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Apple Announcement Broadcast Live

Posted by pudge on from the i-feel-so-insignificant-with-me-little-DSS-dish dept.

ignipotentis writes "Apparently Apple's 'music to your ears' announcement will be broadcast live. I'm a bit confused by this, however I hope someone will pick this up and netcast it perhaps?" Apple usually broadcasts these things on satellites, so they can be picked up in the Apple stores etc.; the question is, will Apple broadcast it in QuickTime, will TechTV pick it up?

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  1. Primarily for media and Apple Retail stores by daveschroeder · · Score: 5, Informative

    This event is primarily targeted at the media, Apple Retail stores, and Apple corporate offices around the country. It's not like Apple thinks people are just going to pull out their 12 foot C-band dish and start watching this; it wasn't intended to be a "public" or webcast event (in fact, the original release was likely intended to be a Media Alert release and not a full blown public press release, as it was pulled from Apple's press release page).

    That said, the University of Wisconsin - Madison will be hosting the event live at the Pyle Center. It will be open to the public. For details, see:

    04.28.2003 Apple Media Event Coverage

  2. Satelite frequencies to watch by snowtigger · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here are the satelite channels to watch the broadcast. Unfortunately, they are not available in Europe.

    Ku-band
    Telstar 5/Transponder: 25 K
    Orbital Slot: 97 degrees west
    Uplink Frequency: 14444.0 MHz
    Downlink Frequency: 12144.0 MHz
    Polarity: Vertical down
    Audio subcarriers: 6.2 and 6.8

    C-band
    Galaxy 3C/Transponder 1 C
    Orbital Slot: 95 degrees west
    Uplink Frequency: 5945 MHz
    Downlink Polarity: Horizontal down
    Downlink Frequency: 3720 MHz
    Audio subcarriers: 6.2 and 6.8

  3. Anyone could pick it up... by phycoman · · Score: 5, Informative

    As people have said, the Apple Stores will be able to pick this up, but also a tv channel (such as TechTV) could if they so desire. If you want information about the exact details of the webcast, they can be found at here, this way only major news stations can pick the signal up, not your average consumer. There is a possibility that Apple would do a webcast, and I would be supprised if they didn't, but usually they would have posted a link on their Quicktime site a lot earlier.