The 100th anniversary celebrations will be webcast on MSN Video from 6 p.m. to 12:15 a.m.

MSN, today announced that it will webcast the forthcoming new year celebrations in New York City's Times Square, which is in its 100th year, through an exclusive live webcast on MSN Video.

Starting around 6 p.m. EST, when organizers light and raise the world-famous New Year's Eve Ball atop One Times Square, and continuing through the ball drop at midnight, MSN Video viewers will be able to select from three streams. The webcast will end at 12:15 a.m. Times Square Alliance, Countdown Entertainment, Clear Channel Entertainment TV and MSN have collaborated to webcast the event. Limelight Networks will support the streaming video for this unique online experience.

"The Times Square 2005 MSN webcast demonstrates how interactive digital media can enable people to not only share but participate in the excitement," said Adam Sohn, director of MSN. "It illustrates how digital media can provide coverage of live events beyond what a viewer can get on TV."

"The Internet has become a widely accepted medium for viewers around the world to access live entertainment," said Erik Gabler, vice president of business development for Limelight Networks. "We are excited to support this trend by delivering high-resolution video streams across our scalable distribution platform on New Year's Eve."

The webcast feed can be found on the company website.