BBC coverage of this year’s Glastonbury Festival will include more than 120 performances making it the most extensive in the broadcaster’s long relationship with the event.
The BBC will be live streaming coverage of acts performing on the six key music stages over the three days of the festival.
Coverage amounts to more than 250 hours of live performances and streaming which will be available across TV, radio, and online as well as on four screens: PC, mobile, tablet and connected TV.
Those music fans that miss any performances from the event will be able to watch them on the BBC’s iPlayer.
Mark Friend, BBC controller, multi-platform across radio and music, said: ‘Just as we did with sport at the Olympics, our ambition this year is to bring our audiences even closer to the music they love at Glastonbury, with access to all the BBC’s coverage - live and on-demand - at home, at work and on the go.’
‘Not only will this be the first truly digital Glastonbury, this will also be the first mobile Glastonbury - we expect mobile and tablet viewing and listening to reach unprecedented levels, particularly over the weekend.’
Michael Eavis, Glastonbury festival founder and organiser, said: 'The BBC have stuck with us through thick and thin since 1997 and they’ve earned their stripes the hard way. It’s been quite a journey since '97 and to have a complete record of what we’ve been up to over the years is music history gold dust.'
Coverage of the festival will begin on Friday 28 June and continue until after the final headliners on Sunday 30 June.
You can read the full line up for this year’s Glastonbury.
The BBC will be live streaming coverage of acts performing on the six key music stages over the three days of the festival.
Coverage amounts to more than 250 hours of live performances and streaming which will be available across TV, radio, and online as well as on four screens: PC, mobile, tablet and connected TV.
Those music fans that miss any performances from the event will be able to watch them on the BBC’s iPlayer.
Mark Friend, BBC controller, multi-platform across radio and music, said: ‘Just as we did with sport at the Olympics, our ambition this year is to bring our audiences even closer to the music they love at Glastonbury, with access to all the BBC’s coverage - live and on-demand - at home, at work and on the go.’
‘Not only will this be the first truly digital Glastonbury, this will also be the first mobile Glastonbury - we expect mobile and tablet viewing and listening to reach unprecedented levels, particularly over the weekend.’
Michael Eavis, Glastonbury festival founder and organiser, said: 'The BBC have stuck with us through thick and thin since 1997 and they’ve earned their stripes the hard way. It’s been quite a journey since '97 and to have a complete record of what we’ve been up to over the years is music history gold dust.'
Coverage of the festival will begin on Friday 28 June and continue until after the final headliners on Sunday 30 June.
You can read the full line up for this year’s Glastonbury.
