Hong Kong International Chinese New Year Night Parade Celebrates its 21st Year

Hong Kong International Chinese New Year Night Parade Celebrates its 21st Year

Free Satellite Feed & Fiber Signal for Broadcasting

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Organized by the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB), the Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade, one of the biggest Chinese New Year celebrations around the globe is celebrating its 21(st) year. With the theme of "Playground of the World -- Party of the Year," the parade will feature 13 festive floats as well as 22 performance groups from all over the world. Of the selected groups, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) has chosen the National Football League's Indianapolis Colts Cheerleaders to represent the U.S. The group will unveil a brand-new performance exclusive to the world-renowned parade.

http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnvar/20150409/197688LOGO

In addition to the magnificent floats and world-renowned performance groups, the parade will also include the following:


-- Costumed characters of Star Wars Storm Troopers and Darth Vader, the
Sanrio family's Hello Kitty and Pom Pom Purin, among many others
-- 10 music zones with local youth bands performing to wish the audience a
Happy Chinese New Year
-- An almost 3 stories tall inflatable Snoopy balloon wearing a Chinese New
Year costume will appear next to the Space Museum to welcome all
participants
The HKTB cordially invites TV stations to broadcast the parade which will be held on Monday, Feb 8, 2016, the first day of the Year of the Monkey, from 4:00 a.m.-5:45 a.m. PST/7:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m. EST. Signals will be transmitted via satellite (free to air) and fiber for use by overseas broadcasters. Below please find detailed information.

Satellite Feed (Free to air)
Date: Monday, February 8, 2016

Approximate Time*: 4:00 a.m.-5:45 a.m. PST/7:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m. EST, subject to the parade progress

*Media can test the signal starting from 1:00 a.m. PST/4:00 a.m. EST

Satellite Feed Details



TVBI Satellite Channels via TVBI Satellite Channels via
IS19 IS19

C-Band C-Band
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Content - "2016 Cathay
Pacific International
Chinese New Year Night
Parade" Show, provided
by Television
Broadcasts Limited
(TVB)


- With
commercial break. For
re-editing use
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Downlink Frequency 3851MHz 3729MHz

L-Band: 1299MHz
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Channel 3 (PAL) 1 (PAL)

4 (NTSC)

5 (PAL (HD))
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Polarisation Vertical Horizontal
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Symbol Rate 10.8MS/s 13.650MS/S
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Fec 3/5 3/4
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Format Ch.3: 4:3 SD (PAL) with 4:3, SD (PAL) with audio &
audio & video video

Ch.4: 4:3 SD (NTSC) with
audio & video

Ch.5: 16:9 (HD) with audio &
video
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Modulation DVB-S2 8PSK na
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TVB Logo No With TVB8 logo
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Commercial Break Yes Yes
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Covered Regions Australia*, Canada, China,
Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Korea,

New Zealand, Philippines,
Singapore, Taiwan, USA Malaysia, Philippines,

*(Please use IS19 KU-Band) Singapore, Taiwan, USA
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Emergency Contact for Satellite Feed
TVB Technical Support and Operation Department

Mr. Simon Cham (Tel: 852-9876-8504)

Fiber Signal
Date: Monday, February 8, 2016

Approximate Time*: 4:00 a.m.-5:45 a.m. PST/7:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m. EST, subject to the parade progress

*Media can test the signal starting from 1:00 a.m. PST/4:00 a.m. EST

Destination: London BT Tower (Port No.: BT DABX 103)

Signal format: HD-SDI

Fiber Signal Details



Content - "2016 Cathay
Pacific International Chinese
New Year Night Parade" Show,
provided by Television
Broadcasts Limited (TVB)



- Without commercial
break
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TS 15mbit/s
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Video HD 1080i50 MPEG4 12mbit/s
(PID 33)

(H.264/AVC High @ level 4.0)
--- ----------------------------

Audio 1 (embedded 1, mpeg layer) (PID
34)
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Audio 2 (embedded 2, mpeg layer) (PID
35)
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Commercial Break No
---------------- ---

Logo No
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Emergency Contact for Fiber Signal
MSOC 24-hour Hotline:

Tel: +91-20-6615 3391/ +91-20-6615 3393

Email: media.soc@tatacommunications.com

Satellite Feed and Fiber Signal Testing



Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2016
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Satellite Feed: 11:00 p.m. PST-08:00 a.m. PST/
02:00 a.m. EST-11:00 a.m. EST
(9 hours)
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Fiber Signal: 03:00 a.m. PST-04:00 a.m. PST/
06:00 a.m. EST-07:00 a.m. EST
(1 hour)
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Signal Content: Hong Kong TVB Jade Instant
Screen (with TVB logo)
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Notes to Editors:
For more details about the event, please visit:
http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/see-do/events-festivals/highlight-events/chinese-new-year-celebrations.jsp

Event press release and post-event photographs will be available after the parade:
http://partnernet.hktb.com/en/about_hktb/news/press_releases/index.html

Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150409/197688LOGO






SOURCE Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB)

Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150409/197688LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150409/197688LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB)

CONTACT: Quinn Doan, Hong Kong Tourism Board, (323) 938-7265, Quinn.Doan@HKTB.com; John Soriano, Hong Kong Tourism Board, (323) 938-7274, JohnS@HKTB.com

Web Site: http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/index


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