Sky & Satellite Weekly News Thread, Week #38. The Final Edition from Radio Ruderham
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Txp# 44, 10.758 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
10101_____Showing ITV1+1 (Digi Man)
10115_____Showing The Store (Digi Man/jimbo)
Txp# 45. 10.773 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
6390______BBC Red Button 1, now with EPG data (jimbo)
6391______Showing BBC1 London. (jimbo)
Txp# 47 10.803 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
6450______No signal, left over from transponder change. (jimbo)*
6452______No signal, left over from transponder change. (jimbo)
6460______No signal, left over from transponder change. (jimbo)
6466______No signal, left over from transponder change. (jimbo)
6470______No signal, left over from transponder change. (jimbo)
Txp# 54. 10.906 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
10225_____Showing STV+1 (East) (Digi Man)
Txp# 56. 10.936 V 8PSK DVB-S2 SR 23.000 FEC 2/3. (plymouthbloke1974)
3855______Showing STV (West) HD. (jimbo/jzee,obrienmichael05/Analoguesat)
Txp# 61. 11.023 H, DVB-S2 SR 23.000, FEC 2/3
8900____BBC Red Button HD
Txp# 63 11.053 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
20780_____Showing ITV Granada HD, now has EPG data for UTV HD (Disco/jimbo)
€utelsat 28A
Txp# C1L 11.222 H.
Controversial TV_ Still broadcasting. (Jsemple3/Digi Man)
Klear TV____Showing “black level” screen
Txp# C2L. 11.224 V, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.
Arise News HD__No Signal
53150_____Showing MTV Live. (Digi Man)
53151_____Showing Nicktoons (Digi Man)
Txp# C2U. 11.259 V, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.
52138_____Showing The Africa Channel (Digi Man/jimbo)
Txp# C3U 11.343 V
55205_____Showing H2. (Digi Man)
55212_____No signal. (Digi Man)
Txp# C3U, 11.344 H, 27.500, 2/3.
53205_____Showing 'Reality TV'. (Digi Man).
53271_____Showing 'Sony TV+1'. (Digi Man).
53276_____Showing 'The Style Network'. (Digi Man).
Txp# C5L 11.390 V
53540_____Showing Adult content Studio 66 TV2 (Digi Man)
53545_____Showing Adult content Studio 66 TV3 (Digi Man)
53550_____Showing Adult content Studio 66 TV4 (Digi Man)
Txp# C5L. 11.390 H, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.[/url]
52455_____Showing ID, EPG data for TLC+2?. (obrienmichael05)
Txp# C6U. 11.426 V, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.[/url]
Bid Plus___No signal. (Digi Man)
Txp# C5U 11.428 H
LBP TV___Showing LBP= London Broadcasting Partners (Digi Man/jasonjimbob/garyessex)
Txp# D1S 11.469 H DVB-S2, SR 29500 FEC 3/4
137-1_____HD Upgrade Screen. (jimbo)
137-2_____HD Upgrade Screen. (jimbo)
137-3_____HD Upgrade Screen. (jimbo)
137-4_____HD Upgrade Screen. (jimbo)
Txp# D2S. 11.488 V, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.
9XM______No Signal
Txp# D8S 11.603 V
4871______No Signal (jimbo/Digi Man/djrich)
Txp# D11S 11.662 H
50192_____No signal (Digi Man)
50193_____No signal (Digi Man)
Txp# D12S 11.681 V
51122_____Showing Setanta Ireland (Digi Man)
51123_____Showing Premier Sports (Digi Man)
Prem Spts Xtra_No signal.
Astra
Txp# 1 11.719 H DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
3920______Unknown encrypted service (jimbo)
Txp# 7. 11.836 H
9006______Showing Sky Movies Family. (Analoguesat/The Unknown One)
Txp# 9. 11.876 H, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.
Disc.Real Time_No signal
6205______TLC Ireland (Digi Man/jimbo)
Txp#11. 11.914 H, 27.500, 2/3.
527-1______Showing Channel Upgrade screen. (Digi Man)
527-2______Showing a “Upgrade” screen. (Digi Man)
Txp# 18. 12.051 V, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.
7150____Showing Sony TV Asia. (M60)
Txp# 21. 12.110 H
1303______No Signal (Digi Man/spark22/Digi Man)
Txp# 26. 12.207 V
8039______Showing Sky News FTA (Analoguesat)
4624______Showing Pick TV +1 (jimbo)
Broadband Test App now showing a "technical fault" message (Digi Man)
Txp# C2U, 11.259 V, 27.500, 2/3
52138_____No signal (Digi Man)
Txp# 30. 12.285 V, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.
4320______No signal (jimbo)
4567______Showing Sky1 (Digi Man)
4568______Showing Sky Atlantic (jimbo)
Txp# 32 12.324 V DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
1650______Unknown service. (jimbo)
Txp# 34. 12.363 V DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
3837______Showing Sky Sports 3 HD (jimbo)
3838______Showing Sky Sports F1 HD (jimbo)
€utelsat 28A
Txp# F2U, 12.560 V, 27.500, 2/3.
54120______Showing 'MATV National'. (Digi Man)
54175______Showing 'Tristar'. (Digi Man)
54180______Showing 'TV Warehouse'. (Digi Man)
Txp# F1U. 12.560 H, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.
54073_____Showing Tech Fault (Digi Man/obrienmichael05 )
Arise News_No signal
Txp# F3L 12.607 H.
Dirty Talk__No signal
55303______No signal. (Digi Man)
Txp# F4L.12.607 V, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.
55303____No signal. (Digi Man)
55311______Showing KICC TV with no epg info. (obrienmichael05)
Yorkshire Radio____Silent audio label. (obrienmichael05/Radiomike)
Txp# F4U 12.643 V.
54224______Showing Euronews (jimbo/ste_leonard )
October
1st Kix +1 replaces Kix Power on 629
ITV to launch “The Store” on 1st
***
November
UTV-HD 6th (Jsemple3)
***
April
From STV's Twitter feed - We are committed to making our HD service available on all platforms,
- pleased to confirm STV HD will be available on Sky from April 2014
***
Soon
Lifetime
CNNi-HD
Playboy TV HD
Levant TV (zak2012)
Racing HD
QVC-HD (SKYtvFREAK)
BoxNation HD (TBA)
***
In 2014/15
6th March, London Live launch Media Week
Freeview channel 8, Sky 117, Virgin 159 in London.
Astra 2F & 2G launching until 2014
**************************************************************************************
Summer of 2015. The re-opening of phase 1 of *The Borders Railway*. *Visit the Website*
**************************************************************************************
Other New Channels licenced by Ofcom (no launch dates yet.)
Listed by Genre,
Newest ones first. (Many thanks to Analoguesat/GrahamBCFC).
HD Channels
BBC 3 HD
BBC 4 HD
BBC News HD
CBBC HD
CBeebies HD
CBS Action (Paddy C)
CBS Drama (Paddy C)
Racing
Travel Channel (omnidirectional )
General Entertainment
-
Local TV (info from Disco)
Bristol - Made in Bristol
London - London Live
Films
-
Lifestyle
Home and Garden TV
Factual / Documentary
-
News
-
Sports
-
Kids
-
Music
-
Shopping
-
Religion
ACBN
ACT (All Communities Together)
Niche
Veria TV
Interactive / Gambling
-
Foreign Language
Sony Aath
Zoom TV
Radio
-
Adult
redhot TV 3D (GrahamBCFC)
Television X 3D(GrahamBCFC)
3D Channels
-
DTT Changes
D.S. thread Contributor, Disco, has been looking through various websites it seems that, unsurprisingly, the launch dates for the local tv channels are slipping.
Most of the 19 already confirmed are now set for 2014 launches. It seems that Estuary TV will be the first to launch (and that already broadcasts on Virgin under a different name – Seven). Only a few are so far indicating a definite Sky launch (whether they have agreed carriage is another matter!) though at least two more are indicating carriage on "other digital platforms" (i.e. other than Freeview).
The latest he has been able to find are:
26th November Estuary TV(Grimsby)
Soon! Made in Bristol(Bristol) indicates Sky launch
Late 2013 Bay TV(Liverpool)
Late 2013 Mustard TV(Norwich)
Late 2013 ETV (Edinburgh)
Late 2013 GTV (Glasgow)
1st January 2014 City TV(Birmingham)
February 2014 Latest TV (Brighton)
6th March 2014 London Live (London) - indicates Sky launch
Early 2014 Made in Leeds(Leeds) - indicates Sky launch
April 2014 Notts TV (Nottingham)
First half of 2014 That’s Oxford(Oxford)
June 2014 SLTV/Sheffield Live (Sheffield)
26th June 2014 That’s Solent (Southampton)
2014 Made in Tyne & Wear (Newcastle)
2014 Made in Cardiff (Cardiff)
2014 NVTV (Belfast)
2014 Your TV Manchester (Manchester)
2014 Your TV Blackpool & Preston(Preston)
Others
Plymouth*
* Being re-advertised as part of phase 2, so unlikely to be rolled out during phase 1.
-
1. Radio Caroline is entering the brand extension arena by launching Caroline Extra – an online station playing music from the 60s to the 80s. The new station will launch before the end of the year, but will pull its satellite broadcasts from Astra from 30th September. Radio Caroline says its service provider has released it early from a long-term contract after the station experienced reception problems on the platform. More.
2. Sunrise Radio has been given 42 days by the Royal Court of Justice to settle HMRC’s payment of over £400,000.Chairman Avtar Lit, did not attend the hearing, which lasted just 2 minutes. He was represented by his barrister. Lit has until Monday 14th October to fork out the outstanding payment. If he fails to submit the outstanding money before the date give, the court will force the stations off air including Sunrise Radio, Kismat Radio and Buzz Radio More..
3. The end is near for analogue radio... radio gets very high. Like all technologies, AM radio had advantages and some problems. Today we have a brief look at the 1930s technology we still use today: Frequency Modulation on the Very High Frequency band. More.
4. A whole new tier of small-scale radio stations could be launched on DAB digital radio, new research from Ofcom suggests. The regulator tested an experimental DAB multiplex in Brighton between September 2012 and January 2013, using new lower-cost technologies including a variety of open-source software, which concluded that “it is feasible to deliver DAB in small areas at much lower cost than currently required for equipment to deliver wide-area coverage.” More
PICS: BBC Radio; Broadcast gear from 1922.
First pirate radio station closed down by post office authorities.
Brothers Gerald and Wilfred Barker of Norwich are forced to close their radio station down by the BBC: they recount the tale Click here
1. SES says it has been granted right to use the German Ku-band frequencies at 28.5 degrees East from October 4, 2013. Rights to the frequencies are also claimed by Eutelsat, which initiated arbitration with The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The frequencies are used to broadcast to the UK, largely for the BSkyB and Freesat platforms. In a 2005 agreement with Media Broadcast, the successor to T-Systems Business Services, frequencies were issued by the Bundesnetzagentur, the German regulator, on the basis of German filings that have priority under the rules of the International Telecommunication Union. More.
2. Coinciding with the biggest and most ambitious drama season ever, and building on its commitment to original British drama productions, Sky announces four brand new dramas to be filmed in the coming months. The new programmes include a high-octane medical drama Critical, two new films for the Playhouse Presents... strand, and a psychological thriller Penny Dreadful. All four feature some of the most highly respected drama talent working in television today, both on and off screen, including Josh Hartnett, Ben Whishaw, Billie Piper, Eva Green, Ashley Walters and Rory Kinnear. More.
3. Youtube has announced that come November viewers will be able to watch videos while offline, as a new feature to its mobile app. More.
4. News about the UHD Forum Launch
5. Live TV-streaming service TVCatchup has introduced a catch-up service, for the UK’s four major TV broadcasters More.
6. Best of British TV, the OTT channel backed by Midsomer Murders producer*all3media, is to expand its availability. Video software specialists Easel TV, which runs the service, is planning a launch on iPads and iPhones and will also debut on Xbox 360 in the next few months. More.
7. Sky has left the door open to a possible carriage deal with Netflix, similar to that being introduced by Virgin allowing customers to the cablenet to login to their account through TiVo. More.
8. SES is showcasing two Ultra HD demo channels in the new HEVC standard at the SES stand at IBC 2013. The Ultra HD demo channels will be broadcast via SES’ prime European orbital position of 19.2 degrees East. For one of the Ultra HD channels, SES partners with Sky Deutschland and Harmonic to deliver an exciting array of Ultra HD content consisting of sports matches, blockbuster movies and documentaries to the first actual Ultra HD consumer set top boxes – from Humax and Technicolor – connected to a Sony 84-inch 4K TV screen. More.
After 10yrs I have decided it is time to stop and do other things with my Thursdays
But do not fear I am handing the reins over to jimbo who has assured me he will take good care of you and your thread.
I will of course pop in and out from time to time to see what is going on and to say HI!
But for now THANK YOU to everyone that has helped my to make it the success that it is.
Take care and again thank you....
Over to you now jimbo!
[Highlight] Updated Weekly on, or around Wednesdays: [/highlight]
Ten things about ASTRA 2E
***
Never miss a show on Sky. (Reg; Requ’d)
***
Site exclusively for Freeview.
***
Local TV on Freeview - Ofcom maps
***
Future DAB Transmitters.
***
If you have any questions about UK/Irish Satellite TV (i.e.; sky),
(NOT programming), contact ASTRA.
Their London address is:
ASTRA (GB) Limited
7th Floor
Wellington House
125 Strand
LONDON
WC2R 0AP
***
If you have any questions about UK/Irish Satellite TV (ie; sky),
(NOT programming), on the
€utelsat system
***
The FREESAT Site
***
UK Digital Terrestrial Television Transmitter Frequency and Site Data Full Details
***
Need a code for your Remote?
Look Here in PDF format
***
Having trouble resetting your Philips digital tv?
Call this freephone Number:- 0800-331-6051
-:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:-
Please Support
***
Keep Your Kids Safe on the net Here,
Or Here!
***
Bringing Rails Back to the Scottish Borders
New member’s area.
-:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:-
PLEASE NOTE
[Highlight] ALL Channels have symbol rate of 27.5 and an F.E.C. of 2/3,
Except, where listed. [/highlight]
If you see, [pids at zero], you won’t normally be able to view this with a Digibox
AstraBut do not fear I am handing the reins over to jimbo who has assured me he will take good care of you and your thread.
I will of course pop in and out from time to time to see what is going on and to say HI!
But for now THANK YOU to everyone that has helped my to make it the success that it is.
Take care and again thank you....
Over to you now jimbo!
[Highlight] Updated Weekly on, or around Wednesdays: [/highlight]
Ten things about ASTRA 2E
***
Never miss a show on Sky. (Reg; Requ’d)
***
Site exclusively for Freeview.
***
Local TV on Freeview - Ofcom maps
***
Future DAB Transmitters.
***
If you have any questions about UK/Irish Satellite TV (i.e.; sky),
(NOT programming), contact ASTRA.
Their London address is:
ASTRA (GB) Limited
7th Floor
Wellington House
125 Strand
LONDON
WC2R 0AP
***
If you have any questions about UK/Irish Satellite TV (ie; sky),
(NOT programming), on the
€utelsat system
***
The FREESAT Site
***
UK Digital Terrestrial Television Transmitter Frequency and Site Data Full Details
***
Need a code for your Remote?
Look Here in PDF format
***
Having trouble resetting your Philips digital tv?
Call this freephone Number:- 0800-331-6051
-:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:-
Please Support
***
Keep Your Kids Safe on the net Here,
Or Here!
***
Bringing Rails Back to the Scottish Borders
New member’s area.
-:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:-
PLEASE NOTE
[Highlight] ALL Channels have symbol rate of 27.5 and an F.E.C. of 2/3,
Except, where listed. [/highlight]
If you see, [pids at zero], you won’t normally be able to view this with a Digibox
Txp# 44, 10.758 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
10101_____Showing ITV1+1 (Digi Man)
10115_____Showing The Store (Digi Man/jimbo)
Txp# 45. 10.773 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
6390______BBC Red Button 1, now with EPG data (jimbo)
6391______Showing BBC1 London. (jimbo)
Txp# 47 10.803 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
6450______No signal, left over from transponder change. (jimbo)*
6452______No signal, left over from transponder change. (jimbo)
6460______No signal, left over from transponder change. (jimbo)
6466______No signal, left over from transponder change. (jimbo)
6470______No signal, left over from transponder change. (jimbo)
Txp# 54. 10.906 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
10225_____Showing STV+1 (East) (Digi Man)
Txp# 56. 10.936 V 8PSK DVB-S2 SR 23.000 FEC 2/3. (plymouthbloke1974)
3855______Showing STV (West) HD. (jimbo/jzee,obrienmichael05/Analoguesat)
Txp# 61. 11.023 H, DVB-S2 SR 23.000, FEC 2/3
8900____BBC Red Button HD
Txp# 63 11.053 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
20780_____Showing ITV Granada HD, now has EPG data for UTV HD (Disco/jimbo)
€utelsat 28A
Txp# C1L 11.222 H.
Controversial TV_ Still broadcasting. (Jsemple3/Digi Man)
Klear TV____Showing “black level” screen
Txp# C2L. 11.224 V, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.
Arise News HD__No Signal
53150_____Showing MTV Live. (Digi Man)
53151_____Showing Nicktoons (Digi Man)
Txp# C2U. 11.259 V, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.
52138_____Showing The Africa Channel (Digi Man/jimbo)
Txp# C3U 11.343 V
55205_____Showing H2. (Digi Man)
55212_____No signal. (Digi Man)
Txp# C3U, 11.344 H, 27.500, 2/3.
53205_____Showing 'Reality TV'. (Digi Man).
53271_____Showing 'Sony TV+1'. (Digi Man).
53276_____Showing 'The Style Network'. (Digi Man).
Txp# C5L 11.390 V
53540_____Showing Adult content Studio 66 TV2 (Digi Man)
53545_____Showing Adult content Studio 66 TV3 (Digi Man)
53550_____Showing Adult content Studio 66 TV4 (Digi Man)
Txp# C5L. 11.390 H, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.[/url]
52455_____Showing ID, EPG data for TLC+2?. (obrienmichael05)
Txp# C6U. 11.426 V, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.[/url]
Bid Plus___No signal. (Digi Man)
Txp# C5U 11.428 H
LBP TV___Showing LBP= London Broadcasting Partners (Digi Man/jasonjimbob/garyessex)
Txp# D1S 11.469 H DVB-S2, SR 29500 FEC 3/4
137-1_____HD Upgrade Screen. (jimbo)
137-2_____HD Upgrade Screen. (jimbo)
137-3_____HD Upgrade Screen. (jimbo)
137-4_____HD Upgrade Screen. (jimbo)
Txp# D2S. 11.488 V, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.
9XM______No Signal
Txp# D8S 11.603 V
4871______No Signal (jimbo/Digi Man/djrich)
Txp# D11S 11.662 H
50192_____No signal (Digi Man)
50193_____No signal (Digi Man)
Txp# D12S 11.681 V
51122_____Showing Setanta Ireland (Digi Man)
51123_____Showing Premier Sports (Digi Man)
Prem Spts Xtra_No signal.
Astra
Txp# 1 11.719 H DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
3920______Unknown encrypted service (jimbo)
Txp# 7. 11.836 H
9006______Showing Sky Movies Family. (Analoguesat/The Unknown One)
Txp# 9. 11.876 H, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.
Disc.Real Time_No signal
6205______TLC Ireland (Digi Man/jimbo)
Txp#11. 11.914 H, 27.500, 2/3.
527-1______Showing Channel Upgrade screen. (Digi Man)
527-2______Showing a “Upgrade” screen. (Digi Man)
Txp# 18. 12.051 V, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.
7150____Showing Sony TV Asia. (M60)
Txp# 21. 12.110 H
1303______No Signal (Digi Man/spark22/Digi Man)
Txp# 26. 12.207 V
8039______Showing Sky News FTA (Analoguesat)
4624______Showing Pick TV +1 (jimbo)
Broadband Test App now showing a "technical fault" message (Digi Man)
Txp# C2U, 11.259 V, 27.500, 2/3
52138_____No signal (Digi Man)
Txp# 30. 12.285 V, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.
4320______No signal (jimbo)
4567______Showing Sky1 (Digi Man)
4568______Showing Sky Atlantic (jimbo)
Txp# 32 12.324 V DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
1650______Unknown service. (jimbo)
Txp# 34. 12.363 V DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
3837______Showing Sky Sports 3 HD (jimbo)
3838______Showing Sky Sports F1 HD (jimbo)
€utelsat 28A
Txp# F2U, 12.560 V, 27.500, 2/3.
54120______Showing 'MATV National'. (Digi Man)
54175______Showing 'Tristar'. (Digi Man)
54180______Showing 'TV Warehouse'. (Digi Man)
Txp# F1U. 12.560 H, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.
54073_____Showing Tech Fault (Digi Man/obrienmichael05 )
Arise News_No signal
Txp# F3L 12.607 H.
Dirty Talk__No signal
55303______No signal. (Digi Man)
Txp# F4L.12.607 V, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3.
55303____No signal. (Digi Man)
55311______Showing KICC TV with no epg info. (obrienmichael05)
Yorkshire Radio____Silent audio label. (obrienmichael05/Radiomike)
Txp# F4U 12.643 V.
54224______Showing Euronews (jimbo/ste_leonard )
Not all of the above will be available to Digiboxes.
***
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[highlight]Coming Soon[/highlight]
All information is given in good faith,
but things change fast in the world of satellite TV
one thing is certain, many of these channels may never appear.
***
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[highlight]Coming Soon[/highlight]
All information is given in good faith,
but things change fast in the world of satellite TV
one thing is certain, many of these channels may never appear.
October
1st Kix +1 replaces Kix Power on 629
ITV to launch “The Store” on 1st
***
November
UTV-HD 6th (Jsemple3)
***
April
From STV's Twitter feed - We are committed to making our HD service available on all platforms,
- pleased to confirm STV HD will be available on Sky from April 2014
***
Soon
Lifetime
CNNi-HD
Playboy TV HD
Levant TV (zak2012)
Racing HD
QVC-HD (SKYtvFREAK)
BoxNation HD (TBA)
***
In 2014/15
6th March, London Live launch Media Week
Freeview channel 8, Sky 117, Virgin 159 in London.
Astra 2F & 2G launching until 2014
**************************************************************************************
Summer of 2015. The re-opening of phase 1 of *The Borders Railway*. *Visit the Website*
**************************************************************************************
Other New Channels licenced by Ofcom (no launch dates yet.)
Listed by Genre,
Newest ones first. (Many thanks to Analoguesat/GrahamBCFC).
HD Channels
BBC 3 HD
BBC 4 HD
BBC News HD
CBBC HD
CBeebies HD
CBS Action (Paddy C)
CBS Drama (Paddy C)
Racing
Travel Channel (omnidirectional )
General Entertainment
-
Local TV (info from Disco)
Bristol - Made in Bristol
London - London Live
Films
-
Lifestyle
Home and Garden TV
Factual / Documentary
-
News
-
Sports
-
Kids
-
Music
-
Shopping
-
Religion
ACBN
ACT (All Communities Together)
Niche
Veria TV
Interactive / Gambling
-
Foreign Language
Sony Aath
Zoom TV
Radio
-
Adult
redhot TV 3D (GrahamBCFC)
Television X 3D(GrahamBCFC)
3D Channels
-
DTT Changes
D.S. thread Contributor, Disco, has been looking through various websites it seems that, unsurprisingly, the launch dates for the local tv channels are slipping.
Most of the 19 already confirmed are now set for 2014 launches. It seems that Estuary TV will be the first to launch (and that already broadcasts on Virgin under a different name – Seven). Only a few are so far indicating a definite Sky launch (whether they have agreed carriage is another matter!) though at least two more are indicating carriage on "other digital platforms" (i.e. other than Freeview).
The latest he has been able to find are:
26th November Estuary TV(Grimsby)
Soon! Made in Bristol(Bristol) indicates Sky launch
Late 2013 Bay TV(Liverpool)
Late 2013 Mustard TV(Norwich)
Late 2013 ETV (Edinburgh)
Late 2013 GTV (Glasgow)
1st January 2014 City TV(Birmingham)
February 2014 Latest TV (Brighton)
6th March 2014 London Live (London) - indicates Sky launch
Early 2014 Made in Leeds(Leeds) - indicates Sky launch
April 2014 Notts TV (Nottingham)
First half of 2014 That’s Oxford(Oxford)
June 2014 SLTV/Sheffield Live (Sheffield)
26th June 2014 That’s Solent (Southampton)
2014 Made in Tyne & Wear (Newcastle)
2014 Made in Cardiff (Cardiff)
2014 NVTV (Belfast)
2014 Your TV Manchester (Manchester)
2014 Your TV Blackpool & Preston(Preston)
Others
Plymouth*
* Being re-advertised as part of phase 2, so unlikely to be rolled out during phase 1.
-
For the latest from Ofcom (Analoguesat)
***
Our continuing thanks go to Digi Man, Disco and Jimbo
for their help in collating the dreaded LIST!
***
Radio News Headlines
***
Our continuing thanks go to Digi Man, Disco and Jimbo
for their help in collating the dreaded LIST!
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Radio News Headlines
1. Radio Caroline is entering the brand extension arena by launching Caroline Extra – an online station playing music from the 60s to the 80s. The new station will launch before the end of the year, but will pull its satellite broadcasts from Astra from 30th September. Radio Caroline says its service provider has released it early from a long-term contract after the station experienced reception problems on the platform. More.
2. Sunrise Radio has been given 42 days by the Royal Court of Justice to settle HMRC’s payment of over £400,000.Chairman Avtar Lit, did not attend the hearing, which lasted just 2 minutes. He was represented by his barrister. Lit has until Monday 14th October to fork out the outstanding payment. If he fails to submit the outstanding money before the date give, the court will force the stations off air including Sunrise Radio, Kismat Radio and Buzz Radio More..
3. The end is near for analogue radio... radio gets very high. Like all technologies, AM radio had advantages and some problems. Today we have a brief look at the 1930s technology we still use today: Frequency Modulation on the Very High Frequency band. More.
4. A whole new tier of small-scale radio stations could be launched on DAB digital radio, new research from Ofcom suggests. The regulator tested an experimental DAB multiplex in Brighton between September 2012 and January 2013, using new lower-cost technologies including a variety of open-source software, which concluded that “it is feasible to deliver DAB in small areas at much lower cost than currently required for equipment to deliver wide-area coverage.” More
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1. SES says it has been granted right to use the German Ku-band frequencies at 28.5 degrees East from October 4, 2013. Rights to the frequencies are also claimed by Eutelsat, which initiated arbitration with The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The frequencies are used to broadcast to the UK, largely for the BSkyB and Freesat platforms. In a 2005 agreement with Media Broadcast, the successor to T-Systems Business Services, frequencies were issued by the Bundesnetzagentur, the German regulator, on the basis of German filings that have priority under the rules of the International Telecommunication Union. More.
2. Coinciding with the biggest and most ambitious drama season ever, and building on its commitment to original British drama productions, Sky announces four brand new dramas to be filmed in the coming months. The new programmes include a high-octane medical drama Critical, two new films for the Playhouse Presents... strand, and a psychological thriller Penny Dreadful. All four feature some of the most highly respected drama talent working in television today, both on and off screen, including Josh Hartnett, Ben Whishaw, Billie Piper, Eva Green, Ashley Walters and Rory Kinnear. More.
3. Youtube has announced that come November viewers will be able to watch videos while offline, as a new feature to its mobile app. More.
4. News about the UHD Forum Launch
5. Live TV-streaming service TVCatchup has introduced a catch-up service, for the UK’s four major TV broadcasters More.
6. Best of British TV, the OTT channel backed by Midsomer Murders producer*all3media, is to expand its availability. Video software specialists Easel TV, which runs the service, is planning a launch on iPads and iPhones and will also debut on Xbox 360 in the next few months. More.
7. Sky has left the door open to a possible carriage deal with Netflix, similar to that being introduced by Virgin allowing customers to the cablenet to login to their account through TiVo. More.
8. SES is showcasing two Ultra HD demo channels in the new HEVC standard at the SES stand at IBC 2013. The Ultra HD demo channels will be broadcast via SES’ prime European orbital position of 19.2 degrees East. For one of the Ultra HD channels, SES partners with Sky Deutschland and Harmonic to deliver an exciting array of Ultra HD content consisting of sports matches, blockbuster movies and documentaries to the first actual Ultra HD consumer set top boxes – from Humax and Technicolor – connected to a Sony 84-inch 4K TV screen. More.
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10. SES says it expects Europe to be an early adopter of Ultra-HD. Certainly the IBC halls are awash with live – or near-live – test transmissions of 4K for TV (3840 x 2160 pixels). Ferdinand Kayser, SES’s CCO, told journalists that sales of Ultra-HD displays were currently modest, but would pick up over the next year or two. SES is demonstrating a pair of Ultra-HD channels using HEVC for IBC which are transmitting from 19.2 deg East. One of the channels, set up with Fraunhofer HHI, is transmitting using HEVC at higher frame rates. More.
11. UK comms regulator Ofcom has completed a research programme funded by the Intellectual Property Office designed to improve understanding of consumers’ behaviour and attitudes towards lawful and unlawful access of copyright material using the Internet. A core finding is that a small proportion of infringers account for the large majority of infringements. More.
12. Virgin Media has announced that it will bring VOD service Netflix onto a pay-TV platform for the first time. Using the Netflix app, Virgin Media TiVo households will be able to watch Netflix series, documentaries, comedy and kids titles through their set-top box. Netflix will be available to Virgin Media TiVo homes this year, starting with a pilot launching in mid September. More.
13. Channel 5 owner Richard Desmond has weighed into the retransmission fees debate and called on the government to ensure public sector broadcasters are protected from pressure from UK platforms such as Sky and US giants such as Amazon. In a rare public speech, the Northern & Shell chairman will reassert C5’s public service credentials and tell the Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention that TV regulation is in danger of lagging behind the industry. More.
14. The DTT platform Freeview is at the heart of British TV and will strengthen, not diminish, its position in the years to come, according to Charles Constable, MD, Digital Platforms Division, Arqiva. Speaking at the Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar Mobile, TV and whitespace spectrum: regulation, competition and innovation, he added that demand for DTT is growing in the UK, with 1.2 million more homes choosing it as a primary service at the end of 2018 compared to at the end of 2011. More.
15. Pace is to show IBC visitors a pre-integrated, open platform for the multiscreen, connected home. The ‘Whole Home’ solution enables service providers to distribute linear pay-TV services and on demand content to connected set-top boxes, tablets, smartphones, games consoles and connected TVs throughout the home. More.
16. British Sky Broadcasting Limited has contracted Agama Technologies to provide its DTV Monitoring Solution for TV service quality assurance. “We wanted to provide deep content level monitoring on all streams leaving our broadcast centres. The initial demand was driven by the operational and support teams who requested a system that would provide the ability to have a very detailed technical view on the quality of our channels,” commented Vlad Korotkov, senior design engineer at Sky. More.
17. A test broadcast in Ultra HD was conducted by UK pay-TV operator Sky at its West London facilities on Saturday 31st August. The broadcast consisted of the football match between Stoke City and West Ham with the entire match being transmitted live, while being produced and edited by Sky's in-house production and broadcast operations teams using four ultra-HD cameras and two ultra-HD WVS servers for replay and graphics More.
18. Sky has added Wi-Fi as standard to its Sky+ HD boxes as it looks to further build the number of customers connected to its on demand services. Wi-Fi will now be built into Sky’s own-brand receivers on both standard and 2TB versions. More.
19. Ofcom has published details of the parameters it will be setting for the introduction of White Space services adjacent to the UHF TV band. In a consultation document, the regulator says it will be taking an initially cautious approach, but believes it may later be able to relax the parameters as more experience is gained. More.
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Ultra HD provides four times the resolution of today’s HD TV, providing more dramatic action for sporting events and a more compelling experience for premium movies and documentaries. Using the latest satellite solutions for Ultra HD creates exciting new opportunities for both broadcasters and industry partners. More
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TV panel makers are betting on a high rate of growth for UltraHD (4K) LCD TVs during the next four years. These companies expect to ship nearly 943,000 UHD LCD panels this year, up from less than 33,000 units in 2012, according to the Display Materials & Systems Service at information and analytics provider IHS. The next two years will see shipments ramp up even more quickly to 7.1 million units in 2015, on their way to reaching 20.8 million units by 2017. The total rises much higher when including a type of lower-priced, lower-specification product called UHD Ready, panels, which mainly are targeted at the Chinese market. Suppliers collectively plan to ship as many as 4 million UHD Ready panels this year alone. More
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SES has pioneered the first Ultra HD transmission in the new HEVC standard from an Astra satellite at 19.2 degrees East. Working with its partners Harmonic and Broadcom Corporation, it presented an end-to-end demonstration at the SES Industry Days in Luxembourg using Harmonic’s ProMedia Xpress and a HEVC decoder reference-design system based on Broadcom’s BCM7445 device for receiving HEVC encoded Ultra-HD television transmission. More
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Dolby Laboratories and Royal Philips Electronics in association with CAMERON | PACE Group (CPG) announced at NAB in Las Vegas that they have signed an agreement to integrate the Dolby 3D format into CPG’s 3D video content production workflow and to collaborate on the use of the Dolby 3D format. All parties believe that glasses-free 3D presentation in the home can be improved by delivering premium-quality autostereoscopic 3D content using the Dolby 3D format. Dolby is showcasing CPG’s 3D content in its NAB Show booth as part of its demonstration of Dolby 3D technology from post-production through distribution to playback. More
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MIPTV 2013 – Cannes. With Sony screens across the Palais and two conference sessions, there was no escaping 4K UltraHD. SES jumped at the opportunity to announce the launch of its SES Ultra HD Experience initiative, which invites content providers and broadcasters to work with SES to support the development of the Ultra HD value chain. “You’re not alone. We are here today to say to you: let’s work together,” said Norbert Hoelzle, SVP, commercial Europe, SES, during Wedensday’s 4K session. “Let’s be the catalyst for industry and get the Ultra HD train rolling. The same way we HD started ten years ago, in an industry-wide effort, let’s start Ultra HD today.” More * * *
The BBC has told London’s ‘Future TV’ summit that viewers are less and less enthusiastic about watching programming in 3D. The BBC’s technology guru Andy Quested, said the BBC had been an excited supporter of 3D broadcasting but that each time a new 3D show was televised, the audience ‘spike’ got lower. Quested’s comments come at the end of a two-year test of 3D at the BBC and include top-rated output such as the BBC’s flagship Strictly Come Dancing, natural history blockbuster Walking with Dinosaurs and comedy show Mr Stink, as well as last year’s London Olympic Games which transmitted dozens of events in 3D. The news is all the more disappointing given that the potential audience for 3D in the UK has expanded considerably, to around 1.5 million homes, over the past two years. More
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Broadcasters have further work to complete on Ultra High Definition Television before it can enter the broadcast mainstream, according to the EBU’s head of media fundamentals & production. Speaking at the SMPTE Annual Technical Conference in Hollywood Hans Hoffmann said the interfaces needed for programme production and for connections in domestic equipment both needed attention. The new family of compression technologies, HEVC will be published shortly, but much testing remains to be done. More.
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Thanks to Jimbo for carrying the flame forward.
Thanks Gents it's a bit of a relief but it was time to hand it over to someone else
I think 10yrs is enough.
and yes - it WILL CONTINUE fear not.
Next week, I will post week 39 although as it is my first of this type with all the hyperlinks in, there may be a few glitches here a there but once I get the hang of it I should be OK.
I will endevour to keep the news bits up to date also. As for the updates to the frequencies, that will continue as usual, and people can send in their observations as they do now.
Once again, thank you and we carry on as normal.
(And just to let everyone know, I was asked if I would do this after RR finishes a few months ago, given that I was quite accurate in what I posted and corrected the occasional mistakes.
So yes we will keep this going. Enjoy!!
Thanks.
Delighted it will continue with Jimbo at the helm, we all know he will do it justice.
All the best to Jimbo on the threads continued success
Despite not having Sky, I've always enjoyed reading the thread.
Many thanks to Jimbo for taking over.
Kind regards,
Jimbo we know that you will do a great job and good luck( not that you will need it)
To RR, enjoy your Thursday's off, you've certainly deserved them with all the effort you've put in. Let me wish you and your family the very best for the future, and don't forget to keep posting every now and then like you've promised, we're all holding you to it.
Thanks again.
Thanks again, and here's to another ten years.
So I would like to say a big thank you to RR for his 10yrs of keeping us updated with all the Sky and satellite news and wish you well in your Thursday retirement.
Thanks also to jimbo for taking over and keeping this DS tradition alive