AT&T Broadband Brings Democratic Convention to America's Hometowns.Business Editors & Technology Writers EL SEGUNDO El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2000 Company Providing Fiber Optic and Satellite Services as Well as Original Programming for Live National, Local and Online Coverage AT&T Broadband is working hard this week to help the democrats in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. live up to their billing as the party of technology. The company is serving as both a production partner and creator of original programming emanating from the convention. AT&T Broadband is supplying several key communications links and its staff as volunteers to create online content and video programming from what is being called the country's first "e-convention." "Democratic Convention planners have really taken advantage of our state-of-the-art technology available from AT&T Broadband to create and deliver compelling programming of the events, delegates and elected officials at the convention site this week," said Teresa Elder, president, Broadband Operations West, AT&T Broadband. "For the first time, it is possible for local broadcast stations, regional news networks and even online services to carry free convention coverage to the audiences that care, but might not otherwise have access." Live Transmissions of Original Programming As a production partner, AT&T Broadband is providing end-to-end connectivity End-to-end connectivity is a property of the Internet that allows all nodes of the network to send packets to all other nodes of the network, without requiring intermediate network elements to further interpret them. It was for the first time implemented in the CYCLADES-network. using its fiber optic lines and satellite transponder A receiver/transmitter on a communications satellite. It receives a microwave signal from earth (uplink), amplifies it and retransmits it back to earth at a different frequency (downlink). A satellite has several transponders. to carry live from the Staples Center This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It does not cite any references or sources. the "Democratic News Service." For the first time, the party is producing original programming from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day including interviews with party delegates and congressional leaders and feeding it back to their local hometowns. The transmission is available for free to any satellite receiver via satellite SatCom C4, Transponder 16. First Lady and Senatorial sen·a·to·ri·al adj. 1. Of, concerning, or befitting a senator or senate. 2. Composed of senators. sen candidate, Hillary Rodham Rodham is an English surname which may refer to a number of persons or places. People Family of Hillary Rodham Clinton
Transponder service is also being made available for coverage of the "Democratic Convention Network," which consists of live gavel-to-gavel coverage of the day's events from the convention floor. This content is also free to view by receiving the signals from AT&T Broadband's satellite SatCom C1, Transponder 9. The Democrats are supporting their "party of inclusion" plank by feeding minority programming to additional media services such as BET, a cable network for African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. viewers, and iVillage, an online Web site designed for women. This programming is being supported by an AT&T Broadband digital production truck helping to televise tel·e·vise tr. & intr.v. tel·e·vised, tel·e·vis·ing, tel·e·vis·es To broadcast or be broadcast by television. [Back-formation from television. the "Democracy Live 2000" programming content 12 hours a day from the Los Angeles Convention Center The Los Angeles Convention Center (abbreviated LACC) is a convention center in downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show, and was best known to video games fans as host to E3 until its cessation in 2006. . Many Los Angelenos will find the familiar faces of AT&T Broadband executives and on-air talent, Perry Parks and Gisselle Acevedo Franco playing host to dozens of legislators, delegates and community leaders on their local cable channel in a package of 12 diverse programs highlighting interviews with a long list of minority party members, politicians and delegates. The company has also wired more than 373 cable TV outlets at the convention center and ran fiber cable from the Staples Center to most of the hotels in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or for special communications to the delegates. "People will enjoy and learn from the many types of coverage being made available from this convention," Elder added. "They are able to see events in a different manner, like over the Internet or through their own local broadcast stations, and even access coverage from different places such as a hotel venue or a laptop. This is significantly greater than anything available to us in the past and it's very exciting for AT&T Broadband to be a part of making it all happen." About AT&T Broadband AT&T Broadband, a business unit of AT&T, is the nation's largest broadband services company, providing analog and digital television entertainment services to about 16 million customers across the nation. The company also provides advanced services, such as high-speed cable Internet services and competitive local phone service. AT&T Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :T) is the world's leader in telecommunications services and technology. |
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