Media Only Open Rehearsal Schedule and Live Feeds For PBS's 2014 A Capitol Fourth!

Media Only Open Rehearsal Schedule and Live Feeds For PBS's 2014 A Capitol Fourth!

Tom Bergeron Hosts All-Star Line-Up Led by Frankie Valli with Performances by Patti LaBelle, Phillip Phillips, Jordin Sparks, the Muppets, Michael McDonald, Sara Evans, Kendall Schmidt and Kelli O'Hara

- Featuring a Special Tribute to the 200th Anniversary of our "National Anthem" with John Williams -

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 Friday, July 4, 2014 from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET (check local listings).

WHEN:

THURS, July 3
TALENT REHEARSAL SCHEDULE (subject to change):

9:00A - 9:30A Kendall Schmidt

9:30A - 10:30A Michael McDonald

10:30A - 11:15A Tom Bergeron, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy

11:15A - 12:00P Tom Bergeron

12.00P - 12:50P Frankie Valli

2:00P - 2:45P Jordin Sparks

2:45P - 3:15P Patti LaBelle

3:15P - 4:00P Sara Evans

4:00P - 5:00P Kelli O'Hara

5:00P - 5:30P 200th Anniversary Tribute of "National Anthem"

6:00P - 6:30P Kelli O'Hara

8:00P - 10:30P FULL CONCERT DRESS REHEARSAL (see below for live feed info)
** CLOSED SET WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 AND FRIDAY 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 ABC News Bureau assignment desk at (202) 222-7700. The feed will be available in HD 1080i on Thursday, July 3, 20:00 - 22:30 EDT (full dress rehearsal) and Friday, 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: 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
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Audio1 PID: 52 (decimal) /34
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Audio2 PID: 53 (decimal) /35
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Audio3 PID: 54 (decimal) /36
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Audio4 PID: 55 (decimal) /37 Dolby AC-3
(hex) 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
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Audio1 PID: 180 (decimal) /B4
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Audio2 PID: 181 (decimal) /B5
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Audio3 PID: 182 (decimal) /B6
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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

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- June 30, 2014/

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