Media Only Open Rehearsal Schedule And Live Feeds For PBS'S 35th Anniversary Of A Capitol Fourth!

Media Only Open Rehearsal Schedule And Live Feeds For PBS'S 35th Anniversary Of A Capitol Fourth!

Bradley Whitford Hosts All-Star Line-Up Led by Barry Manilow with Performances by Alabama, Nicole Scherzinger, Hunter Hayes, Meghan Linsey, KC and the Sunshine Band, Lang Lang, Ronan Tynan and Robert Davi

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 Saturday, July 4, 2015 from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET (check local listings).

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WHEN: FRI, July 3 TALENT REHEARSAL SCHEDULE (subject to change):
9:00A - 9:45A Robert Davi
9:45A - 10:15A Ronan Tynan
10:15A - 10:45A Nicole Scherzinger
10:45A - 12:10P KC and The Sunshine Band
12.10P - 12:30 P Hunter Hayes
2:00P - 2:45P Bradley Whitford
2:45P - 3:30P Meghan Linsey
3:40P - 4:30P Alabama
4:30P - 6:00P Barry Manilow
6:00 - 6:30 P Lang Lang
8:00P - 10:30P FULL CONCERT DRESS REHEARSAL
(see below for live feed info)

** CLOSED SET THURSDAY, JULY 2 AND SATURDAY 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 NBC assignment desk at (202) 885-4200. The feed will be available in HD 1080i on Friday, July 3, 20:00 - 22:30 EDT (full dress rehearsal) and Saturday, 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.)

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: ¾
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
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Audio3 PID: 182 (decimal) / B6 (hex) MPEG
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Closed Captions: 608 & 708
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For additional assistance call:877.727.4144, or send email to: backyardfeeds@pbs.org.

Stephenie Hope: cell (818) 326-8256
Kristina Hallman: cell (202) 361-7090 (On-site contact)
Carol Marshall: cell (213) 598-5888 (On-site contact)

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

Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150626/225965

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- June 29, 2015/

SOURCE Capital Concerts

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