Astra
Txp# 47 10.803 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
6405_______Showing BBC 1 London with test EPG data HD Channel (M60)

Txp# 50 10.847 V SR 23.000 FEC 8/9
6945_______Showing BBC HD Channel
6942_______Showing ITV HD Channel (M60/Ragnarok)

Txp# 56 10.936 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
3855_______Still showing STV-HD with Epg info(jimbo/jzee/obrienmichael05/Analoguesat)

€urobird 1
Txp# C5L 11.390 V
53588______ There are two messages alternating every few days. They are, ENCRYPTION ON & ENCRYPTION OFF. White lettering on a black background. Flagged as encrypted but F.T.A.. (Analoguesat)

Txp# D3S 11.508 H
1871_______OSM Test_ Showing Sky 2(delbhoy)
1__________BBC HD (Scrapanatchi/remlap)

Txp# D4S 11.527 V
blank label__Showing blue screen with no epg info. (obrienmichael05)

Txp# D6S 11.565 V
2210______Showing Challenge as on Chl 125 (skyisthebest/omar comerford)

Txp# D8S 11.603 V
8039______Showing Sky News FTA (Analoguesat)

Txp# D10S 11.642 V
53300______Showing Flava (Digi Man)
53305______Showing Bliss (Digi Man)
53310______Showing Scuzz (Digi Man)
53315______Showing Dance Nation (Digi Man)
53320______Showing True Movies 1 (Digi Man)
53325______Showing True Movies 2 (Digi Man)
53330______Showing Tiny Pop (Digi Man)
53335______Showing NME TV (Digi Man)
53340______Showing Pop (Digi Man)
53345______Showing Tiny Pop+1 (Digi Man)
53350______Showing Kix! (Digi Man)
53355______Showing The Vault (Digi Man)
53360______Showing Pop Girl (Digi Man)
53365______Showing Chart Show TV (Digi Man)
53370______Showing Pop Girl+1 (Digi Man)
53375______Showing True Entertainment (Digi Man)

Astra
Txp# 2 11.739 V
6008_______pids at zero, no signal (skyisthebest/Analoguesat)

Txp# 4 11.778 V
8010_______Showing short sky promo fta (Analoguesat)

Txp# 5 11.798 H
3808_______Encrypted (M60)

Txp# 6 11.817 V
7611_______No Signal

Txp# 7 11.836 H
9006_______Showing Sky Movies Family (Analoguesat/The Unknown One)

Txp# 20 12.090 V DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
3832_______Showing National Geographic HD (Scrapanatchi/Ragnarok)

Txp# 21 12.110 H
8059_______Showing Sky Sports 1 (Digi Man)

Txp# 22 12.129 V
7308_______Showing S4C Digidol [FTA] (Ian Cleverly Find Courtesy of SatcoDX )

Txp# 25 12.187 H
9020_______No Signal (skyisthebest)
5705_______No Signal (audio channel) Analoguesat)
(blank)_____No signal. (Digi Man)

Txp# 26 12.207 V
1869_______Scrambled in NDS Videoguard (Analoguesat)

Txp# 29 12.265 H DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
[Blank]_____Blocked " Programme not available" (Ian Cleverly)
3977_______Blocked (borgey)

Txp# 30 12.285 V
yd1oe6_____Shows Sky One (Digi Man /The Unknown One)
yd2oe6_____Shows Sky One (skyisthebest)

Txp# 31 12.304 H
1429_______Showing Sky Poker (Digi Man)

Txp# 32 12.324 V DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
3864_______inactive HD service - no data yet (jimbo) [Sky 2HD?]

€urobird 1
Txp# F3L 12.607 H.
55250______No signal. (DigiMan)

Txp# F4U 12.643 V.
54218______No Signal (obrienmichael05)

Txp# F6L 12.691 V SR 7199 DVB-S2 QPSK ACM
Data Channel (remlap)

12.731 H SR 4444 DVB-S QPSK
Data Channel (remlap)

August
WTF TV will be rebranded as Massive R&B from the 15th (Overnights.tv:/skyisthebest)
***
September
Disney Channel HD, aimed at children aged 6-14, will launch on 16th
***
October
Dave HD
Watch HD
***
November
Start of re-building the Waverley Route (Borders Railway)
***
Soon
TRT (English Language Service)
PTC Punjabi to launch mid 2011 (Analoguesat)
Sony Aath( Analoguesat)
Ginx {24 hour video gaming channel} (Analoguesat)
Kids Co.
TLC (Spring)
Electric Sofa (3 Film channels) They include
• Film GB (SKYtvFREAK)
• Electric Sofa’s General Movie channel
• Electric Sofa’s General Entertainment channel
According to the admin of the joinfreesat site BBC-2 -3 and 4 are expected in HD sometime in 2011More (Analoguesat)
Racing HD
December; The re-building of the Northern section of The Waverley Route
***
In 2012/13/14
Alibi HD
End of 2012, BBC-2 should have left analogue completely.
QVC HD (SKYtvFREAK
Astras 2E 2F & 2G launching from 2012 -2014
From 2014 Passenger trains will run again on the Northern part of the Waverley Route. (Borders Railway)
***
Other New Channels licenced by Ofcom (no launch dates yet.)
They have been listed by Genre and as to whether they will launch or not.
(Many thanks to Analoguesat/GrahamBCFC).
Newest ones first

3D Channels
Discovery 3D

HD Channels
CBS Action (Paddy C)
CBS Drama (Paddy C)
Dave HD
Watch HD
Alibi HD
QVC
Racing
Food Network
Travel Channel (omnidirectional )
A New global Classical HDTV channel
CNN

General Entertainment
TRT (English Language Service)
The Outdoor Channel
Fly TV
Showcase 3
Showcase 4

Films
Movies 4 Women
Retro Movies

Lifestyle
Home and Garden TV
Ginx

Factual / Documentary
World Food Channel
ixiTV

News
NewsX (from 9X)

Sports
NFL UK

Kids
-

Music
The Great American Country Music Channel

Shopping
-

Religion
ACBN
ACT (All Communities Together)

Niche
Veria TV

Interactive / Gambling
-
Foreign Language
Three Sunrise TV channels Coming this Spring (Analoguesat)
Asian Glamour (skyisthebest)
MATV Punjabi Channel

Radio

Adult
Adult Channel 3
Adult Channel 4
redhot TV 3D (GrahamBCFC)
Television X 3D(GrahamBCFC)


1. Tributes have been paid to the first ever programme controller of both Capital Radio and Classic FM, Michael Bukht, who has died at the age of 69. Michael was also known to millions of TV viewers as Michael Barry for his work as presenter of the BBC’s Food and Drink programme. He became known as the ‘Crafty Cook’ for his technique of highlighting shortcuts in cooking and presented a daily recipe slot on Classic FM from launch in 1992, alongside being the Programme Controller until 1997. More

2. A new two-year full time foundation degree course is to launch in Birmingham, aimed at school leavers wanting to get into the radio industry. Skillset and the Birmingham Skillset Media Academy have developed the Internship in Radio Production, with students being taught by people with first-hand experience in the BBC, commercial radio and community radio. Students will also get an industry professional who’ll act as their personal mentor. We’re told the course has strong links to the BBC and Community Media Association as well as commercial radio groups Absolute, Global and Bauer. Skillset’s chief executive, Dinah Caine, said: “The foundation degree is just one part of Skillset’s work to create an industry-recognised talent pipeline for young people pursuing careers in the UK radio industry. This work includes the recent launch of the Route into Radio website, which is helping young people find out more about careers in radio through video case studies of people currently working in the industry.” More

3. Ofcom has shortened the licence period for Somerset station Total Star by one year, and has re-advertised the licence. The regulator found the station deliberately transmitting at several times above its permitted power level, meaning the licence will now expire in July 2012. Ofcom said that the breach was serious because of its scale, the length of time for which it continued, the public safety risk it could have posed, and the overall failure of the licensee to maintain control of its service. The station is owned More FM Ltd, but is broadcasting as Total Star Somerset. Field engineers took measurements and visited the Minehead transmission site and reported that a new transmitter and antenna array had been installed, without consultation with Ofcom – itself a breach of the Code – and that the station was transmitting a directional high powered signal several times greater than that permitted under the terms of the Licence. More

4. Ofcom has approved a request by Now Digital Ltd to extend the coverage area of the local radio multiplex licence for Exeter & Torbay so that it also includes North Devon. The approval comes despite the majority of the 234 consultation responses being against the proposals. Most objections were on the grounds that it would enable the holder of the existing FM licence for Barnstaple to secure its renewal. Now that approval has been given, Global Radio’s FM licence for the area has been automatically extended by 12 years. More

5. Without any notice to listeners, subscription satellite radio provider Sirius XM has dropped BBC Radio 1 from its line-up as of 12:00 AM this morning. The Sirius simulcasts were time shifted five hours to allow US and Canadian listeners in the Eastern Time Zone to hear Radio 1 at the same time of day as UK listeners. The Sirius XM website makes no mention of why the station was dropped. The site simply says that BBC Radio 1 is no longer and available and directs listeners to listen for pop hits on SiriusXM Hits 1 (Ch 2) or 20 on 20 (Ch 3). More

6. GMG Radio’s Manchester Rock Radio station is to be re-branded as Real Radio XS from September, while the Glasgow station looks like being sold to Brand Managing Director Billy Anderson. The group says the new name in Manchester will ‘benefit from the brand strength and scale of sister station Real Radio’. 106.1 Real Radio XS will also be available on digital radio for the first time as it joins the North West regional multiplex. The group is in discussions with Real and Rock Radio Brand Managing Director Billy Anderson about selling the Glasgow Rock station to him and a consortium of private investors. He will leave GMG at the end of August after 10 years with the group. More

7. Ofcom has launched a consultation to seek the industry and public’s views on how best to improve DAB coverage to match that of FM ahead of digital radio switchover. The regulator has come up with a number of predictions for what future transmitter networks might have to look like in order to achieve different coverage scenarios. As part of the research ahead of the consultation – which will feed into the government’s Digital Radio Action Plan – Ofcom has looked a defining ‘editorial areas’ for local stations, since the current multiplexes do not geographically match up with every single radio station’s current FM coverage area. More

8. Digital switchover for radio will be delayed by another two years, a leaked government document reveals. The ‘aspirational’ target date of 2015 has been abandoned, according to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport memo. The technology has failed to grip the public’s imagination as the shift to digital TV did, and there is opposition from FM loyalists who cannot see the point of moving the major stations off the analogue service. The document, understood to have been written by civil servant John Mottram, says that the radio industry is unlikely to be able to meet the infrastructure costs, linked to building transmitters, before 2017. More

9. Sylvain Tack is a colourful figure from the Flemish music scene. The farmer’s son, who started as a baker of Suzy Waffles, launched himself successfully into the music business. But he became best known for starting the offshore station Radio Mi Amigo, which officially launched on 1st January 1974. Initially, the Mi Amigo programmes were made in Benelux, but due to problems with the authorities Tack moved over to Playa de Aro in Spain, where he continued to produce radio programmes. More


• For those of you who remember Dutch offshore broadcasting before it was onboard any ship, may find this interesting

• The DAB / FM story trolls on…More

• Ofcom has produced a fact sheet on its work in tackling illegal broadcasting


1. Viewers will continue to take the majority of their TV viewing from linear broadcasts through until at least 2015. New research from the IHS Screen Digest TV Intelligence Service suggests PVR, on-demand and other forms of non-linear programming will account for only 15.8% of television viewing in the United States in 2015, up from 9.9% in 2010, with the remainder made up by traditional linear TV watching. In the UK, non-linear will account for 12.7% of television viewing in 2015, up from 7.8% in 2010. More

2. A map has been published detailing areas across the UK from Aberdeen to Plymouth and Londonderry to Norwich which can make the case to enjoy the service. “These new local TV services will be a fundamental change in how people get information about their own communities and how they hold their representatives to account,” Mr Hunt said. “There’s a huge appetite for local news and information in communities the length and breadth of the country. I want people to be able to watch television that’s truly relevant to them.” The first licences will be open to bidders in just a few months and a consultation has been published today asking the potential towns and cities why they think they should be among the first selected to bid for a local TV licence. It is expected that the initial list will be narrowed down to about 20 contenders for the first set of licences before the end of the year. More

3. Panasonic Corporation, Samsung Electronics, Sony Corporation and X6D Limited (Xpand 3D) have announced their intent to collaborate on the development of a new technology standard for consumer 3D active glasses, under the name Full HD 3D Glasses Initiative. With this new agreement, the companies intend to work together on the development and licensing of radio frequency (RF) system 3D active glasses technology, including RF system protocols between consumer 3D active glasses and 3D displays such as televisions, personal computers, projectors and 3D theatres with Xpand active shutter glasses. The standardisation will also include multiple types of infrared (IR) system protocols between 3D active glasses and 3D displays, ranging from the protocols jointly developed by Panasonic and Xpand 3D , to the proprietary protocols of Samsung and Sony, respectively. More

4. Sky are to close down the Interactive services on their network according to the Chief Financial Officer on the Sky Presentation website. See this thread.

5. Planning regulations and landlords' bans on satellite dishes may be illegal after a decision by the European Court of Human Rights. The Strasbourg-based court ruled that a landlord in Sweden had no power to evict his tenants because they had a satellite dish. In test case 23883/06, the court decided the tenants had a human right under article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights - the freedom to receive information. The tenants received approximately £10,000 in damages and £8,600 in costs and expenses. More

6. To ensure that Sky customers continue to enjoy the richest selection of 3D TV programming available, Sky has formed a series of new partnerships with leading 3D content providers. First, Sky has formed a brand new 3D production company, Colossus Productions, with leading UK Independent producer, Atlantic Productions, producers of Sky 3D’s BAFTA award-winning Flying Monsters 3D. And second, Sky has confirmed 3D output deals with Disney, Discovery Networks and MTV, three leading pay TV channel brands who have invested in a series of innovative 3D films, documentaries and live music productions. More

7. Saorview has recently added to its website that it recognises some installation trade organisations. Namely, ISAA (Ireland's new installer trade body), CAI, and National Guild of Master Craftsmen. More

8. With the imminent changes to Sky Digital's bundle prices, Star TV has confirmed that three of its channels will be made more widely available to subscribers. From Thursday 1st September, Star Plus, Star Gold and Star One will all be available as part of Sky Digital's basic package (entry level). With this, the channels will see a rise of over 3 million in their subscriber numbers due to the re-packaging of Sky’s basic bundles, representing a 48% rise in connected households. More

9. SES Astra has signed an agreement for satellite capacity with ITV, the UK public service/commercial broadcaster. The long-term agreement provides for the renewal of ITV’s existing capacity and for additional capacity to support future development with ITV’s channel offer. More

10. Disney is extending its HD portfolio of channels with the rollout of the Disney Channel in the superior format. Disney Channel HD, aimed at children aged 6-14, will launch on Sky on 16th September with a series of music shorts performed by Wizards of Waverly Place star Selena Gomez, dubbed Disney Pop Stop (working title). More

11. Euronews has announced plans to restructure its governance and organisation from December 2011. The company says the moves are necessary in order to support its continued development and to fully equip it to meet future challenges. In the intervening period an executive board that comprises of Chairman Philippe Cayla and managing director Michael Peters will run the news channel. More

12. The ASTRA book "High Above - The untold story of ASTRA, Europe's leading satellite company" has a new website! Full Details


1. A group of research scientists has invented a device that eliminates some of the potentially eye-warping effects of 3DTV displays. With a patent pending and currently only in laboratory form, the device has received interest from leading consumer electronics companies. The system is designed to combat ‘vergence-accommodation conflict’ an effect that afflicts certain viewers of 3D and causes eye-discomfort and headaches. "Without appropriate vergence, you would see double, and without appropriate accommodation, your vision is blurred," explained Martin Banks, a professor of the Visual Space Perception Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. More

2. Nearly 40% of homes in Western Europe will own a 3D TV by 2015, according to research firm Futuresource Consulting, equating to an installed base of nearly 65 million. "Whether consumers use the feature or not, they will be buying it by default, as the technology will increasingly be incorporated in many of the sets in manufacturers' product ranges. And where previously there was little 3D content available, the growth and acceptance of 3D is now being driven by the broadcasters. Going forward, the increased availability of 3D content will encourage viewers to engage with and evaluate 3D offerings." said Futuresource Director and Co-Founder Jim Bottoms,at the 2011 Futuresource Entertainment Summit on 16th June. More

3. While the war over active versus passive 3D TVs rages on, it could be all but obliterated by the development of an autostereoscopic television which does away with the glasses altogether. Some manufacturers, like Toshiba, have committed to rushing out a glasses-free 3D TV as early as 2012, but Panasonic has now said that it'll be at least five years before it has an auto-stereoscopic 3D set on the market. Speaking at Intellect's Consumer Electronics 2011 show, Panasonic's marketing manager Andrew Denham explained why: "Its not there yet. The physics of it – you can't get there without hurting the 2D experience at the moment." More

4. The Meduza – the first single beyond 4K digital stereoscopic 3D (S3D) camera ever developed – have been invited by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to shoot the final Space Shuttle Launch at Cape Canaveral, which is due to take place in mid-July. More

5. While the industry casts its eyes toward the day glasses-free auto-stereo displays go mainstream, holographic 3D systems may not be far behind. Consumer electronics manufacturers have been investigating the ground-breaking work being performed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Samsung is a sponsor of the MIT Media Lab where a team is researching holographic capture and display technologies. More

6. 3DTV WORLD FORUM-LONDON. Sky has no plans to offer its dedicated 3DTV channel Sky 3D as a stand-alone service, preferring instead to provide it bundled for HD subscribers. It has also, according to John Cassy, director of Sky 3D, detected evidence that some customers are upgrading in order to receive 3D. Speaking at the opening session of the 3DTV World Forum, Cassy in addition said that by Sky’s estimates, it will be another 5-7 years before glasses-free 3DTV will be available on a mass market scale. More

7. Partially sighted people report an improved picture quality for 3DTV over standard 2D, but the differences are not as significant as for the fully sighted. The conclusions come from a new report prepared for the RNIB by i2 Media. Thirty-two partially sighted people and a control group of 43 fully sighted people were shown a series of 2D and 3D clips under three viewing conditions: 3D with active 3D shutter glasses, 2D with de-activated 3D shutter glasses and 2D without 3D glasses. Dr Jonathan Freeman and Dr Jane Lessiter found half of the partially sighted sample preferred 3D with activated 3D shutter glasses to 2D with or without 3D shutter glasses that had been de-activated. Those that indicated a preference for 2D often suffered from conditions that nullified some of the depth effects of 3D so that the difference between the two. More

11642V

I havent checked all the new 533xx channel label pids but the ones that I have looked at are all mapped onto their original label pid. Just as well they aint new pids - the quality of 11642V would be HORRIBLE if they squeezed anything else in there - there are now 33 labels on this frequency!

Is channel4 HD now on 10714 H? probably just my software acting up.

I just did a scan and don't see it there.

Looks like 11307V is also now carrying CSC services too, perhaps they are finally splitting their services across two transponders with a re-hash of SID labels?? At first glance they look the same but there's no '?TV' SID on 11307V, MUTV and Motors TV still appears to be on that transponder too at present (source Linowsat, not had chance to physically check myself yet).

11307V seems to be a duplicate of 11642V atm

Or they are just finally moving away from the transponder that conflicts with some wireless equipment they are currently on.

MUTV and Motors TV have left that transponder. Looks like CSC have taken over that transponder.

And finally from my holiday, the channels from the distribution system in the Hilton in Dubrovnik (I couldn't get any terrestrial channels at all):



R6 - Eurosport
SR1 - BBC World News
SR2 - RTL (Croatian)
SR3 - Nova
SR8 - Sky News
SR11 - CNN
SR12 - Bloomberg
SR17 - Planeta RTR
SR18 - Rai 1
E5 - Eurosport
E8 - SPORT 1
E9 - fashion TV
E10 - VIVA
SE2 - BBC World News
SE3 - RTL (Croatian)
SE4 - Nova
SE5 - ProSieben
SE6 - HRT 2
SE7 - ZDF
SE8 - France 24
SE9 - HRT 1
SE10 - Sky News
SE11 - CNN
SE12 - Bloomberg
SE13 - RTL (German)
SE14 - KI.KA
SE15 - NHK World
SE16 - Euronews
SE17 - TVE
SE18 - Planeta RTR
SE19 - Rai 1
S21 - Someone's TV menu system
S22 - Ditto
S23 - Black level
S24 - See S21
S25 - Radio
S26 - Radio
S27 - Radio
S28 - Radio
S30 - Black level
S31 - Black level
S32 - Black level
S33 - Black level
S34 - Black level
S35 - Adult channel 1 (normally PPV, but receivable FTA)
S36 - Adult channel 2 (ditto)
S37 - Adult channel 3 (ditto)

I'm guessing the VOD films would have been broadcast on S30-S34, maybe some more.

So, here's a tip to anyone who happens to work at Hilton: Actually encrypt your channels, or do SOMETHING - perhaps get the magic box to filter them out or something perhaps? I honestly couldn't believe it when I was able to receive all the PPV channels without paying, through the coaxial lead coming OUT of the magic box on the back of the TV.

Linowsat hasn't obviously updated data for that transponder.

Lets hope they are going to split some services across two transponders although something tells me that's very doubtful!! Even they must admit quietly to themselves that the PQ on their channels is extremely poor and possibly loosing them viewers. Sound quality leaves a lot to be desired too!

Doubt they will split - why double the transmission costs for little additional benefit

I agree, that is unless they plan on launching another channel or couple of channels? Someone would surely have told them that they'd be pushing the limits a bit too far!

Broadcast are reporting that PBS will launch on 1st November.

Link - http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/b...030755.article (subscription required)

Extract:

Further extract from broadcastnow.co.uk

Emmy Award-winning director Ken Burns’ documentary Prohibition is among the first series to air, along with existing Nova American Experience and Frontline strands.

Kingsbury, who joined PBS from UKTV in April, has appointed UKTV scheduler Katie Cook as head of programming, with responsibility for US licensing shows. Output will be split evenly between news and current affairs, factual and lifestyle.

Kingsbury said the launch of the channel offered UK viewers the chance to see a vast array of shows that have never previously aired outside of the US.

“This is possibly the last great untapped source of content that hasn’t been brought to the UK market,” he said. “This is TV for Sunday newspaper readers. Shows in general are becoming more snacky, tabloid-style TV. PBS is unashamedly broadsheet and if you spend time watching, you will be rewarded with in-depth storytelling.”

Kingsbury said launch documentaries covering topics such as baseball, jazz and the civil rights movement would appeal to a niche, rather than mainstream, audience. Fans of More 4 and BBC 4 are being targeted.

“PBS will have no awareness outside of those who have visited the US or TV geeks. So it’s vital to launch with quality programmes that establish our reputation.”

Mightly looking forward to PBS UK especially for Ken Burns' Prohibition, for many years have I been in love with his documentaries.

Richard Kingsbury came off as a really top bloke on Twitter when I tweeted him good luck few weeks ago and wanted suggestions the shows I suggested are ones they're going with, seems he maybe Welsh and all following the Ospreys on Twitter

NEW

11.642 V.

53361.....................'?TV'.

Presumably this label is a duplicate of '?TV'.

New

12.284 V

6037
6039
6042

NEW

12.285 V.

6035.....................No signal.

A lot of new labels turning up but no new channels. Maybe the techy guys are having some fun while the boss is away on his holidays.

6039......................Showing 'Eurosport UK'.

6042......................Showing 'Chelsea TV'.


These look like transponder changes.

6402 showing Chelsea TV free to view. I don't have a sub for it but can now view it. It's blocked when i take out the Sky card.

That will disappoint a lot of freesatters.

I wonder any other major US broadcasters heading our way over the coming months?