MediaOne Completes HDTV Upgrades for San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park

MediaOne Completes HDTV Upgrades for San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park

SAN FRANCISCO, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- MediaOne (www.mediaoneservices.com), a leader in venue broadcast design and management, today announced it has completed upgrades at AT&T Park to make high-definition television pervasive throughout the venue. The result is an upgraded look for the ballpark and an enhancement for the fans' audio-visual experience.

MediaOne's engineering team planned and implemented the upgrade of the existing infrastructure to carry HDTV signals, and then directed the installation of seventy, 50-inch Sony plasma screens at new locations on the main Promenade Level -- including a 2x2 matrix and a 3x3 matrix. The new displays will show HD images of the game in progress, fed directly from the television production truck, as well as other HD programming carried by broadcast network affiliates in the Bay Area.

In addition, MediaOne installed thirteen, 50-inch Sony plasma screens in the newly remodeled Field Club. All of the new plasmas can be remotely controlled using Sony's new Display Control System over the existing RF cabling infrastructure.

MediaOne has a long history in venue broadcast design and management, mostly focused on interfacing with broadcasters behind the scenes to ensure top quality broadcast transmission of events. Among other things, MediaOne designed the broadcast facility at AT&T Park, and has managed the transmission of Giants' games locally and nationally for 6 years.

"MediaOne has been taking care of our broadcast needs for years," said Larry Baer, Giants Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. "We naturally called upon them to help improve our fan-facing HD infrastructure. The results speak for themselves."

According to Benjamin Schick, President and General Manager of MediaOne, "The Giants and MediaOne are once again among the pioneers in HDTV. A few years ago we pioneered High-Definition transmissions for Major League baseball. We are now bringing the look of the venue in line with its underlying state of the art infrastructure."

About MediaOne

MediaOne is a leading independent provider of television broadcast and studio production services, serving national and international television networks, sports and entertainment companies, and Fortune 1000 corporations. MediaOne's engineering department specializes in the design and installation of state-of-the-art broadcast facilities and studios in sports stadiums and other public and corporate venues. Clients depend on MediaOne to deliver video content worldwide, 24 hours a day, via fiber, satellite, and the Internet.

CONTACT:
Dean Kisieu
415-262-4226
dkisieu@mediaoneservices.com

Source: MediaOne

CONTACT: Dean Kisieu of MediaOne, +1-415-262-4226, or
dkisieu@mediaoneservices.com

Web site: http://www.mediaoneservices.com/

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