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PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS Coordination of Worldwide TV Telecasts FUNERAL MASS FOR JOHN PAUL II Friday 8 April 2005, 07.45 Â 11.00 (UTC/GMT),
Television coverage of these ceremonies - for worldwide distribution - will be provided by Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), in cooperation with the Vatican Television Center (CTV), and will be coordinated by this Pontifical Council for Social Communications. These telecasts will be available: - in Europe, through the EBU (European Broadcasting Union - Eurovision); - in the rest of the world through INTELSAT; - in parts of Latin America, also through PanAmSat. Television networks and stations which wish to take part in these worldwide TV telecasts are asked to contact: - in Europe: RAI, Eurovision Office, - elsewhere: Telespazio, Tel. + 39 06 4079 3487; Fax +39 06 407 1790; E-mail: customer_support@telespazio.it - in Latin America, OTI (Organización de la Televisión Iberoamericana), This Pontifical Council for Social Communications will make available, for those who request it, commentary for the celebrations in any one of the following languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Ukrainian; RAI will make available commentary in Italian. In addition to the television images, the INTELSAT and PanAmSat satellites will carry international sound and commentary in the languages noted above. Television networks and stations which, for technical reasons, cannot make use of satellite audio signals can use telephone circuits with the Vatican by contacting: Telecom Italia, Tel. +39 06 3689 4067/4657. Fax +39 06 3689 4506/4413. For fully equipped positions for television commentators in the Braccio di Carlo Magno, next to St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, interested networks and stations are asked to contact RAI (cf. above). The Pontifical Council for Social Communications will cover the technical expenses for satellite uplink. For developing countries which find themselves in particular difficulty, on recommendation of the respective Papal Representative, the Council will cover downlink expenses, but not the expenses for local/national transmission of the programs.
SATELLITE COVERAGE INFORMATION TECHNICAL PARAMETERS
AMERICA/EUROPE/AFRICA INTELSAT 905 @ 335.5 - 38/38 / 1A (9 Mhz) up/link freq. 6386.00 Mhz Polarization LH Standar Line: 625/50 PAL Digital parameters: Encoder MPEG DVB 4.2.0. Gli Audio associati sono : Audio 1 (Ch 1 Left) - International sound Contact point: AFRICA/ASIA/AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA INTELSAT 904 @ 60 - 38/38 / 1A (9 Mhz) up/link freq. 6386.00 Mhz Polarization LH Standar Line : 625/50 PAL Digital parameters: Encoder MPEG DVB 4.2.0. Gli Audio associati sono : Audio 1 (Ch 1 Left) - International sound Contact point: AMERICA PAS-3 317 E XP 15K/7C 18 MHZ up/link freq. 14.454,50 Mhz/Y Encoder: MPEG2 - DVB NDS 4.2.0. Standar Line : 525/50 NTSC Gli Audio associati sono Audio 1 (Ch 1 Left) - International sound Contact point: EUROPE/NORTH AMERICA Satellite : Eutelsat HOTBIRD III Hotbird III Footprint: 13° E Nord America (Ku-Band)
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