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Sky & Satellite Weekly News Thread, Week # 51. The Final Edition of 2012.

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    linkinpark875linkinpark875 Posts: 29,703
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    Merry xmas to everybody here.

    Been a bit quiet on Sky for new launches of late but hope 2013 makes this thread busier again.
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    HarshadHarshad Posts: 5,996
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    jimbo wrote: »
    UPDATE

    12.305 H

    3843 - now showing a copy of "1486" on 10.876 V - the Sky Sports Active stream 5.

    EPG data is for More 4. There is no sound on this channel yet, but it will have both normal and Dolby 5.1 sound tracks.

    I will keep an eye on it.

    Thanks jimbo I do wonder why a channel from Channel 4 is showing Sky Sports interactive, also shows those interactive services are already HD internally to Sky and broadcast as SD services to the subscriber.
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    TV DUNIYATV DUNIYA Posts: 6,772
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    Merry Christmas to everyone !!!
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    HarshadHarshad Posts: 5,996
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    Merry Christmas to everyone at DS Forums :)
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    M60M60 Posts: 5,597
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    Merry Christmas!
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    linkinpark875linkinpark875 Posts: 29,703
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    Premier Sports (428) is FTV for today and tomorrow.

    Nice xmas treat for everybody.
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    omar comerfordomar comerford Posts: 1,443
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    Happy Christmas to all and family's. May 2013 bring us loads of HD Channels.

    Happy new year to R.R and crew for updating us on all in the world of satellite tv. Off to New York tommorow for New Years. 😃🍀😃🍀
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    TV DUNIYATV DUNIYA Posts: 6,772
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    Premier Sports (428) is FTV for today and tomorrow.

    Nice xmas treat for everybody.

    Thanks for letting everyone know.
    Hope you're having a great Christmas day!
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    BrianWescombeBrianWescombe Posts: 998
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    jimbo wrote: »
    UPDATE

    12.305 H

    3843 - now showing a copy of "1486" on 10.876 V - the Sky Sports Active stream 5.

    EPG data is for More 4. There is no sound on this channel yet, but it will have both normal and Dolby 5.1 sound tracks.

    I will keep an eye on it.

    More4 HD?
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    M60M60 Posts: 5,597
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    More4 HD?

    A good possibility I'd say.
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    skyisthebestskyisthebest Posts: 4,383
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    M60 wrote: »
    I guess we might see a few Sky Box Office SD channels close down on the 3rd? They usually close a few per year, think four disappeared last Jan.

    Looks like your prediction was correct M60.......(and checking back, 6 SBO channels (734 - 739) closed on 4th Jan 2012....and now another 6 are to close on 3rd Jan 2013.....)


    Sky Box Office 756 - 761 to close down

    EPG information shows that Sky Box Office 756, 757, 758, 759, 760 and 761 will all close down on Thursday 3rd January 2013. The '..programmes no longer available' message is displayed in the listings from Thursday morning.
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    M60M60 Posts: 5,597
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    I thought that would be the case, guess with On Demand it counteracts the need for SD quality box office channels. Which Txp are these on I wonder? How many are left?
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    jimbojimbo Posts: 16,292
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    M60 wrote: »
    I thought that would be the case, guess with On Demand it counteracts the need for SD quality box office channels. Which Txp are these on I wonder? How many are left?

    SBO 756, 757, 760 and 761 are on 11.565 V
    SBO 758 and 759 are on 11.934 V
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    Digi ManDigi Man Posts: 18,796
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    Update

    11.623 H, 27.500, 2/3.

    "50882" is now carrying EPG now/next data-

    Now: Newshour
    9.30pm: Business Today

    'Al Jazeera News Arabic'?
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    M60M60 Posts: 5,597
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    jimbo wrote: »
    SBO 756, 757, 760 and 761 are on 11.565 V
    SBO 758 and 759 are on 11.934 V

    Cheers Jimbo.
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    zak2012zak2012 Posts: 331
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    Digi Man wrote: »
    Update

    11.623 H, 27.500, 2/3.

    "50882" is now carrying EPG now/next data-

    Now: Newshour
    9.30pm: Business Today

    'Al Jazeera News Arabic'?

    Where is Aljazeera Arabic? ??
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    Digi ManDigi Man Posts: 18,796
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    zak2012 wrote: »
    Where is Aljazeera Arabic? ??
    Thought it might have been 'Al Jazeera Arabic' because the programming was similar (when I checked last night) to that of 'Al Jazeera English', I'm most likely wrong. To be fair to myself I didn't state as fact it was Al Jazeera Arabic, just asked the question.
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    zak2012zak2012 Posts: 331
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    Digi Man wrote: »
    Thought it might have been 'Al Jazeera Arabic' because the programming was similar (when I checked last night) to that of 'Al Jazeera English', I'm most likely wrong. To be fair to myself I didn't state as fact it was Al Jazeera Arabic, just asked the question.


    I think Aljazeera Arabic might come to Sky, i just found this ...which says its gonna be on Virginmedia ,,http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=4549
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    zak2012zak2012 Posts: 331
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    AlJazeera arabic already on Virginmedia...http://store.virginmedia.com/digital-tv/channels/index.html
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    omar comerfordomar comerford Posts: 1,443
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    Hey all,

    Just found this info for more 4HD.. jimbo can u plz check this out.

    More4HD Testing
    More4HD is apparently testing and can be added via the add channels function:

    Frequency: 12340H
    FEC: 3/4
    Symbol Rate: 29500
    Tagged: 3843

    HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. 2013 BE A GREAT YEAR FOR US ALL.
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    popeye13popeye13 Posts: 8,573
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    Hey all,

    Just found this info for more 4HD.. jimbo can u plz check this out.

    More4HD Testing
    More4HD is apparently testing and can be added via the add channels function:

    Frequency: 12340H
    FEC: 3/4
    Symbol Rate: 29500
    Tagged: 3843

    HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. 2013 BE A GREAT YEAR FOR US ALL.

    Its on a DVB-S2 Txp and you can't add them on a Sky box manually.
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    HarshadHarshad Posts: 5,996
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    Its not showing More 4 HD just a slide of Sky Sports interactive in HD.
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    jimbojimbo Posts: 16,292
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    inded and the frequency is 12.304 H
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    TranceClubberTranceClubber Posts: 2,779
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    Looks like your prediction was correct M60.......(and checking back, 6 SBO channels (734 - 739) closed on 4th Jan 2012....and now another 6 are to close on 3rd Jan 2013.....)


    Sky Box Office 756 - 761 to close down

    EPG information shows that Sky Box Office 756, 757, 758, 759, 760 and 761 will all close down on Thursday 3rd January 2013. The '..programmes no longer available' message is displayed in the listings from Thursday morning.

    They closed a few others before the olympics too and those channels never returned and they're now closing a few others , i think Sky are slowly phasing out the Sky Box Office channels , eventually they'll push to promote Sky Store more or it's probably them wanting to cut the costs or to free up the EPG for more channels?
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    M60M60 Posts: 5,597
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    They closed a few others before the olympics too and those channels never returned and they're now closing a few others , i think Sky are slowly phasing out the Sky Box Office channels , eventually they'll push to promote Sky Store more or it's probably them wanting to cut the costs or to free up the EPG for more channels?

    The bitrates look so low on some (<2Mb/s) the PQ must look bad, most people with HD wouldn't want to put up with poor PQ. They'd be better reducing the number right down and increasing the Box Office HD offerings.
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