Today in 2006, the first transmission of live HD broadcast from the Met Opera, to 100 movie theaters across North America plus others in Britain, Japan and one in Norway. The 12 transmissions of the 2010-2011 will be presented live in 1500 theaters in 46 countries.  During the previous 2009-2010 season, a record-breaking number of more than 2.4 million Live in HD tickets were sold worldwide for nine transmissions.