This will be the second consecutive year the PGA Championship has been broadcast by CBS Sports in HDTV.
08.10.2005 12:56 pm (EST)
CBS Sports will broadcast the 87th PGA Championship in HDTV (High Definition Television) for the second consecutive year, during its live 18 hole-coverage of the third and final rounds. The HDTV telecast of the PGA Championship will originate from Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J. on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005, and Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005; (2 p.m.-7 p.m., EDT; both days).
CBS Sports' PGA Championship HDTV broadcasts will feature the highest definition television format -- 1,080 lines of picture resolution -- and 5.1 digital surround sound. The unified production for the Standard Definition and HD telecasts will feature the same announcers, camera angles, replays and graphics.
CBS Sports is the industry leader in HDTV broadcasts. Throughout the 2005-06 television season, CBS Sports will broadcast 32 weekends of premier event sports programming in High Definition. Historically, CBS Sports' coverage of the 2000 Masters was the first golf tournament ever presented live in HDTV on network television. CBS Sports also presented the first HDTV broadcast of a PGA Tour event at the 2001 Sony Open. For the past six years, CBS has aired HD productions of the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four and Championship Games, the Masters Tournament, SEC College Football and the U.S. Open Tennis Championships.
Also during the 2005-06 television season, CBS will broadcast an average of 30 hours per week of High Definition programming, more than any other broadcast network, as well as more original HD programming per week than any other broadcast, cable or satellite network. One hundred and ninety-one of CBS owned and affiliated stations are currently broadcasting in digital, covering approximately 99 percent of the nation.
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 arm includes CBS Entertainment, CBS News, CBS Sports and CBS Enterprises, a global leader in distribution.
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08.10.2005 12:56 pm (EST)
CBS Sports will broadcast the 87th PGA Championship in HDTV (High Definition Television) for the second consecutive year, during its live 18 hole-coverage of the third and final rounds. The HDTV telecast of the PGA Championship will originate from Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J. on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005, and Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005; (2 p.m.-7 p.m., EDT; both days).
CBS Sports' PGA Championship HDTV broadcasts will feature the highest definition television format -- 1,080 lines of picture resolution -- and 5.1 digital surround sound. The unified production for the Standard Definition and HD telecasts will feature the same announcers, camera angles, replays and graphics.
CBS Sports is the industry leader in HDTV broadcasts. Throughout the 2005-06 television season, CBS Sports will broadcast 32 weekends of premier event sports programming in High Definition. Historically, CBS Sports' coverage of the 2000 Masters was the first golf tournament ever presented live in HDTV on network television. CBS Sports also presented the first HDTV broadcast of a PGA Tour event at the 2001 Sony Open. For the past six years, CBS has aired HD productions of the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four and Championship Games, the Masters Tournament, SEC College Football and the U.S. Open Tennis Championships.
Also during the 2005-06 television season, CBS will broadcast an average of 30 hours per week of High Definition programming, more than any other broadcast network, as well as more original HD programming per week than any other broadcast, cable or satellite network. One hundred and ninety-one of CBS owned and affiliated stations are currently broadcasting in digital, covering approximately 99 percent of the nation.
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 arm includes CBS Entertainment, CBS News, CBS Sports and CBS Enterprises, a global leader in distribution.
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