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2 This letter (with enclosure) is being translated and will be distributed in the following languages to units that receive satellite broadcasts: Armenian, Bulgarian, Cambodian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Fijian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malagasy, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Swedish, Tahitian, Thai, Tongan, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. Distribution in these languages will be complete within two weeks. Additional broadcast languages are listed in the attachment. Please notify units whose leaders or members speak these languages so that all who are invited may know when to attend the broadcast in their language. If leaders need this letter in languages not listed above, they may contact the Area Presidency or the member of the Presidency of the Seventy who supervises the area. Area leaders can forward requests to Church headquarters ( )

5 General Information Church Broadcast Schedule October 2013 General Conference October 5 6, 2013 Updated September 26, Priesthood session live on Church websites, BYU Television. Program Lengths Conference sessions: 2 hours General Relief Society Meeting (rebroadcast): 1.5 hours Latter-day Saints: 30 minutes Music and the Spoken Word: 30 minutes Other Church programming: 1.5 hours Selecting Viewing Times Program start times 1 are listed in mountain daylight time (MDT) and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). MDT is the time in Salt Lake City, Utah, with daylight saving time (or summer time) in effect. UTC is the international time standard. You will need to calculate your local viewing times based on MDT or UTC. Please select the viewing times that best serve the members in your area. The general conference sessions, the General Relief Society Meeting, and Latter-day Saints may be recorded and then viewed at another time. Closed-Captioning Closed-captioning for the hearing impaired is available on the Church satellite system in many areas. Where available, it is provided in English on closed-caption channel 1 (CC1), in Spanish on closed-caption channel 3 (CC3), and in Portuguese (Brazil) on closed-caption channel 4 (CC4). 2 If closed-captioning is available in your area, please set up a television set for those who need this service. For technical assistance, follow the instructions in Satellite Equipment Information for the Stake Technology Specialist. Closed-captioning is not available on the Internet. Video Reproduction Important: Recording or reproduction, in any form, of Music and the Spoken Word and the video programs identified as Other Church programming is prohibited. Video reproduction of the general conference sessions, the General Relief Society Meeting, and The World Report of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is authorized for Church use only. The stake technology specialist may make a copy for each meetinghouse library. He puts the applicable copyright notice on the label of each video recording: October General Conference, October 5 6, by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved General Relief Society Meeting, September 28, by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved Latter-day Saints, October by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved The general conference broadcasts will also be archived at conference.lds.org. 1. This document is subject to change. See broadcastinfo.lds.org for updates in English. For updates in other languages, contact the assigned administrative office. 2. Because of technical changes, new equipment may be required in order to receive closed-captioning in Portuguese and Spanish. If you need to receive closed-captioning in these languages, please contact the Global Service Center or the assigned administrative office as instructed in Satellite Equipment Information for the Stake Technology Specialist. 1

6 Church Broadcast Schedule Church Satellite System Languages available for all conference sessions, the General Relief Society Meeting rebroadcasts, and Music and the Spoken Word: American Sign Language 3 Arabic Armenian Aymara Bulgarian Cambodian Cantonese Cebuano Chuukese Czech Danish Dutch English (closed captioned) Fijian Finnish French German Greek Guarani Haitian Hmong Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Kekchi Korean Kosraean Kuna Laotian Malagasy Mandarin Marshallese Mongolian Navajo Norwegian Palauan Papiamento Pohnpeian Polish Portuguese (Brazil, closed captioned) Portuguese (Portugal) Quechua (Peru) Quiche Romanian Additional languages available for the General Relief Society Meeting rebroadcasts: Hindi (Fiji) Yapese Languages available for Latter-day Saints: American Sign Language Cantonese Cebuano English (closed captioned) Fijian French German Italian Japanese Korean Mandarin Marshallese Portuguese (Brazil, closed captioned) Russian Samoan Languages available for selected conference sessions as indicated: Hiligaynon: Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon, and priesthood Hindi (Fiji): Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon, and priesthood Hindi (India): Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon Ilokano: Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon, and priesthood Quichua (Ecuador): Sunday morning Tamil: priesthood, Sunday morning, and Sunday afternoon Yapese: Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon, and priesthood Language available for other Church programming: English Worldwide Broadcasts Spanish (closed captioned) Tagalog Tahitian Tongan General Relief Society Meeting (rebroadcast) MDT: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 8:00 a.m. UTC: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 1400 Saturday morning session (live broadcast) MDT: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. UTC: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 1600 Russian Samoan Spanish (closed captioned) Swedish Tagalog Tahitian Thai Tongan Ukrainian Vietnamese Latter-day Saints (prerecorded) MDT: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 12:00 noon UTC: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at American Sign Language (ASL) is available on the Church satellite system only in the United States and Canada. ASL broadcasts focus on the signer, with the speakers from the meeting being displayed in a small window on the screen. English audio is broadcast along with ASL. If you need to start receiving ASL by satellite, please contact your facilities management group at least two weeks before the broadcast; additional equipment may be required. 2

7 Church Broadcast Schedule Other Church programming MDT: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 12:30 p.m. UTC: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 1830 Saturday afternoon session (live broadcast) MDT: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. UTC: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 2000 Priesthood session (live broadcast) MDT: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. UTC: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 0000 Saturday morning session (rebroadcast) MDT: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 9:00 p.m. UTC: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 0300 Saturday afternoon session (rebroadcast) MDT: Saturday Sunday, October 5 6, 2013, at 12:00 midnight UTC: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 0600 Priesthood session (rebroadcast) MDT: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 3:00 a.m. UTC: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 0900 Saturday afternoon session (rebroadcast) MDT: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 6:00 a.m. UTC: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 1200 Latter-day Saints (rebroadcast) MDT: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 8:00 a.m. UTC: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 1400 Music and the Spoken Word (live broadcast) MDT: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. UTC: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 1530 Sunday morning session (live broadcast) MDT: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. UTC: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 1600 Latter-day Saints (rebroadcast) MDT: Sunday October 6, 2013, at 12:00 noon UTC: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 1800 Other Church programming MDT: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 12:30 p.m. UTC: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 1830 Sunday afternoon session (live broadcast) MDT: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. UTC: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 2000 Additional Broadcasts for Europe and South Africa Saturday morning session (rebroadcast) MDT: Friday Saturday, October 11 12, 2013, at 12:00 midnight UTC: Saturday, October 12, 2013, at 0600 Latter-day Saints (rebroadcast) MDT: Saturday, October 12, 2013, at 2:00 a.m. UTC: Saturday, October 12, 2013, at 0800 Saturday afternoon session (rebroadcast) MDT: Saturday, October 12, 2013, at 3:00 a.m. UTC: Saturday, October 12, 2013, at 0900 Priesthood session (rebroadcast) MDT: Saturday, October 12, 2013, at 6:00 a.m. UTC: Saturday, October 12, 2013, at 1200 Sunday morning session (rebroadcast) MDT: Sunday, October 13, 2013, at 1:00 a.m. UTC: Sunday, October 13, 2013, at 0700 Music and the Spoken Word (rebroadcast) MDT: Sunday, October 13, 2013, at 3:00 a.m. UTC: Sunday, October 13, 2013, at 0900 Sunday afternoon session (rebroadcast) MDT: Sunday, October 13, 2013, at 4:00 a.m. UTC: Sunday, October 13, 2013, at

8 Church Broadcast Schedule Additional Broadcasts for Asia, the Pacific, and Parts of Eastern Europe Sunday morning session (rebroadcast) MDT: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 5:00 p.m. UTC: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 2300 General Relief Society Meeting (rebroadcast) MDT: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 8:00 p.m. UTC: Monday, October 7, 2013, at 0200 Priesthood session (rebroadcast) MDT: Friday, October 11, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. UTC: Saturday, October 12, 2013, at 0000 Saturday morning session (rebroadcast) MDT: Friday, October 11, 2013, at 9:00 p.m. UTC: Saturday, October 12, 2013, at 0300 Latter-day Saints (rebroadcast) MDT: Friday, October 11, 2013, at 11:00 p.m. UTC: Saturday, October 12, 2013, at 0500 Saturday afternoon session (rebroadcast) MDT: Friday Saturday, October 11 12, 2013, at 12:00 midnight UTC: Saturday, October 12, 2013, at 0600 Priesthood session (rebroadcast) MDT: Saturday, October 12, 2013, at 3:00 a.m. UTC: Saturday, October 12, 2013, at 0900 Sunday morning session (rebroadcast) MDT: Saturday, October 12, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. UTC: Sunday, October 13, 2013, at 0100 Music and the Spoken Word (rebroadcast) MDT: Saturday, October 12, 2013, at 9:00 p.m. UTC: Sunday, October 13, 2013, at 0300 Sunday afternoon session (rebroadcast) MDT: Saturday, October 12, 2013, at 10:00 p.m. UTC: Sunday, October 13, 2013, at

9 Church Broadcast Schedule Internet and Electronic Devices Saturday morning session (live broadcast) MDT: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. UTC: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 1600 Latter-day Saints (video broadcast only, prerecorded) MDT: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 12:00 noon UTC: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 1800 Other Church programming MDT: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 12:30 p.m. UTC: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 1830 Saturday afternoon session (live broadcast) MDT: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. UTC: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 2000 Priesthood session (live broadcast) MDT: Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. UTC: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 0000 Music and the Spoken Word (live broadcast) MDT: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. UTC: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 1530 Sunday morning session (live broadcast) MDT: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. UTC: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 1600 Latter-day Saints (video broadcast only, rebroadcast) MDT: Sunday October 6, 2013, at 12:00 noon UTC: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 1800 Other Church programming MDT: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 12:30 p.m. UTC: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 1830 Sunday afternoon session (live broadcast) MDT: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. UTC: Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 2000 Web Live video and audio-only broadcasts: conference.lds.org and mormonchannel.org Live video broadcast languages for conference.lds.org: American Sign Language Cantonese Cebuano English French German Italian Japanese Korean Mandarin Portuguese (Brazil) Russian Samoan Spanish Tagalog Tongan Please check conference.lds.org for additional languages. Live audio-only broadcast languages for conference.lds.org: Please check conference.lds.org for available languages. Live video and audio-only broadcast languages for mormonchannel.org: English and Spanish Video and audio-only archives: conference.lds.org Video archive languages: Please check conference.lds.org for available languages Audio-only archive languages: Audio archives of general conference will be available in more than 70 languages. Please check conference.lds.org for available languages. Video and audio-only files will be available in the archives within 24 hours of the broadcast. 5

10 Church Broadcast Schedule Mormon Channel for Roku The Mormon Channel is available for the Roku 4 streaming player. Visit mormonchannel. org or check Roku s channel store to learn more. Live video broadcast languages: American Sign Language Video archive language: English English French Portuguese (Brazil) Spanish The program will be available in the archives within several days of the broadcast. Mormon Channel App The Mormon Channel app is available for a variety of mobile devices, including tablets and smartphones running the Apple (ios) and Android operating systems. Visit mormonchannel. org or check your device s app store to learn more. Live video broadcast languages: English Video archive language: English Spanish The program will be available in the archives within several days of the broadcast. Television and Radio General conference will be available live where possible on various broadcast, cable, satellite, and Internet television stations and broadcast, satellite, and Internet radio stations throughout the world, including Mormon Channel HD Radio. Check local program listings for availability in your area, or visit mormonchannel.org, byubroadcasting.org, bonneville.info, or ksl.com for more information. Other Distribution DVD or MP4 Outside the United States and Canada, recordings of the conference sessions will be available through the assigned administrative office to units that do not receive satellite or Internet broadcasts. Leaders should arrange to show the recordings to these units. Please check with the assigned administrative office for available languages. Information for the Stake Technology Specialist For instructions on preparing for a satellite broadcast or calling for technical assistance, refer to Satellite Equipment Information for the Stake Technology Specialist. This document was included with the 2014 Church Broadcast Schedule (First Presidency letter, Aug. 8, 2013) and should be located near the satellite receiver. For technical information about satellite, Internet, or other equipment used to receive Church broadcasts in a meetinghouse, go to mhtech.lds.org. If your language is not available on this website, the assigned administrative office can provide assistance. Important: Please test the entire viewing setup in the meetinghouse before general conference. Allow time for any equipment repairs or adjustments that might be necessary. 4. All product or company names and devices, logos, icons, graphics, or designs referenced in this document are the trademarks of their respective owners and are exhibited only in such a manner as is intended to be for the benefit of such trademark owners. The presence or absence of the names of products, services, companies, organizations, home pages, or websites in this document does not imply any sponsorship, endorsement, or nonendorsement thereof by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 6

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