Media Only Open Dress Rehearsal Schedule and Live Feeds for PBS's 2011 National Memorial Day Concert

Media Only Open Dress Rehearsal Schedule and Live Feeds for PBS's 2011 National Memorial Day Concert

REVISED

Featuring A Special Commemoration Of 9/11 Live From The U.S. Capitol

WHAT:Open dress rehearsals for accredited media of the National Memorial Day Concert.

Note: The concert will be broadcast live on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, May 29, 2011 from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET (check local listings).

TALENT REHEARSAL SCHEDULE (subject to
WHEN: SAT., MAY 28 change):
NSO Performance - "War" Theme from
10:30A - 10:45A Pearl Harbor
10:45A - 11:30A Kris Allen
11:30A - 12:00P Hayley Westenra
12:00P - 12:45P Yolanda Adams
2:00P - 2:45P Daniel Rodriguez
2:45P - 3:15P Pia Toscano
Jason Ritter, Forest Whitaker, Dianne
4:00P - 4:30P Wiest
4:30P - 5:15P Joe Mantegna, Gary Sinise
5:15P - 5:30P General Colin Powell (stand-in)
5:30P - 6:00P Gary Sinise and A.J. Cook
FULL CONCERT DRESS REHEARSAL (see
8:00 to 10:30 p.m. below for live feed info)

** CLOSED SET FRIDAY AND SUNDAY, MAY 27 & 29: NO MEDIA ACCESS **

WHERE:U.S. CAPITOL, WEST LAWN, IN FRONT OF THE STAGE.

ADMISSION: Admission is based on current, valid press credentials; call for information about on-site parking for media trucks.

LIVE FEED: Pool members -- CNN, CBS, NBC, FOX and ABC -- are invited to use the live program feed available at Verizon's AVOC pool switch Source Port #5 by calling the CNN (pool chair) assignment desk at (202) 898-7911. The pool chair is Kelly Smoot. The feed will be available in HD 1080i on Saturday, May 28, 20:00 - 22:30 EDT (full dress rehearsal) and Sunday, May 29, 20:00 - 21:30 EDT (live broadcast). All media are welcome to receive the live broadcast of the concert on PBS's Digital Clear Feed which can be found on AMC 1, C-Band Transponder 20 located at 103 degrees West Longitude. This service is an unencrypted digital clear feed with both a HD 1080i PID and a Standard Def. PID. (The digital IRD setup parameters follow on page two of this advisory.) Additionally, a mult-feed will be available from the production truck on site.

CREDIT: The maximum footage allowed for use is 3 minutes and the video credit which must be chyroned while footage is broadcast is National Memorial Day Concert/PBS.

CONTACT: Technical contact for all other information and for assistance on site is:

Tad Scripter/Capital Concerts, Inc.

Cell phone: (818) 903-5711

PBS FEED:

The PBS digital clear feed can be received by readily-available digital consumer receivers. The feed is on Transponder 20 of the AMC-1 satellite located at 103 degrees West Longitude.

Technical parameters of the feed are:

AMC-1, 103 degrees West Longitude

C-Band Transponder 20 (Vertical polarization)

DVB-S QPSK modulation

Carrier Center Frequency: 4091 Mhz (1059 Mhz L-Band)

Symbol rate: 14.028731 Msps

The feed is MCPC with two services:

1. High Definition Service: MPEG Service # 3

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Closed
Captions: 608 & 708

2. Standard Definition Service: MPEG Service # 11

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Closed
Captions: 608 & 708

For additional assistance call:877.727.4144, or send email to: backyardfeeds@pbs.org.

Press Web Site: www.pbs.org/pressroom

Web Site: www.pbs.org/memorialdayconcert

Karen Baratz: office (240) 497-1811
Kristina Hallman: cell (202) 361-7090
Carol Marshall: cell (213) 598-5888

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- May 26, 2011/

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