Since 1932, live radio broadcasts (eventually telecasts and simulcasts as well) have immeasurably enriched our nation's cultural life and introduced countless listeners to the musical splendor of opera and to the unique beauty of some of history's most gifted and accomplished singers.
Anyone who subscribes to the service (the cost per month being roughly equal to one full price CD) has essentially unlimited access to an ever expanding library of almost seventy telecasts and simulcasts as well as nearly 200 radio broadcasts.
When Keeneland lowered its takeout for the current autumn meeting, though, several off-track wagering facilities in the East dropped the Kentucky track's
simulcast signal.
The event spawned a writers' workshop and, this year for the first time, a selection of the films will air on Kerry Packer's Nine Network, while plans are afoot for
simulcasts next year in London and, possibly, Los Angeles.
This racing season, the wagering on outgoing simulcast races could hit $50 million, track officials say.
"I am not as optimistic about it as are some people," Cella said in an interview months before that first summer simulcast season.
Jackson hopes the simulcasts will generate an additional $2 million in purses for the 1993 racing season.
The track will simulcast races from Louisiana Downs and from Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., from May 1 until June 28.
Sonny Borrelli, R-Lake Havasu City, sponsored a floor amendment that would require
simulcasts to be offered to each track and betting facility under the same terms.
This NFL regular season, OffshoreInsiders.com enormously popular show will be
simulcast live on YouTube (http://youtube.com/offshoreinsiders), Periscope (https://www.periscope.tv/offshoreinsider), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/OffshoreInsidersPicks/) as well as international sites.
Require broadcasters that use Next Gen TV to partner with another local station to
simulcast their programming in the current digital television (DTV) transmission standard (ATSC 1.0), so that viewers will continue to receive their existing broadcast service.
A taste of New Orleans jazz will be served up at WICN, 90.5 FM, in Worcester, when the station
simulcasts a number of concerts live on-air from the 2011 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, which began Friday runs through Sunday.
Simulcasts have been employed by other cable networks, notably MSNBC who
simulcasted "Imus in the Morning" as a morning show while it was broadcast on WFAN-AM out of New York.
In all, while the techniques of the Met's "Live in HD"
simulcasts are surely a mean to re-democratize opera and engage a new generation of audiences, the experience continues to be reserved for a group of elites.
