Wednesday, 15 April 2009
ACCESSING ANZAC DAY 2009 HOST BROADCASTS
GALLIPOLI AND FRANCE
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in association with the Australian
Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) is providing a host or international feed of:
Dawn Service, Gallipoli, Turkey
Lone Pine Service, Gallipoli, Turkey
Dawn Service, Villers-Bretonneux, France
on Saturday, 25 April, 2009.
DETAILS:
The ABC host broadcasts will be clean feeds, free of narration, graphics, supers, titles,
watermarks and credits.
The host broadcasts will be provided free of charge to accredited media who request it.
Requests for the full live feed (Gallipoli Dawn Service only), for news packages or audio
only splits for radio can be accommodated.
All broadcasts will have a stereo audio mix.
The Gallipoli Dawn Service will be in 16:9 aspect ratio.
The Lone Pine Service will be in 16:9 aspect ratio.
The Villers-Bretonneux service will be in 16:9 aspect ratio.
ACCESSING THE FEED:
Dawn Service, Gallipoli
Dur: 1 x 1hr
Time available: 1230 hours (Australian Eastern Std time)
NOTE: Format is 16:9 aspect ratio
There are two options for accessing the broadcast as follows:
Available from Sydney - ABC Master Control
Contact: +61 2 8333 1620
OR from Turksat – Signal is as follows:
SATELLITE PARAMETERS
Satellite
: TÜRKSAT1-C 42° east
Tp
: 3
Uplink freq
: 13937 MHz
Uplink pol.
: Horizontal
BAND WIDTH
: 9 MHz
Downlink freq
: 12690 MHz
Downlink Pol.
: Vertical
Symbol Rate
: 6.666MS
FEC
: 5/6
The Gallipoli Dawn Service goes to London via Turksat satellite then from London to
Sydney via fibre.
This service will be available on the incoming satellite, Europe and London, or from
ABC Sydney Master Control at 1230.
Lone Pine Service, Gallipoli
Dur: 1 x 45mins
Time available: 1700 hrs (Australian Eastern Standard time)
NOTE: Format is 16:9 aspect ratio
There are two options for accessing the broadcast as follows:
Available from Sydney - ABC Master Control
Contact: +61 2 8333 1620
OR from Turksat – Signal is as follows:
SATELLITE PARAMETERS
Satellite
: TÜRKSAT1-C 42° east
Tp
: 3
Uplink freq
: 13937 MHz
Uplink pol.
: Horizontal
BAND WIDTH
: 9 MHz
Downlink freq
: 12690 MHz
Downlink Pol.
: Vertical
Symbol Rate
: 6.666MS
FEC
: 5/6
The Lone Pine feed goes to London via Satellite then to Sydney via fibre.
**** IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE: When the catafalque party dismounts we will go to
a wide shot for 15 seconds. This is the end of the host broadcast.
This service will be available on the incoming satellite, Europe and London, or from
ABC Sydney Master Control at 1700 AEST.
Dawn Service, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Dur: 1 x 1 hour
Time available: 1350 hrs (Australian Eastern Standard time)
NOTE: Format is 16:9 aspect ratio
There are two options for accessing the broadcast as follows:
Available from Sydney - ABC Master Control at 1350 AEST
Contact: +61 2 8333 1620
The signal is also available at the back of the OB van in France. Please contact
Richard Griffiths or Justin Holdforth about accessing the signal (details below).
KEY CONTACTS
Gallipoli:
ABC Executive Producer (Gallipoli): Iain Knight +61 (0) 419 129 648
Email: knight.iain@anbc.net.au
ABC Technical Producer (Gallipoli): Rick Hunter +61 (0) 418 398 332
DVA Media Liaison Officer (Gallipoli): Erin Kennedy +61 (0) 428 262 894
Email: erin.kennedy@dva.gov.au
France:
ABC Executive Producer (France): Justin Holdforth +61 (0) 417 482 765
Email: holdforth.justin@abc.net.au
ABC Technical Producer (France): Richard Griffiths +61 (0) 409 357 067
DVA Media Liaison Officer (France): Sasha Nimmo +61 (0) 421 616 816
Email: sasha.nimmo@dva.gov.au
For clarification of local broadcast arrangements please contact the ABC.
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