HDNET To Provide Live HDTV Coverage Of Political Conventions; Network Will Also Make Gavel-to-Gavel National High-Definition Feed Available To All MSOs And Satellite Providers As Public Service

14-Jul-04

HDNet announced that the network will provide a unique package of high-definition television coverage of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. During both conventions, HDNet will preempt its prime-time lineup Monday-Thursday July 26-29 and August 30-September 2 to deliver live coverage of the main speakers each night.At the Democratic National Convention in Boston this will include former President Bill Clinton, Teresa Heinz Kerry, vice-presidential nominee Senator John Edwards and presidential nominee Senator John Kerry. HDNetís coverage of the Republican National Convention in New York will include speeches by Senator John McCain, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush. HDNetís coverage is scheduled to begin at 10:00 p.m. EDT Monday-Wednesday and at 8:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday at each convention.In addition to the networkís selected live coverage, HDNet is making the gavel-to-gavel national high-definition feed of the conventions available to MSOs and satellite providers who wish to provide the telecast to their subscriber base. This public service will be available Monday-Thursday 3:00 pm-11:00 pm EDT and will provide subscribers throughout the nation with an uninterrupted feed from 13 high-definition cameras at the conventions. ìWhile other networks continue to scale back their coverage of the national conventions, HDNet will be ramping up to show viewers the main events during the week as well as providing full coverage of each Convention to any cable or satellite providers who wish to make all of it available to their customers,î said Mark Cuban, co-founder and president of HDNet.For more information, please visit www.hd.net.

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