So is this showing only for ppl in Japan or for others as well. Avex would be smart enuf to to broadcast the concert worldwide in order to make more money. Here are the prices you must pay. It depends on your connection speed: 1Mbps = 2000 yen; 300kps = 1600 yen, and 128kps = 1000 yen.
http://www.rbbtoday.com/news/20021216/9866.html
RBB Today News Article about the concert:
* BB.excite presents ' ayumi hamasaki 2002 - 2003 COUNTDOWN LIVE '
Date: December 31st - January 1st time: 21: 00 - 1: 30
Fee: 1,000 Yen -
BB.excite presents ' ayumi hamasaki 2002 - 2003 COUNTDOWN LIVE '
Being excited, at the national generation after generation wooden hippodrome first gymnasium this year the net relays the pattern of the beach promontory ayu seeing countdown Live which is held, lively.
Transmission time o'clock of New Year's Eve night 9 compared to (as for raising the curtain o'clock of night 11) morning of New Year's Day 1 o'clock, live pattern perfection is broadcast live to in 30 minutes. Transmission zone is 3 types of 1mbps, 300kbps and 128kbps, but as for viewing with the 1mbps with BB.excite connection member limitation, or more of the Windows Media Player Ver.7.1 becomes necessary in viewing.
Viewing charge differs as mentioned below depending upon transmission zone, as for method of the payment the credit card or I - 2 types of bank are prepared.
* Viewing charge
1mbps: 2,000 Yen
300kbps: 1,600 Yen
128kbps:1,000 circle
* In each case price classified by tax
As for proposal of viewing at " the ayumi hamasaki 2002 - 2003 COUNTDOWN LIVE " specially installed sights in acceptance, other than the BB.excite connected member it becomes pulling out selection to 31 days. Furthermore, the being excited ID being necessary in proposal, if the other ISP member is admitted to the BB contents course of month 300 Yen, it can acquire the ID.
Furthermore, live pattern has been planned also re-broadcast, when the mail it registers from the specially installed sight, the present to which the re-broadcast viewing ticket hits to 100 names with pulling out selection is executed. Furthermore, it has become undecided re-broadcast concerning details at present.
The translation is from altavista's babblefish so what you read hear doesn't make too much sense grammatically but it gets the point across.