SKY Channels, etc; ..Week# 49

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  Radio Ruderham Posts: 13,776

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  02/12/08 - 08:47 #2

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  [highlight] Newsie Bits [/highlight]

  
  1. On Wednesday 3rd December Five is making some changes; If you have set your Sky+ box both SD & HD to record stuff on Five after this date you will have to delete them on the Afternoon of the 3rd and reprogramme them including any series link, from the Sky Guide. Anything recorded before the 3rd will be OK to watch and is not affected. Call 08442 410018 if you have problems or further queries. From what I am able to ascertain this just affects Scotland
  
  2. SES Astra has announced the signing of a long-term contract for the broadcast of MTVNHD in France. The service will be transmitted round-the-clock from 19.2 degrees East and part of CanalSat’s HD option. Separately, MTV Networks International has announced launches on Sky in the UK and HOT in Israel before the end of the year. More
  
  3. RTE has postponed the planned launch of its international station for the Irish community in Britain, citing straitened financial circumstances. More (MacLondon)
  
  4. "Sky" TV warranty rogues Satellite Protection Services shut down
  
  5. Targeted advertising has been promised for years, but it seems Sky will reportedly launch such a service in 2011. According to Brand Republic, Sky is working internally on a project called Smart TV which has the ability to allow advertisers to beam specific ads to individual homes. More
  
  6. Five is set to launch a dedicated children's channel following the success of its kids' strand Milkshake More (Sky Fan)
  
  7. Channel 4 is to close its Red Button and mobile TV divisions, with the potential loss of four jobs, and bringing an end to interactive advertising on the channel. The move comes almost ten years to the day that Red Button activities began on UK television. More
  
  8. Sky has said a new EPG software version 3.7 will be downloaded to boxes "shortly". Main changes seem to be that auto standby will be applied to non Sky+ boxes (can be disabled, as with Sky+ boxes); a new facility "Direct Subscription Upgrade" will allow on-screen subscription (via an interactive application) by "pressing red" to those pay channels which enable the facility; and removal of the HD listings from SD boxes (replaced by a msg "...to receive HD call.."; plus some quite obscure fixes to software on certain box models re supporting interactive applications (Strathclyde)
  
  9. Sky has now formally told channels that they're going to start removing all HD listings from SD boxes with new software versions, starting November (and will take 6 months to complete). This was forecast by Sky earlier in the year. A bit of a mixed blessing: gone will be the irritation of all the channels you can't watch (if you only have an SD box); but at the same time, the SD owners will have less temptation to switch to HD, since they won't see the HD channels listed. (Strathclyde)
  
  10. The new HD EPG has now been pushed back towards Xmas, Sky say they are still testing and are having problems, ie; bugs & problems in the main style EPG line up. Also Ireland & UK have different numbers eg; RTE 1 is on 101 in Ireland as BBC1 is 101 in the UK. (digitalsatman/omar comerford)
  

  
  The Digital Switchover News

  
  1. Eight out of ten shops in the West Country are now giving correct advice and explaining the switchover to digital television, according to new research released by Digital UK. [utl=www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?class=countries&subclass=0&id=3203]More[/url]
  
  2. Digital UK has published a list of digital terrestrial TV receivers and integrated digital TVs which won't work after your local digital switchover. More
  
  3. More than a third of people in the West Country TV region still need to convert all their TVs from analogue to digital television ahead of switchover next year, according to figures released by Digital UK. More
  
  4. Digital UK has announced that on-screen messages about switchover are appearing on analogue TV channels in Exeter. In six months' time (6th May 2009), Exeter will become the first city in the UK to start the switchover to digital television. Exeter is served by the Stockland Hill transmitter group which also serves parts of Devon, Somerset and Dorset. More
  
  5. Ireland has started a countdown to launch next-gen digital terrestrial TV by autumn 2009. The system will use highly efficient MPEG-4 compression instead of the MPEG-2 system used on Freeview in the UK. Story.
  
  6. Sat4Free, the satellite marketing concept developed by Irish Power Products in association with British consumer electronics distributor Alba, has shut down its website just a week after its launch claiming “routine maintenance”. More
  
  7. Ofcom has admitted that almost 250,000 UK homes will lose any sort of terrestrial signal when analogue TV is switched off. Many experts think the numbers might be much higher More Readers wanting a detailed examination of Ofcom’s figure can see the document can do so here (in PDF format) (rapidtvnews)
  
  8. Existing 81-Site Plan
  
  • Border
  • Central
  • Channel Is.
  • Granada
  • STV Central
  • STV North (Grampian)
  • Wales
  • West Region
  • West Country
  
  • Also a list of all UHF Stations
  

  ***[highlight] The Switchover [/highlight]***

  
  9. Digital UK has revealed the dates for the digital switchover in Cumbria, south-west Scotland and the Isle of Man. The Isle of Man will start switching to digital on 18th June 2009, when analogue signals are turned off at the Douglas transmitter group. Then, six days later on 24th June 2009, almost all areas of Cumbria, together with South-West Scotland, will start switching as analogue signals are turned off at the Caldbeck transmitter group. This announcement covers the remaining parts of the Border TV region. Story
  
  10. Digital UK has announced that the West Country TV region will start the next faze of switch to digital terrestrial television, on 8th April, 2009. Analogue broadcasts will be turned off first at the Beacon Hill transmitter group, followed by the Stockland Hill transmitter group on 6th May, 2009. In North Devon the switchover will begin on 1st July and be completed on 29th July. The West Cornwall and Isles of Scilly regions will begin to lose the analogue signal on 8th July with switchover completing on 5th August. The Caradon hill transmitter will cease analogue broadcasting to Plymouth, parts of Devon and East Cornwall four days later. Commercial multiplexes will broadcast at higher power and on new frequencies at the Huntshaw Cross transmitter in North Devon and Redruth transmitter in West Cornwall and Isles of Scilly from 30th September 2009. More Here and Here
  
  11. Digital UK has announced the date for the start of the switchover to digital television in Wales. West Wales will be the first area to switch to digital, starting with the Kilvey Hill transmitter group, serving the Swansea area, on 12th August, 2009. This will be followed by the Preseli transmitter group, serving South West Wales, and the Carmel transmitter group, serving parts of South and Central Wales, on 19th August and 26th August respectively. Dates for other parts of the Wales will be announced in the coming months. In Full
  
  12. Digital UK has announced the date for the digital switchover in North-West England. Three million homes across the north-west will start switching to digital on 4th November 2009 when analogue signals are turned off at the Winter Hill transmitter group (the Granada TV region). More
  
  13. The dates for Digital switchover for Moel-Y-Parc, Llandonna and Long Mountain have been announced ;
  Llandonna 21 Oct 09-18 Nov 09
  Moel Y Parc 28 Oct 09-25 Nov 09
  Winter Hill 4 Nov 09- 2 Dec 09
  Long Mountain 4 Nov 09- 3 Dec 09

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  [highlight] Shorts [/highlight]

  • Sky have reshuffled and removed one of their interactive platforms available from your remote
  • The 27 December - 2 January Highlights page on the Sky Programme Information site has confirmed that from Thursday 1st January, The Biography Channel will be known as Bio. (The Unknown One)
  • As per this discussion in the Sky+ HD forum, it would appear that Disney Cinemagic HD is coming soon, with the trailer running on the Disney Channel suggesting a launch date of no later than 7th December. (The Unknown One)
  • ITV4 +1 is BARB reporting from Monday 1st December (skyisthebest)
  

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  [highlight] HD SECTION (HiDef) [/highlight]

  
  • Sky Expect growth in HDTV There has been some market concern that the economic downturn will have affected Sky's numbers, including a worrying report from Continental Research last week that suggested Sky's self-imposed 10m subscriber target (by 2010) would be missed. More
  
  • Danielle Nagler, head of HDTV at BBC Vision, made the announcement on the BBC Internet Blog that the DOGs on BBC HD will be turned off for films and drama and turned down for most other shows. More
  
  • Ocean Blue is developing the first software range to power the next generation of high definition televisions. According to Ocean Blue, their new Sunrise software, will enable viewers, for the first time, to receive HD, digital, and analogue transmissions on a single chip within an LCD or Plasma TV. The software will also enable inbuilt power saving features and plug in USB devices. More More here
  
  • As consumers we should know better than to rely or depend on a technology lasting more than five minutes. Now it seems the Blu-ray disk technology, long described as the “Holy Grail” of home entertainment, has only five years of life left in it, according to someone very close to the product. Story
  
  • Research by Ipsos-Mori suggests the cost of high-definition (HD) subscription services is putting off viewers from taking up the new technology. Ipsos-Mori found that just 16% of viewers with HD sets actually subscribed to an HD service. More
  

  [highlight] UK_HD Sites [/highlight]
  BBC HD
  ITV HD (MacLondon)
  Channel 4 HD
  Sky’s HD site
  
  [highlight] The Other Stuff [/highlight]
  Astra 2C Full Freq’s list; can be found Here (Analoguesat)
  There could be a long and healthy future for basic DVD technology, especially if Toshiba has its way. More
  Checkout if your Terrestrial TV or Radio is affected by Transmitter Maintenance etc; [BBC Only]
  *************
  You can send old sky equipment off for recycling rather than chucking it in the landfill.
  Householders can post old or redundant Sky equipment back to Sky for recycling, free of charge.
  Simply place the equipment in appropriate packaging, include a note that equipment is for recycling and then address the parcel to:
  FREE POST RLUT-GCLR-LBXK
  Unipart Technology Logistics
  Unit G Swift Park
  Old Leicester Road
  Rugby
  CV21 1DZ
  Or – give old or redundant Sky equipment
  to the Sky engineer during your next service call.
  ******
  To Contact SKY
  For those of you who are interested in
  FTA only transmissions
  I’ve included this link
  Want to know about Regional TV for your area?
  Here is a map.
  A list of all Main DTT Transmitter conversions which started in Oct-2007
  can be had here
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  Some sites of further interest
  FreeSat site
  Channel 4 Radio
  SES /Astra website.
  Eutelsat website
  Everything analogue
  More Satellite News Here
  You can always try this site for more info!
  Get Free Digital TV Here
  If you are thinking about an HD set,
  or, if you want to know more about WideScreen,
  then This site is a must.
  ~~~~~~~~~~
  [highlight] And now......
  the credits;[/highlight]
  Many thanks go to the regular contributors
  Of this thread.
  They are, in no particular order,
  Analoguesat , DigiMan, Skyisthebest, Sky Fan, James Vertigan,
  swine1, Paddy C, Clacton Crew, lynam, simax, astra19E, D.Sky D
  Anthony Haines, Classics TV, Ian Cleverly, Digitalsatman, bendolino,.
  Craigsteele2001, 2fabiola, Lunar, TV Duniya, matwood,
  TV Ideas, i am not here, djrich, Disco, robcole2004, milktrolley,
  Maccy, SKYtvFREAK, John Murray tomvoxx, & daniel99
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  Further info that is added, the poster gets the credit after these. . (Like/this/and/this)
  We’ve been doing this since 19th September 2003
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  02/12/08 - 08:58 #3

  11.682 V
  51108_____Showing NHK (I think this is an international feed)
  
  NHK World TV (International service)

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  02/12/08 - 09:56 #4

  Radio Ruderham wrote: »

  The Digital Switchover News [/url]

  
  6. Sat4Free, the satellite marketing concept developed by Irish Power Products in association with British consumer electronics distributor Alba, has shut down its website just a week after its launch claiming “routine maintenance”. More

  This can be removed now as the website has returned and now looks different than before (which was a copy of the UK Freesat website).
  
  12.324 V DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
  3874______MTVN-HD should be Sci Fi HD
  
  The above is now for Sci Fi HD, not MTV HD. MTV HD is on the below frequency.
  
  11.720 H DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
  3806______MTVN-HD
  
  Paddy

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  02/12/08 - 12:11 #5

  The Ofcom list has been updated........calling GrahamBCFC!

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  02/12/08 - 13:07 #6

  "54330" on 12.647 V has now been deleted from the transponder.

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  02/12/08 - 14:29 #7

  OFCOM TV Licence Update
  
  NEW
  #1838 - Voce
  Content: Adult, EditorialMusic
  Company: Cultoon Television Limited
  (E mail address ends with jimjamtv.com)
  
  
  RENAMED
  #1604 - Property Channel (was Itheyhad Plus)
  #88 - CNBC (was CNBC Europe)
  #1247 - CNBC Europe (was CNBC Europe (Central) )
  
  
  AMENDED
  #1362 - Abu Dhabi Channel
  Company: Abu Dhabi Media Company (was Emirates Media Inc)
  
  #1744 - Boating TV
  Company - Sufon Limited (was The Boating Channel Limited)
  
  #1746 - Classic Cars TV
  Company: United Media Limited (was Mountaineering Channel Limited)
  
  #1747 - Mountaineering TV
  Company: United Media Limited (was Mountaineering Channel Limited)
  
  #1819 - Pulse +1
  Company: HITV UK Limited (was Portland Interactive Limited)
  
  #611 - ChatBack
  Company: 24 Seven Communications Ltd (was Go Ape TV Limited)
  
  #784 - Friendly TV
  Company: Springdoo Media Ltd (was TelecomsTV Limited)

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  02/12/08 - 14:29 #8

  11.390 H
  52405______Tech Fault & Info for Animal Planet +1(Analoguesat/skyisthebest)
  52410______Tech Fault (Analoguesat/skyisthebest)
  52415______Tech Fault (Analoguesat/skyisthebest)
  52420______Tech Fault (Analoguesat/skyisthebest)
  52425______Tech Fault (Analoguesat/skyisthebest)
  52430______Tech Fault (Analoguesat/skyisthebest)
  52435______Tech Fault (Analoguesat/skyisthebest)
  52440______Tech Fault (Analoguesat/skyisthebest)
  52445______Tech Fault (Analoguesat/skyisthebest)
  
  
  all the above now have no sig

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  02/12/08 - 16:20 #9

  'Red' has been renamed 'Brit Hits TV' off the EPG (12.480 V).

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  02/12/08 - 16:36 #10

  Don't bite my head off (it may have been mentioned previously anyway) but according to the Wiki' entry for "Sky Digital Channels" both MTVN HD and Sci Fi HD will be added on the 15th.
  
  [runs for cover]

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  02/12/08 - 16:42 #11

  GrahamBCFC wrote: »

  OFCOM TV Licence Update
  
  NEW
  #1838 - Voce
  Content: Adult, EditorialMusic
  Company: Cultoon Television Limited
  (E mail address ends with jimjamtv.com)

  
  These are also new but dont appear on the Ofcom list:
  
  1840 Investigation Discovery
  1841 D Cocuk
  1842 Loca 2
  1843 Cool Smart
  1844 A Plus TV
  1845 Beyazperde
  1846 HD TV Smart

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  02/12/08 - 16:51 #12

  1841 D Cocuk is Turkish for D Children (Euro D Channel). Won't likely be for here.

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  02/12/08 - 17:03 #13

  skyisthebest wrote: »

  These are also new but dont appear on the Ofcom list:
  
  1841 D Cocuk
  1842 Loca 2
  1843 Cool Smart
  1844 A Plus TV
  1845 Beyazperde
  1846 HD TV Smart

  
  All these are for Turkey and can be safely ignored.

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  02/12/08 - 18:15 #14

  Analoguesat wrote: »

  All these are for Turkey and can be safely ignored.

  
  Not a bad deal.. all them for a turkey.. lol..

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  02/12/08 - 18:16 #15

  Dark Drums wrote: »

  Don't bite my head off (it may have been mentioned previously anyway) but according to the Wiki' entry for "Sky Digital Channels" both MTVN HD and Sci Fi HD will be added on the 15th.
  
  [runs for cover]

  
  Could actually be correct... as sky's xmas holiday starts on the 16th

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  02/12/08 - 18:17 #16

  Dark Drums wrote: »

  Don't bite my head off (it may have been mentioned previously anyway) but according to the Wiki' entry for "Sky Digital Channels" both MTVN HD and Sci Fi HD will be added on the 15th.
  
  [runs for cover]

  I do hope so i am looking forward to Watching Sc-fi HD.

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  02/12/08 - 18:20 #17

  Anything new actually going to launch this week..!!

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  02/12/08 - 21:34 #18

  pkc wrote: »

  Could actually be correct... as sky's Xmas holiday starts on the 16th

  
  Could be why Sci Fi HD is scheduled at the moment to launch on the 15th;):)

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  02/12/08 - 21:36 #19

  pkc wrote: »

  Anything new actually going to launch this week..!!

  
  There have been 3 launches this week already (2 SD):
  
  180 - ITV4 +1 launched
  515 - Press TV launched
  631 - Disney Cinemagic HD launched
  
  How many more do you want?

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  02/12/08 - 22:07 #20

  Paddy C wrote: »

  12.324 V DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
  3874______MTVN-HD should be Sci Fi HD
  
  The above is now for Sci Fi HD, not MTV HD. MTV HD is on the below frequency.
  
  11.720 H DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
  3806______MTVN-HD
  
  Paddy

  Cool. We can get both those TPs here. Maybe we will see some improved clarity on the videos the bars bootleg off MTV and show down the Yumbo

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  02/12/08 - 22:12 #21

  Any one know what the 'N' in MTVN stands for?

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  02/12/08 - 22:12 #22

  Analoguesat wrote: »

  There have been 3 launches this week already (2 SD):
  
  180 - ITV4 +1 launched
  515 - Press TV launched
  631 - Disney Cinemagic HD launched
  
  How many more do you want?

  
  I keep forgetting this updated list in on a tuesday - hahaha.

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  02/12/08 - 22:13 #23

  Radio Ruderham wrote: »

  Any one know what the 'N' in MTVN stands for?

  
  Its being debated as either Network or Nickodeon
  
  here may help http://www.mtvn.com/mymtvn/pages/enter.jsp?url=/mymtvn/pages/home.jsp

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  02/12/08 - 23:26 #24

  Analoguesat wrote: »

  11.682 V
  51108_____Showing NHK (I think this is an international feed)
  
  NHK World TV (International service)

  NHK World is on 11.681 V
  
  http://www.lyngsat.com/eb1.html

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  03/12/08 - 08:33 #25

  That's a candidate for next weeks EPG launch.
  
  

  epsom wrote: »

  NHK World is on 11.681 V
  
  http://www.lyngsat.com/eb1.html

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  03/12/08 - 09:05 #26

  epsom wrote: »

  NHK World is on 11.681 V
  
  http://www.lyngsat.com/eb1.html

  
  A few khz either way doesnt make any difference

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