Astra
Txp# 45. 10.773 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
6391______Showing BBC1 London (jimbo)

Txp# 51. 10.862 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
9012______No Signal (Digi Man)

Txp# 52. 10.876 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
4645______Showing an upgrade caption & EPG data (again) for 'Sky News Arabia'(Digi Man)

Txp# 54. 10.906 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
10225_____Still Showing STV+1 (Digi Man)

Txp# 55 10.921 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
3892______No Signal (jimbo)

Txp# 56. 10.936 V DVB-S2 SR 23.000 FEC 8/9 (plymouthbloke1974)
3855______Still Showing STV HD, (jimbo/jzee/obrienmichael05/Analoguesat)

Txp# 61. 11.023 H DVB-S2 SR 23000 FEC 2/3 8PSK
BBC One HD Wales test (jimbo)

€utelsat 28A
Txp# C2L 11.224 V
54068_____Showing ARISE HD TEST SIGNAL and colour Bars (obrienmichael05)

Txp# D9S 11.623 H
50889______Now with now/next data (jimbo/Digi Man/)

Astra
Txp# 4. 11.778 V
8010_______No signal (Analoguesat/Digi Man)

Txp# 7. 11.836 H
4308_______No Signal (Digi Man)
5106_______Showing Upgrade (Digi Man/obrienmichael05)
9006_______Showing Sky Movies Family (Analoguesat/The Unknown One)

Txp# 21. 12.110 H
1303_______No Signal (Digi Man/spark22/Digi Man)

Txp# 26. 12.207 V
1441_______No Signal (Digi Man/jimbo)
8039_______Showing Sky News FTA (Analoguesat)
4624_______Showing Pick TV +1 (jimbo)

Txp# 31 12.304 H
3843_______For More 4 HD (jimbo)
4040_______encrypted unknown service (jimbo)

Txp# 32. 12.324 V DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
D HD _____Showing Discovery HD (jimbo)

Txp# 34. 12.363 V DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
3837______No Signal (jimbo)
3838______Showing Sky Sports F1 HD (jimbo)

Txp# 35 12.382 H
4013______No Signal (jimbo)

€utelsat 28A
Txp# F1L 12.560 V.
54120______carrying EPG data [shopping channel ?] ( Digi Man)

Txp# F4L 12.607 H.
55276_____Currently showing 'Gospel Channel' [Txp change?]( Digi Man)
55275_____Carrying EPG now/next data for 'TVC'? ( Digi Man)
55303_____Showing ARQIVA MCR test card & EPG now/next data, (DigiMan/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)


February
More4-HD to launch on Monday the 4th (overnights.tv)
Sky Sports F1 HD moves to channel 406 from Monday the 4th (anywho's)
MUTV to move to chl; 418 on Monday the 4th (JTsky)
***
April
Akaal TV
BBC2-HD [Regional versions of BBC2 to close]
***
May
CNN-International are currently upgrading their technology, and that it will be completed by May 2013. (jordanhowell)
***
Soon
4OD On Demand, Coming Spring 2013. (Stigid)
Another channel from QVC [Sparkle TV?] (sources)
Film 4-HD
Playboy TV HD
Levant TV (zak2012)
Racing HD
QVC-HD (SKYtvFREAK)
***
In 2014/15
Astra 2F & 2G launching until 2014
**************************************************************************************
2015 The re-opening of the Borders Railway.
*Brand New Website*
**************************************************************************************
Other New Channels licenced by Ofcom (no launch dates yet.)
Listed by Genre,
Newest ones first. (Many thanks to Analoguesat/GrahamBCFC).

HD Channels
Film 4-HD
QVC
CBS Action (Paddy C)
CBS Drama (Paddy C)
Racing
Travel Channel (omnidirectional )
A New global Classical HDTV channel
CNNi

General Entertainment
The Outdoor Channel
Fly TV
Showcase 3
Showcase 4

Local TV (info from Disco)
Belfast - NVTV
Birmingham - City TV Broadcasting
Brighton - Latest TV
Bristol - Made in Bristol
Cardiff - Made in Cardiff
Edinburgh - ETV
Glasgow - GTV
Grimsby - Lincolnshire Living
Newcastle - Made In Tyne & Wear
Norwich - Mustard TV
Nottingham - Notts TV
Oxford - That's Oxford
Sheffield - SLTV/Sheffield Live
Southampton - That’s Solent

Films
-
Lifestyle
Home and Garden TV

Factual / Documentary
-
News
Arise 360
English Version of Zee News

Sports
-
Kids
-
Music
-
Shopping
A new channel from QVC

Religion
Arise 360 (obrienmichael05)
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
Comux "Phase 1" local TV multiplex schedule (chrisy)
These are preliminary dates that are subject to change.

Test Aug 2013 / On-air Sep 2013
London
Edinburgh
Cardiff
Belfast

Test Sep 2013 / On-air Oct 2013
Birmingham
Swansea*
Glasgow

Test Oct 2013 / On-air Nov 2013
Manchester
Preston
Liverpool
Leeds
Newcastle
Bristol

Test Nov 2013 / On-air Dec 2013
Nottingham
Grimsby
Sheffield
Southampton
Norwich
Oxford
Plymouth*
Brighton

* Being re-advertised as part of phase 2, so unlikely to be rolled out during phase 1.
-


1. The highlight of Radio Week 2013 will be the Digital Radio Summit in Geneva, taking place on World Radio Day – Wednesday 13th February. The event, at the European Broadcasting Union headquarters will see speakers from around Europe talk about the latest technology to hundreds of delegates. More.

2. Community radio station Stafford FM has been re-structured after a team of people there set up a new station called XL-FM. Former Signal 1 presenter, Stu Haycock, and a team of former Stafford FM Director’s, including Steve Murphy and Ray Crowther, have made the move to create a new community radio organisation, headed up by Stafford Borough Council Leader, Mike Heenan. More.

3. DAB+ test transmissions going under the name of “Brighton Experimental” along with seagull noises and chilled out music are now on-air. The service, operated by the Office of Communications appears to be two DAB+ channels from Sussex Heights with a loop of announcements on each one titled BEX6 and BEX7. The streams are at 88.0kBit/s and are thought to be operated by a local Ofcom engineer and are given a subtitle of DABv2 and DABv2KMx. It is thought they will be on-air till February 4th 2013. More.

4. The UK government will make a public announcement about switching off analogue radio transmissions during the fourth quarter of 2013. No date has been confirmed yet but any statement may include a timetable for a switchover to a mainly DAB radio network, although FM transmissions will not end completely. Laurence Harrison, technology and market development director of Digital Radio UK says a switchover for radio could only go ahead once two criteria had been met. These state that local DAB coverage has to be 90 percent and national UK coverage equivalent to FM, while 50 percent of all radio listening would have to over digital platforms. More.

5. Ofcom is inviting applications for community radio licences to operate on medium wave, which gives the band at least another 7 years life. Applicants will be able to apply later this year, which, if the usual Ofcom path is taken, means licences will be given out in early 2014 and stations will have two years to start broadcasting on a five year licence. More.

6. Ford has announced a new developer program which will allow radio stations gain space on a vehicle’s digital screen via apps. The SYNC© AppLink™ already includes a way to listen to the radio via smartphones, with Pandora, Stitcher smart radio and iHeartRadio on board, but now Ford is opening it up to any station – regardless of whether the station is online, AM, FM, or digital. More.

7. Radioplayer has had to cancel the opportunity for 30 additional non-Ofcom licensed stations to appear on the platform due to lack of innovative entries. The not-for-profit organisation initially offered 30 slots in June and invited any radio station which doesn’t meet the usual application criteria to submit their stream. But not all the applications received were of good enough quality. 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. Japan will start the world’s first 4K TV broadcast in July 2014, two years earlier than originally planned. According to the Asahi Times, the Japanese ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has decided to start broadcasting in 4k during the finals of the football World Cup in Brazil in July 2014. The first broadcasts will be transmitted via the country’s communication satellites rather than via the direct broadcast satellites. However, usage of BS satellites is planned at a later stage. More.

2. Satellite operator Eutelsat launched Europe's first Ultra High Definition (UHD) television channel on 8 January, broadcasting 4k, eight million pixel pictures. No formal decision has been taken on audio formats but the company is considering 5.1, 10.2, 22.2 and object-based surround systems. The Eutelsat service is intended to help production companies, pay-TV channels, rights owners and set manufacturers get experience in the emerging 4k technology, which was a major feature of the recent CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas. During the exhibition several manufacturers introduced 4k screens, while DTS announced a UHD audio system. More.

3. The BBC’s Natural History Unit is filming its next blockbuster wildlife series Survival in 4K Ultra HD. The broadcaster’s Bristol-based Nature unit announced the news at a private screening of the first 4K footage shot for the series. The BBC, along with Japanese public broadcaster NHK, are big proponents of the new Ultra HD (4K) standard. At the moment, there are no regular 4K broadcasts, but the Japanese government said it will start as early as July 2014 with satellite transmissions in the new standard. In Europe, satellite operators SES Astra and Eutelsat have both said they are launching 4K transmissions. More.

4. Ofcom has awarded the licence to operate the new local TV multiplex on DTT to Comux, a cooperative not-for-profit organisation managed by Canis Media. Comux will be responsible for building and maintaining the technical infrastructure required to broadcast the 19 local TV services currently being licensed by Ofcom. Conux is required to cover all of the initial 19 local TV locations but also proposed to cover up to 28 further locations including Aberdeen, Cambridge and Middlesbrough. Ofcom will now seek expressions of interest from potential operators in these additional locations. More.

5. Culture minister Ed Vaizey has told the Oxford Media Convention that Sky should reduce the amount of money charged in carriage fees to public service broadcasters. Vaizey said Sky needed to cut the fees paid by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, hinting that regulation might be brought in should a settlement not be reached. More.

6. Sky will report Q2 results before the UK stock market opens on 31st January. But on January 28th its share-price hit a 52-week ‘high’ (at 804.5p) helped by some very positive sentiment from investment bankers Morgan Stanley. The bank says there’s plenty of headroom for growth, and suggests that even as high as 827p per share Sky would be trading at a 20 per cent discount to its cable rivals (“whom it increasingly resembles”). Highlight from the report is that the bank says it cannot rule out a fresh bid for Sky from News Corp. The bank says that Sky and News Corp were last year declared “fit and proper” despite the tarnished problems surround Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World ‘hacking’ problems. “Media plurality issues had a solution last time around (the divestment of Sky News) and the split of News helps (the Sky stake will be held in the new Fox Group). News last bid 700p per share but was widely expected to raise its offer to 800p before the bid was blocked. We feel that a bid by News for Sky might still be politically inexpedient in 2013 but by 2014 might yet become an acceptable proposition again.” More.

7. ITV has purchased its headquarters and studios on London's South Bank for £56m. The broadcaster has purchased the 2.5-acre site from retail letting firm Coal Pension Properties, ITV announced last Monday. ITV will pay £56m to buy out the 56-year lease, plus a further £6.5m if there is substantial redevelopment of the site in the next 10 years. The broadcaster said in a stock market announcement that the purchase would give it flexibility in its property strategy as it continues to "transform and rebalance" the company. More.

8. The independence of Welsh language broadcaster S4C has been safeguarded under a new agreement with the BBC. The 20-page Operating Agreement document sets out the boundaries for its relationship with the BBC, which will fund the Cardiff-based broadcaster out of the licence fee from April. The deal has been finalised following a public consultation and guarantees S4C’s editorial, managerial and operational independence until 2017. It also outlines how S4C will be accountable to the BBC Trust for its management of licence fee funds. The broadcaster will receive £76.3m under the first year of the deal, an amount that will steadily decrease up to 2016/17, when it will be handed £74.5m of licence fee cash. More.

9. Sky’s new Irish base has been officially opened by Taoiseach Enda Kenny. The new operations centre at Burlington Plaza is part of a commitment by Sky to invest in its Irish business. The new facility will include the 800 staff currently being recruited for its customer contact centre. More.

10. The DTG has established an industry group to ensure that improvements in spectrum efficiency get brought into use quickly and effectively. To ensure the efficient use of spectrum, intensive spectrum sharing needs to take place, using advanced technologies such as Dynamic Spectrum Access to avoid disruption of existing services. The UK Programme Group for Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) will facilitate discussion and information sharing on DSA as the TV white space regulatory framework develops. The Group will also offer assistance to Ofcom and Government in their task of providing an appropriate regulatory framework. More.

11. The UK’s Culture Minister, Ed Vaizey, speaking at the Oxford Media Convention, said that Sky should stop charging the UK’s public broadcasters for access to Sky’s viewers. Sky charges the BBC, commercial broadcaster ITV, and Channel’s 4 and Five, a ‘technical fee’ for access to its set-top boxes, and use of Red Button interactive technology. The contracts are said to be worth about £7 million a year to Sky. The agreement has been in place since 1998 when Sky launched its digital TV services. More.

12. In a survey of streetlife.com’s 40,000 London users, about 9 out of 10 are proud to live in London and want a dedicated London TV station. This was one of the findings by a survey this month for the Channel 6 Consortium which is bidding for the London TV franchise due to be awarded next month. More.

13. A report from international market research and consulting firm NSR – Ultra-HD via Satellite – finds, over the long term, Ultra-HD channels represent a respectable, but niche opportunity for satellite companies. This nascent market is expected to start at a low base in 2015 with just 15 channels being demanded by the global cable TV, IPTV and DTH industries combined. The global satellite Ultra-HD market is expected to reach $412 million in 2025 from an $8.2 million revenue base in 2015. NSR says that with ROI metrics being volatile in the early part of the market cycle, the expectedly small niche that Ultra-HD is likely to serve lends to the pay TV industry’s slow adoption of this new video format. One of the major market restraints is the level of risk taking by service providers, which is key to ecosystem development. TV manufacturers are one of the first to ante up as Ultra-HD TV sets from major manufacturers such as Sony, LG and Samsung are being unveiled. Content including movies and sporting events, as well as cameras to shoot Ultra-HD, are already available. More.

14. Wenvoe transmitter retune require on 23rd January 2013 for Arqiva B multiplex To allow for the launch in 2013 of 4G mobile broadband, changes are being made to some digital TV transmitters. Viewers in South Wales will have to retune after 6am on 23rd January 2013 to continue to receive certain Freeview TV and radio channels. More.

15. Sky is launching a paid for extension to its Sky Go service, allowing subscribers to download content for later and extending the number of devices that can access Sky Go from 2 to 4. Launching today Sky Go Extra is priced at £5 per month. It means that customers can download premium content to their smartphone, tablet, laptop or MacBook via Wi-Fi for later viewing. More.

16. Manchester United has bought out the third stake in its MUTV channel previously owned by Sky. In a statement, the club described the move as a strategic acquisition, which was a part of its long-term digital media plans. MUTV was founded in 1998 as a three-way joint venture with ITV and Sky as equal partners. Since then the club says MUTV has developed considerable in-house expertise. The ITV stake was bought out in November 2007. More.

17. LoveFilm has signed a new agreement with broadcaster Channel 4 that will put the broadcaster’s archive content onto the streaming service. The new content will be collated in a specially-branded 4oD collection that will expand over time to feature many more popular Channel 4 shows including seven series of Shameless and every episode of The IT Crowd. More.

18. Two YouTube channels operated by BBC Worldwide have been ruled as being outside the scope of UK regulation. It follows appeals made to Ofcom over the BBC Food and BBC Top Gear channels. ATVOD, the co-regulator of video on demand services had ruled determinations in May 2011 that BBC Worldwide was providing on-demand programme services on its YouTube channels. More.


• LED and LCD TV manufacturer Westinghouse Digital is introducing a range of next-generation U-HDTVs (Ultra High Definition) including a 110 inch model at the upcoming home electronics exhibition CES 2013 in Las Vegas 8th -11th January. Westinghouse says the new models will combine the best of what’s achievable in today’s most cutting-edge display technologies, with Westinghouse’s value and performance, and will set a new standard for accessible high-end functionality in home theatre reproduction. More.

• Samsung spent plenty of time talking about its huge new 4K Ultra HD S9 line of televisions at a pre-CES press conference on Monday, but there was still at least one surprise left for show-goers on Tuesday. At Samsung's booth on the CES 2013 convention floor the company showed off the first-ever curved OLED TV. The 55-inch display is noticeably concave when viewed from the front, and even more noticeably bent from a side view. More.

• Samsung unveiled some extremely impressive new Ultra HD televisions at CES 2013 on Monday, but if you were hoping to get a 110-inch 4K set in your living room this year - or ever - you're probably going to be disappointed. Samsung was vague about release date and pricing for the S9 line of ultra hi-def TVs on Monday, but on Tuesday the company's representatives on the floor at CES were slightly more forthcoming. More.

i know it says


but technically possibly a little misleading, as BBC2 nations in SD will remain until at at least 2014/15.

so in Scotland for example, 102 will remains "as is" as BBC2 Scotland, and 169 will be BBC2 HD (uk network version).

Anyone know if 'BBC1 NI HD' has replaced 'BBC1 London (or Network) HD' on EPG 141 for ROI viewers?

Amendments

Astra
Txp# 45. 10.773 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
6391______Showing BBC1 London (jimbo)

Txp# 51. 10.862 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
9012______No Signal (Digi Man)

Txp# 52. 10.876 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
4645______Showing an upgrade caption & EPG data (again) for 'Sky News Arabia'(Digi Man)

Txp# 54. 10.906 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
10225_____Still Showing STV+1 (Digi Man)

Txp# 55 10.921 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
3892______No Signal (jimbo)

Txp# 56. 10.936 V DVB-S2 SR 23.000 FEC 8/9 (plymouthbloke1974)
3855______Still Showing STV HD, (jimbo/jzee/obrienmichael05/Analoguesat)

Txp# 61. 11.023 H DVB-S2 SR 23000 FEC 2/3 8PSK
BBC One HD Wales test (jimbo)
This now on EPG 143 in Wales so can be removed

€utelsat 28A
Txp# C2L 11.224 V
54068_____Showing ARISE HD TEST SIGNAL and colour Bars (obrienmichael05)

Txp# D9S 11.623 H
50889______Now with now/next data (jimbo/Digi Man/)
No EPG data on this one!

Astra
Txp# 4. 11.778 V
8010_______No signal (Analoguesat/Digi Man)

Txp# 7. 11.836 H
4308_______No Signal (Digi Man)
5106_______Showing Upgrade (Digi Man/obrienmichael05)
9006_______Showing Sky Movies Family (Analoguesat/The Unknown One)

Txp# 21. 12.110 H
1303_______No Signal (Digi Man/spark22/Digi Man)

Txp# 26. 12.207 V
1441_______No Signal (Digi Man/jimbo)
8039_______Showing Sky News FTA (Analoguesat)
4624_______Showing Pick TV +1 (jimbo)

Txp# 31 12.304 H
3843_______For More 4 HD (jimbo)
4040_______encrypted unknown service (jimbo)

Txp# 32. 12.324 V DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
D HD _____Showing Discovery HD (jimbo)
This is now deleted

Txp# 34. 12.363 V DVB-S2 MPEG4 HD
3837______No Signal (jimbo)
3838______Showing Sky Sports F1 HD (jimbo)

Txp# 35 12.382 H
4013______No Signal (jimbo)

€utelsat 28A
Txp# F1L 12.560 V.
54120______carrying EPG data [shopping channel ?] ( Digi Man)

Txp# F4L 12.607 H.
55276_____Currently showing 'Gospel Channel' [Txp change?]( Digi Man)
55275_____Carrying EPG now/next data for 'TVC'? ( Digi Man)
55303_____Showing ARQIVA MCR test card & EPG now/next data, (DigiMan/obrienmichael05)
55303 is on 12.607 V not 12.607 H

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)

why do ROI viewers even get access to BBC at all?
do they pay for it?

BBC1 HD is still on EPG no.141 in the ROI.

Sky pay for it to be included in the EPG. Of course, if it wasn't in the EPG there would be nothing to stop the channels being added manually, or other FTA boxes used.

BBC Worldwide (the commercial arm of the BBC) 'sells' the channels to Sky to make available in the Irish Republic.

The BBC UK channels are also widely available on cable in the Netherlands on the same basis, with cable operators paying BBC Worldwide to carry the channels.

as long as it's being paid for.

Or alternatively anyone in Ireland can get a free to air box and watch ALL BBC channels, ALL ITV channels, ALL Channel 4 channels, and and ALL Channel 5 channels wiithout paying a penny subscription or licence fee money.

There's also all the BBC radio channels.

Plus channels like Pick TV, Challenge, CBS channels, Sky News, CNBC, CNN etc etc.

All for free!

It's fantastic!

funny isn't it. for a country that has the history of breaking away from UK (as it was) and the hostility for many years, the irish still seem to leech as much as they can from the UK.

however, it's not ALL itv, c4, or c5 channels.

Yes, it's hilarious! We laugh about it all the time.

Thanks for the information, it's much appreciated.

You do need to have a Irish TV Licence, even if you only watch the BBC.

Yes, we do indeed have to pay for an Irish TV licence, and the vast majority of people pay for the BBC services through either their Sky subscriptions or their UPC subscriptions.

Both UTV and Channel 4 are available here as well because they sell advertising in the Reublic of Ireland.

RTE and TG4 are available in the north and the BBC in the south is all governed by part of the Good Friday Agreement.

Guys please don't end up talking politics.
It's a TV channel thread.

Here here here...

Chin Chin.

BSkyB results have been released today on the corporate website

http://corporate.sky.com/documents/p...ase_201213.pdf

Disney Cinemagic will be closing on Thursday 28th March.

Sources:

http://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Prog...ing/m-p/893078

http://www.sky.com/mysky/latestnews/...lose-in-march/

According to my Firefox browser these pages do not exists
Problems with short code?

The first link works with Chrome... the second one doesn't though.

According to the poster in the Sky.com forum, the 2nd link is referenced on a letter sent out Disney Cinemagic viewers. I think somebody at Sky has hidden the page