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MEDIA ALERT: Live Satellite Feed Available for 2010 Special Olympics USA National Games Inspiring Opening Ceremony

Footage Free and Unrestricted for Use by Media

WHAT:       2010 Special Olympics USA National Games in conjunction with
            Nebraska's PBS station (NET) will offer C-band satellite
            reception for Opening Ceremony. The Games in Lincoln, Nebraska
            will showcase athletes from across the United States, showing
            the power of sports to educate about the true abilities of
            people with intellectual disabilities. Both DVB and DigicipherII
            encoding options are available.

NET Digital Video Broadcast - Satellite (DVB-S) Information

Satellite:                     Galaxy 28: C-band, transponder 2 @ 89° W
Uplink:                        5965 (Vertical) Mhz
Downlink:                      3740 (Horizontal) Mhz or L-Band 1410 Mhz
Symbol Rate:                   (S/R)  4.444 Mbps
Data Rate:                     (D/R)  6.143176
Forward Error Correction:      (FEC)  ¾
Service #:  1
PMT PID:                       32
Video PID (VPID):              33
Video Data Rate:               5.50 Mbps
Audio 1 PID (A1PID)            34
Audio 1 Encoding               MPEG-2 Digital Stereo
Audio 1 Data Rate              384 Kbps
Audio 2 PID (A2PID)            35
Audio 2 Encoding               MPEG-2 Digital Stereo (optional-normally off)
Audio 2 Data Rate              384 Kbps

NET*Sat system specifications:
A 3.7 Meter C band satellite dish is required due to the use of a digital signal.
Satellite Intelsat Galaxy 28 @ 89° west longitude
C-Band, Motorola (GI) DigicipherII MPEG-2 encoding
VCT 237
Transponder 4 (Horizontal)
Center Freq. L-Band 1370 Mhz
Center Freq. C-Band 3780 Mhz
Symbol rate 29.27 mbps
FEC 7/8
Motorola (GI) DSR4400, 4402X, 4500, 4500X, 4800, or 406
(NET uses DSR 4800, 4520, 4500X, 4402X, 4400MD, 4410, and 406)
NOTE: DSR4200V, 4400, 4500 need the latest firmware upgrade (F2)
Manually tune to channel 500

WHO:        Thousands of Special Olympics athletes, alongside their coaches,
            family members and fans representing 48 U.S. States and the
            District of Columbia will help to kick-off the Games in one of
            the most anticipated events of the week. The Games will feature
            co-hosts in model and actress Brooklyn Decker and Special
            Olympics athlete and star of the 2005 Fox Searchlight and
            Farrelly Brothers film The Ringer, Eddie Barbanell. There will
            also be special performances by Jars of Clay, Michael Sarver and
            Sandi Patty. Law enforcement officers from across the country
            will also unite for the official torch lighting to open the
            Games.

WHEN:       Sunday, July 18, 2010
            3:00 - 5:30pm CDT (4:00 - 6:30pm EDT)

WHERE:      Devaney Sports Center on the University of Nebraska, Lincoln
            (UNL), Lincoln, NE