shuttle launches on HDNet

NASA, HDNet Announce HDTV Space Shuttle Broadcast Partnership
http://www.hd.net/pressrelease.html?2006-03-29-01.html

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Dallas, TX - March 29, 2006 - NASA and HDNet
have formed a partnership allowing high-definition television
broadcasts of all NASA space shuttle launches on the network’s HDNet
channel through 2010.

NASA Administrator Mike Griffin and HDNet Chairman and President Mark
Cuban will discuss formal details of the agreement at a press
conference April 6th from 5:45-6:15 ET. This event is hosted by the
Space Foundation and will be held during its 22nd National Space
Symposium, April 3-6, at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, CO.

"We appreciate the financial investment and technical expertise HDNet
has brought to the table to help us reach audiences interested in this
next generation of television," Griffin said.

The agreement covers full live launch and landing broadcast coverage
of NASA’s at least 16 remaining space shuttle missions from NASA’s
Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As a bonus, when feasible, HDNet will
broadcast NASA’s unmanned rocket launches from Florida on its network.
HDNet is also providing to NASA, free of charge, an NTSC signal of all
launch broadcasts for media networks not yet equipped to broadcast
HDTV.

"This is an exciting deal for HDNet. Every Shuttle Launch is a unique
and historical American experience," said Cuban. "For the next 5
years, the place to watch this experience live in high-definition will
be on HDNet. We are proud that NASA has chosen HDNet for this
important role."

As a result of this agreement, HDNet will provide the facilities
needed to cover these launches live and in full 1080i high-definition
resolution. As it did for its exclusive high-definition broadcast of
the Discovery launch last year, HDNet will provide twelve HD cameras,
high powered telephoto lenses, recording systems, switchers,
monitoring and a fiber optic system needed to get the camera signals
from the launch pad to the broadcast center several miles away. HDNet
will be the only all-HD network to broadcast full coverage of the
shuttle launches.

Media wishing to cover this press conference or any symposium events
should register with the Space Foundation at
www.NationalSpaceSymposium.org/media. For questions concerning media
registration, contact the Foundation’s press office at 719-576-8000.

ctt wrote:
NASA, HDNet Announce HDTV Space Shuttle Broadcast Partnership
http://www.hd.net/pressrelease.html?2006-03-29-01.html

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Dallas, TX - March 29, 2006 - NASA and HDNet
have formed a partnership allowing high-definition television
broadcasts of all NASA space shuttle launches on the network's HDNet
channel through 2010.


Regular analog, over the air TV broadcasts in the U.S., are scheduled
to end in mid-2009. About the same time the Shuttle will stop flying.

Rusty