Adelphia Covers Democratic National Convention; Adelphia, AT&T and The California Channel Provide In-Depth Coverage Nationwide.Business/News/Political/Entertainment Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 2000 Adelphia Communications will team with AT&T and The California Channel to provide cable viewers nationwide with in-depth and behind-the-scenes extended coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. The Cable Conventions 2000 programming will feature a daily preview hosted by well-known political talk show moderators Bill Rosendahl of Adelphia and Perry Parks of AT&T, followed by live coverage from the convention floor at The Staples Center. Rosendahl and Parks will interview a number of prominent Democrats and key political strategists throughout the week. Viewers will get a close look at many events that only cable's local origination can provide. Reporters will be on location at the Shadow Convention and the Homeless Convention, among others. Crews will also be in the streets covering demonstrations by D2KLA KLA Kosovo Liberation Army KLA Key Learning Area (NSW Department of Education) KLA Kansas Livestock Association (Topeka, KS) KLA Kentucky Library Association KLA Kansas Library Association , environmentalists and labor groups. Additionally, Adelphia, AT&T and The California Channel will provide viewers nationwide an opportunity to see recaps of recent conventions held by The Green Party, Reform Party and Libertarian Party The Libertarian party was founded in Colorado in 1971 and held its first convention in Denver in 1972. In 1972 it fielded John Hospers for president and Theodora Nathan for vice president in the U.S. general election. , as well as interviews with presidential candidates. Programming begins on Monday, Aug. 14, and continues through the entire convention, ending Thursday, Aug. 17. Coverage of the conventions will be available from 6 a.m. to midnight each day to all interested cable operators via The California Channel's regular digital satellite transmission. Those coordinates are SatCom C4, Transponder 5, and vertical polarization at 1366.5 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. . The network utilizes the Scientific Atlanta PowerVu digital compression system Digital Compression System, or DCS, is a sound system developed by Williams Electronics. This advanced sound board, used for Williams and Bally pinball games and coin-op arcade games by Midway Manufacturing, has become the standard sound system for these names. , so a digital-ready LNB LNB Low Noise Block LNB Laredo National Bank (Texas) LNB Low Noise Block downconverter (satellite television) LNB Low NOx Burner LNB Lubbock National Bank (Texas) and MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 2 encoder is necessary for reception of the signal. The Democratic Convention coverage will also be available in KU-Band analog format on Telstar 7, Transponder 1. This local-origination programming will be shared with Adelphia, AT&T, Charter Communications, Comcast, Insight Communications and Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. systems nationwide and to all other interested cable operators. |
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