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Thursday, April 03, 2008

UK to launch pay-per-view funerals

Pay-per-view? Oh. For a minute there I thought there was nothing on.

Despite criticism of the scheme as macabre, the company who launched the service, Wesley Music, is planning to offer it to crematoria across the country who will charge a one-off payment of around £75 ($A162.95) for access to a funeral webcast.

"Families are dispersed across the world these days and sometimes it's the case that someone cannot get home in time for a funeral," said Alan Jeffrey, director of Wesley Music.

It's brave new world....