aid Sparks TV Frenzy (27.11.04, p1) and the comment that MTV's support for Band Aid 20 was "disappointing" because we "refused" to broadcast the Band Aid 20 promo during the MTV Europe Music Awards on November 18, 2004.

The report implicated that we have been unsupportive of the Band Aid 20 project. Nothing could be further from the truth: it was technically impossible to include the promo within the MTV Europe Music Awards since the request was made to MTV just hours before the live show.

The fact is: we have given maximum support to this project. We did what we do best--leverage the power of our network to give the Band Aid 20 promo massive ...

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