Post by Skaggs on Mar 13, 2006 16:58:43 GMT -5
HARRIS CORPORATION AND CBS SPORTS PUT ON FULL COURT PRESS TO BROADCAST NCAA BASKETBALL IN HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION
NEW YORK, December 8, 2005 – Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) and CBS Sports announced today an agreement in which Harris will sponsor High Definition Television (HDTV) coverage of CBS Sports’ NCAA Basketball “Game of the Week” for the first time ever, as well as the 2006 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship for a third consecutive year.
The CBS Sports “Game of the Week” will be broadcast in HDTV beginning with Duke vs. Texas on Saturday, Dec. 10 (1:30-3:45 PM, ET) and will continue for the remainder of the regular-season. In addition, Harris and CBS Sports will present Conference Championship Weekend on Saturday, March 11 and Sunday, March 12 in HDTV. Six games will be broadcast in HDTV over the weekend including the Conference USA, Pac-10, SEC and Big Ten Championships.
High Definition coverage of the 2006 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament will include 24 High Definition games from four of the eight first round sites, March 16-19. The four sites will be split with two being Thursday/Saturday sites, while the other two will be Friday/Sunday locations. This marks the second consecutive year that HD games have originated from four first round sites.
For the second consecutive year all 12 games from the four regional sites in Atlanta, Oakland, Washington D.C. and Minneapolis will air in HD.
CBS Sports will air the two national semi-final games and the National Championship Game in High Definition for the seventh consecutive year.
“We are very pleased to be partnering with Harris again in bringing our HD college basketball coverage to a new level as we re-affirm CBS’s leadership in HD Sports broadcasting and strive to extend our HD to year-round coverage,” said Tony Petitti, Executive Vice President and Executive Producer, CBS Sports.
"Harris Corporation is very excited to once again partner with CBS Sports to deliver HDTV. We are proud to be a part of this compelling experience brought to the viewer through HD telecasts," said Jeremy Wensinger, President, Harris Broadcast Communications Division
The telecasts, which will be presented live by CBS Sports, will be “unified” productions produced in HDTV’s highest definition format, 1080i, and downconverted for the CBS Television Network’s analog broadcast coverage. This production technique also produces a better quality analog picture. Whether watching in widescreen HD or traditional 4x3 analog, viewers will see the same camera angles, replays and graphics and will hear the same play by play.
All High Definition games will be broadcast in 5.1 channels of CD quality surround sound. The addition of surround sound audio to the broadcast, coupled with the clarity of 1080 lines of picture resolution, will bring the stadium experience to the viewer's home.
About CBS
CBS Television is comprised of the CBS Television Network -- with more than 200 owned and affiliated stations reaching virtually every television home in the United States; the Network's programming arms CBS Entertainment, CBS News and CBS Sports; and CBS Enterprises, a global leader in distribution.
CBS broadcasts, on average, 32 hours per week of High Definition programming, more than any other broadcast network, and more original HD programming per week than any other network, broadcast, cable or satellite. One hundred and eighty-one of CBS's owned and affiliated stations are currently broadcasting in digital, covering approximately 97 percent of the nation.
This fall, CBS began its seventh year of presenting the majority of its primetime lineup in high definition. CBS also is the leader in HD sports broadcasts. For the last six years CBS has aired HD productions of the Masters® golf tournament. In 2004, CBS Sports added the PGA Championship to its HD roster. CBS also broadcast the 2001 and 2004 Super Bowls and all of the 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 AFC Playoffs in HDTV, as well as three regular-season NFL games each week of the 2005-06 season. In addition, CBS has broadcast the US Open Tennis Tournament since 1999, and a weekly SEC college football game, and the SEC Championship starting with the 2001 season in HD.
NEW YORK, December 8, 2005 – Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) and CBS Sports announced today an agreement in which Harris will sponsor High Definition Television (HDTV) coverage of CBS Sports’ NCAA Basketball “Game of the Week” for the first time ever, as well as the 2006 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship for a third consecutive year.
The CBS Sports “Game of the Week” will be broadcast in HDTV beginning with Duke vs. Texas on Saturday, Dec. 10 (1:30-3:45 PM, ET) and will continue for the remainder of the regular-season. In addition, Harris and CBS Sports will present Conference Championship Weekend on Saturday, March 11 and Sunday, March 12 in HDTV. Six games will be broadcast in HDTV over the weekend including the Conference USA, Pac-10, SEC and Big Ten Championships.
High Definition coverage of the 2006 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament will include 24 High Definition games from four of the eight first round sites, March 16-19. The four sites will be split with two being Thursday/Saturday sites, while the other two will be Friday/Sunday locations. This marks the second consecutive year that HD games have originated from four first round sites.
For the second consecutive year all 12 games from the four regional sites in Atlanta, Oakland, Washington D.C. and Minneapolis will air in HD.
CBS Sports will air the two national semi-final games and the National Championship Game in High Definition for the seventh consecutive year.
“We are very pleased to be partnering with Harris again in bringing our HD college basketball coverage to a new level as we re-affirm CBS’s leadership in HD Sports broadcasting and strive to extend our HD to year-round coverage,” said Tony Petitti, Executive Vice President and Executive Producer, CBS Sports.
"Harris Corporation is very excited to once again partner with CBS Sports to deliver HDTV. We are proud to be a part of this compelling experience brought to the viewer through HD telecasts," said Jeremy Wensinger, President, Harris Broadcast Communications Division
The telecasts, which will be presented live by CBS Sports, will be “unified” productions produced in HDTV’s highest definition format, 1080i, and downconverted for the CBS Television Network’s analog broadcast coverage. This production technique also produces a better quality analog picture. Whether watching in widescreen HD or traditional 4x3 analog, viewers will see the same camera angles, replays and graphics and will hear the same play by play.
All High Definition games will be broadcast in 5.1 channels of CD quality surround sound. The addition of surround sound audio to the broadcast, coupled with the clarity of 1080 lines of picture resolution, will bring the stadium experience to the viewer's home.
About CBS
CBS Television is comprised of the CBS Television Network -- with more than 200 owned and affiliated stations reaching virtually every television home in the United States; the Network's programming arms CBS Entertainment, CBS News and CBS Sports; and CBS Enterprises, a global leader in distribution.
CBS broadcasts, on average, 32 hours per week of High Definition programming, more than any other broadcast network, and more original HD programming per week than any other network, broadcast, cable or satellite. One hundred and eighty-one of CBS's owned and affiliated stations are currently broadcasting in digital, covering approximately 97 percent of the nation.
This fall, CBS began its seventh year of presenting the majority of its primetime lineup in high definition. CBS also is the leader in HD sports broadcasts. For the last six years CBS has aired HD productions of the Masters® golf tournament. In 2004, CBS Sports added the PGA Championship to its HD roster. CBS also broadcast the 2001 and 2004 Super Bowls and all of the 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 AFC Playoffs in HDTV, as well as three regular-season NFL games each week of the 2005-06 season. In addition, CBS has broadcast the US Open Tennis Tournament since 1999, and a weekly SEC college football game, and the SEC Championship starting with the 2001 season in HD.
