The Broadcast Services Division of APTN is available to provide live and tape transmissions, crewing, and workspace for visiting clients in Washington, DC.

 

On Wednesday, June 9th, the former president's body will be flown to Washington, where it will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda until Friday's, (June 11th)  funeral at Washington National Cathedral.

 

To aid in your coverage of this event, APTN will provided live shot access outside the US Capitol, through Friday. Also, on Friday, we will offer live shot access from the West Lawn outside the Washington National Cathedral.

 

Facilities available include fully manned live positions outside the US Capitol, and from the west lawn of the Washington National Cathedral.

 

Beta SP tape playout is available from our bureau 1825 K Street N.W.Washington, DC.  (Crewing and editing available upon request.)

 

We are also pleased to offer workspace from our APTN DC broadcast center for those traveling news crews, as well as a head shot studio with night and day backdrops of the White House and US Capitol.

News organizations planning ANY unilateral coverage of the Washington DC funeral events NEED to apply for credentials. 

 

APTN strongly suggest that you visit the following website and follow the instructions to obtain credentials: www.mdw.army.mil.

 

For further information or questions, please contact:

 

Charlotte DeJean
APTN Broadcast Services, North America
1825 K Street, NW Suite 800
Washington, DC 20006
Ph: 202.736.1150
Fax: 202.736.1107
Mobile: 202.258.4778
E-Mail:cdejean@ap.org
www.aptn.com

 

To place your bookings request, please contact the APTN DC Broadcast
Services Booking Desk:
Tel:   + 202-736-9600
Fax:  + 202-736-9570
e-mail : aptnbookings@ap.org