Media Only Open Dress Rehearsal Schedule And Live Feeds For PBS' National Memorial Day Concert

Media Only Open Dress Rehearsal Schedule And Live Feeds For PBS' National Memorial Day Concert

Live from the U.S. Capitol Featuring Joe Mantegna, Gary Sinise, General Colin Powell, Renee Fleming, The Beach Boys, Katharine McPhee, Trace Adkins, S. Epatha Merkerson, Esai Morales and Alfie Boe with Special Performance of National Anthem By AMERICAN IDOL Season 15 Winner Trent Harmon

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

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Note: The concert will be broadcast live on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, May 29, 2016 from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET (check local listings).

WHEN:
SAT., MAY 28 TALENT REHEARSAL SCHEDULE (subject to change):
11:00A - 11:30A Katharine McPhee
11:30A - 12:00N Trent Harmon
12:00N - 12:50P Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna
2:15P - 2:30P Colin Powell (stand-in)
2:30P - 3:30P The Beach Boys
3:40P - 4:00P Alfie Boe
4:00P - 5:00P Esai Morales and S. Epatha Merkerson
5:00P - 5:45P Trace Adkins
5:45 - 6:15P Renée Fleming

8:00 to 10:30 p.m. FULL CONCERT DRESS REHEARSAL (see below for live feed info)

** CLOSED SET FRIDAY MAY 27 & SUNDAY MAY 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 #05 by calling the CNN (pool chair) assignment desk at 202-898-7911. 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 SES-3, 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 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 SES-3 satellite located at 103 degrees West Longitude.

Technical parameters of the feed are:

SES-3, 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


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.

Saquanda Lewis: cell (562) 234-2098
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/memorialdayconcert

Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160519/370092

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- May 23, 2016

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