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#126 |
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Sits on the loading page for a while here - and then loads and shows them still active. Quote:
Is the Freeview stream still going? (Can't check as my tv won't display it and just sits on the 'loading stream' page).
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#127 |
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I may be corrected on this but I think I read an article on a516.digital a couple of weeks ago stating that Tru tv might be leaving the UK tv market due to very low ratings.
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#128 |
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UPDATE
All Sky Box Office channels 700-752 showing same promo "Sky Movies Box Office ha now closed" - and mentioning Sky Store. "...programmes no longer available" in EPG on all of them. They are all in parallel. The SIDs were as follows: Ch 700: 11.836H, SID 5291 Ch 701: 12.285 V, SID 4326 Ch 702: 12.188 H, SID 4327 Ch 703: 12.285 V, SID 4328 Ch 704: 11.836 H, SID 4329 Ch 705: 12.188 H, SID 4330 Ch 706: 12.285 V, SID 4426 Ch 707: 12.285 V, SID 4427 Ch 708: 12.285 V, SID 4428 Ch 709: 12.285 V, SID 4429 Ch 710: 12.285 V, SID 4430 Ch 711: 12.285 V, SID 4526 Ch 712: 12.285 V, SID 4527 Ch 713: 12.285 V, SID 4528 Ch 714:11.836 H, SID 4529 Ch 715: 12.285 V, SID 4530 Ch 743: 12.148 H, SID 1034* Ch 744: 11.836 H, SID 5029 (had audio description) Ch 752: 10.876 V, SID 3879** *743 shares with 491 (SID 4906) **752 currently shares with 492 (SID 1035) |
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#129 |
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The EPG data for 700 says 'Sky Intro' and for 743/752 says 'press Box Office for listings' whereas all the others say 'programmes no longer available'. This may mean that 700, 743 and 752 may be retained as placeholders for a while whereas the others may be removed sooner.
QVC Christmas has reverted to QVC EXTRA on 673. Edit: 743 and 752 now showing blue screen |
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#130 |
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11.464 H, 22.000, 5/6, DVB-S, QPSK. 'Arise News' label now showing 'TRT World'. |
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#131 |
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Sky Cinema Hits and Sky Cinema Drama & Romance have swapped EPG slots - reverting back to their usual positions (Hits 303/330 and Drama & Romance 310/337)
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#132 |
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Txp# 89 - 11.464 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
Arise News______still broadcasting (Epsom/Digi Man) Now showing TRT WORLD |
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11.464 H, 22.000, 5/6, DVB-S, QPSK. 'Arise News' label now showing 'TRT World'. |
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#134 |
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I take it this is another news channel. At least it's broadcasting in english.
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TRT World now carrying epg info. Just saying news.
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#136 |
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It's a pretty good news channel, been watching it a lot for the best part of a year, it's been broadcasting on 7 east in HD for a while now.
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#137 |
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I've been watching and your right it does look like a high quality news channel.
At last, what appears to be replacing Arise, at least it's Transponder capacity, will be a lot more reliable in content and just being on-air than Arise was! Think this finally means the end of Arise News! |
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#138 |
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It's usually due to bandwidth considerations.
As the available bandwidth on a satellite transponder is usually shared out between the channels on that transponder, it would be very silly to have one transponder full of sports channels, for instance. The quality would then be very poor on all of them as sports channels are very bandwidth hungry due to the nature of their programming. At the other end of the scale, news channels use relatively little as they are often static talking heads, not loads of people running around on a sports pitch with constantly moving camera shots! The transmission system automatically shares out the available bandwidth depending on the channels' demand at any particular time, and if several channels are transmitting demanding content at the same time, the other channels on the transponder will be starved and their quality drop. They therefore always try to balance bandwidth hungry channels with less demanding channels, so as new channels open and others close, they need to shuffle them around to maintain that. An over-simplification I realise, as who owns the transponders has to be taken into account as well of course, and there are other factors, but that's my understanding as to the main reason that constant reshuffling takes place. ![]() In other cases, it's because broadcasters have found a better deal than continuing with their current arrangements. Quote:
I may be corrected on this but I think I read an article on a516.digital a couple of weeks ago stating that Tru tv might be leaving the UK tv market due to very low ratings.
![]() Virgin Media are rumoured to be have shown an interest, but the official line is that negotiations are taking place with an unknown third party. Quote:
The EPG data for 700 says 'Sky Intro' and for 743/752 says 'press Box Office for listings' whereas all the others say 'programmes no longer available'. This may mean that 700, 743 and 752 may be retained as placeholders for a while whereas the others may be removed sooner.
QVC Christmas has reverted to QVC EXTRA on 673. Edit: 743 and 752 now showing blue screen |
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#139 |
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EPG changes made this morning:
Sky Sports Darts became Sky Sports 3 on 403/436 Sky Sports Darts HD became Sky Sports 3 HD on 436/403 True Christmas became True Movies on 321 True Christmas +1 became True Movies +1 on 322 EPG changes scheduled for later today in Great Britain only Discovery Shed moving from 242 to 161 Home & Health moving from 240 to 162 Home & Health +1 moving from 241 to 240 Can anyone in Wales confirm whether BBC Cymru Mwy remains on 0152, please? It was due to close after 3rd January. |
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#140 |
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'Discovery Shed' has now changed Sky EPG numbers, moving from 242 to 161 (in Eng, Scot & Wales). 'Discovery Home & Health' has now changed Sky EPG numbers, moving from 240 to 162 (in Eng, Scot & Wales). 'Discovery Home & Health+1' has now changed Sky EPG numbers, moving from 241 to 240 (in Eng, Scot & Wales). |
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"51121" has now been relabelled as 'Peace TV Urdu'. 'Peace TV Urdu' has now changed transponders, moving from 11.509 V, 22.000, 5/6, DVB-S, QPSK to 11.171 H, 22.000, 5/6, DVB-S, QPSK. The spare "51121" hasn't been removed yet. Update "52135" has now been relabelled as 'Peace TV'. 'Peace TV' has now changed transponders, moving from 11.509 V, 22.000, 5/6, DVB-S, QPSK to 11.265 V, 27.500, 2/3, DVB-S, QPSK. The spare "52135" hasn't been removed yet. |
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#142 |
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EPG changes made this morning:
Sky Sports Darts became Sky Sports 3 on 403/436 Sky Sports Darts HD became Sky Sports 3 HD on 436/403 True Christmas became True Movies on 321 True Christmas +1 became True Movies +1 on 322 EPG changes scheduled for later today in Great Britain only Discovery Shed moving from 242 to 161 Home & Health moving from 240 to 162 Home & Health +1 moving from 241 to 240 Can anyone in Wales confirm whether BBC Cymru Mwy remains on 0152, please? It was due to close after 3rd January. |
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11.426 V, 27.500, 5/6, DVB-S, QPSK. "52550"....Showing "upgrade screen". "52556"....Showing "upgrade screen". |
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#144 |
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BBC Cymru Mwy has been removed. Also been taken off freeview too.
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Update
"51121" has now been relabelled as 'Peace TV Urdu'. 'Peace TV Urdu' has now changed transponders, moving from 11.509 V, 22.000, 5/6, DVB-S, QPSK to 11.171 H, 22.000, 5/6, DVB-S, QPSK. The spare "51121" hasn't been removed yet. Update "52135" has now been relabelled as 'Peace TV'. 'Peace TV' has now changed transponders, moving from 11.509 V, 22.000, 5/6, DVB-S, QPSK to 11.265 V, 27.500, 2/3, DVB-S, QPSK. The spare "52135" hasn't been removed yet. |
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10.773 H, 22.000, 5/6, DVB-S, QPSK. The 'BBC R C Mwy' label has now been removed. |
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Can someone in Northern Ireland please confirm the order of the three Discovery channels on 240-242, have they remained the same?
Thanks. |
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#148 |
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Can someone in Northern Ireland please confirm the order of the three Discovery channels on 240-242, have they remained the same?
Thanks. |
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#149 |
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11.426 V, 27.500, 5/6, DVB-S, QPSK. "52550"....Showing "upgrade screen". "52556"....Showing "upgrade screen". |
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#150 |
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DM Plus TV (Sky 799) appears to be off the air showing a grey screen with two black bars across it.
EDIT: Seems to be back now. |
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