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Friday, June 29, 2012

Media Only Open Rehearsal Schedule And Live Feeds For PBS's 2012 A Capitol Fourth!

Media Only Open Rehearsal Schedule And Live Feeds For PBS's 2012 A Capitol Fourth!







New Host Tom Bergeron with All-Star Line-Up Including Phillip Phillips, Matthew Broderick, Megan Hilty, Javier Colon, Josh Turner, Kool & The Gang, Kelli O'Hara, Russell Watson and Amber Riley

WHAT:
Open dress rehearsals for accredited media of A Capitol Fourth Concert.
Note: The concert will be broadcast live on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET (check local listings).

WHEN:
TUES, July 3 TALENT REHEARSAL SCHEDULE (subject to change):
9:00A - 9:45A Megan Hilty
9:45A - 10:45A Amber Riley
11:00A - 11:30A Phillip Phillips (stand-in)
1:00P - 1:30P Apolo Anton Ohno
1:30P - 2:00P Tom Bergeron
2:00P - 2:45P Kelli O'Hara and Matthew Broderick (stand-ins)
3:00P - 3:30P Russell Watson
3:30P - 4:00P Javier Colon
4:30P - 5:00P Kool & The Gang
5:30 - 6:00P Josh Turner
8:00P - 10:30P FULL CONCERT DRESS REHEARSAL (see below for live feed info)

** CLOSED SET MONDAY, JULY 2 AND WEDNESDAY JULY 4: 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 feed will be available in HD 1080i on Tuesday, July 3, 20:00 - 22:30 EDT (full dress rehearsal) and Wednesday, July 4, 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 A Capitol Fourth/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
FEC rate: 3/4
Data rate = 19,392,658

The feed is MCPC with two services:

1. High Definition Service: MPEG Service # 3

Video PID: 49 (decimal) / 31 (hex) MPEG-2
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Audio1 PID: 52 (decimal) / 34 (hex) MPEG
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Audio2 PID: 53 (decimal) / 35 (hex) MPEG
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Audio3 PID: 54 (decimal) / 36 (hex) MPEG
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Audio4 PID: 55 (decimal) / 37 (hex) Dolby AC-3 2.0/5.1
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Closed Captions: 608 & 708
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2. Standard Definition Service: MPEG Service # 11

Video PID: 177 (decimal) / B1 (hex) MPEG-2
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Audio1 PID: 180 (decimal) / B4 (hex) MPEG
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Audio2 PID: 181 (decimal) / B5 (hex) MPEG
----------- ------------------------ ----
Audio3 PID: 182 (decimal) / B6 (hex) MPEG
----------- ------------------------ ----
Closed Captions: 608 & 708
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For additional assistance call:877.727.4144, or send email to: backyardfeeds@pbs.org.

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

Press Web Site: www.pbs.org/pressroom
Web Site: www.pbs.org/capitolfourth

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- June 29, 2012/





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Web Site: http://www.pbs.org/capitolfourth


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