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Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter
Wednesday 4 July 2018 1:26PM

Andy blair: Yes, com8, uhf31, is about 7 or 8 dB down on its normal level - not usable for me.

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Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter
Wednesday 4 July 2018 2:28PM

Com8 is now back to normal signal level, here in Salford.

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Wednesday 4 July 2018 6:49PM

ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:

NEW on 11225V is 53151, a FTA HD test - Running Status = 1 - not running.

No clue what 53151 will be yet:

Comparing files List ASTRA 04-07-2018 13 01.txt and List ASTRA 04-07-2018 18 01.txt


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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
53151 25 5135 53151 2106 2 11225V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1027


There's no space for another HD service on 11225V at present:

Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 34 <= dPCR <= 37 ms intervals over 15 seconds for 11225.00 V 23000 2/3 DVB-S2 8PSK (04/07/2018 18:26:13)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
09.382 | 09.152 | 09.260 | eir Sport 2 HD (53152) [ENC]/Premier HD [ENC]/eir Sport 2 HD (53154) [ENC]
09.780 | 09.575 | 09.700 | Arirang TV HD
10.046 | 09.947 | 10.000 | NHK World HD
07.664 | 07.391 | 07.544 | RT HD
05.212 | 03.540 | 04.417 | Null Packets
04.465 | 02.794 | 03.599 | All Other Streams
44.520 | 44.520 | 44.520 | TS Bitrate

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All free TV channels in the UK
Thursday 5 July 2018 2:00PM

Howard Benson: I don't see any pattern. Have you tried a reboot?

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All free TV channels in the UK
Thursday 5 July 2018 2:05PM

ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:

The encrypted ROI version of More4 has changed transponder, moving from 12304H to 10714H.

Dirty Talk was deleted:

Comparing files List ASTRA 04-07-2018 18 01.txt and List ASTRA 05-07-2018 11 01.txt


************************ CHANGED ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN

Renamed, EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
9231 1 0000 9231 2041 2 10714H 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
More4 1 3360 9231 2041 2 10714H 1 1 BSkyB 000010001000101 137,1162

Service ID Change, Transponder Move
More4 1 3360 12030 2031 2 12304H 1 1 BSkyB 000010001000101 137,1162
More4 1 3360 9231 2041 2 10714H 1 1 BSkyB 000010001000101 137,1162



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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
Dirty Talk 1 0000 55227 2112 2 11343V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000



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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
9231 1 0000 12030 2041 2 10714H 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000000


I'm guessing what happens next will be Channel 4 [ENC] moves to 10729V and E4+1 [ENC] moves to 10714H.

That would leave 12304H with just the music channels. We've seen a transponder popping up with just those channels on it, a couple of times.

Time will tell - and Channel 4 seems to have plenty of time.


Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 34 <= dPCR <= 36 ms intervals over 15 seconds for 10714.00 H 22000 5/6 DVB-S QPSK (05/07/2018 12:28:16)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
04.643 | 01.892 | 02.859 | Channel 4+1 [ENC]
03.447 | 01.148 | 02.196 | Channel 4 (9211)/c4 l
06.230 | 02.423 | 03.423 | More4 [ENC]
03.375 | 01.240 | 02.227 | Channel 4 (9212)
03.388 | 01.140 | 02.262 | Channel 4 (9213)
03.500 | 01.250 | 02.297 | Channel 4 (9214)
03.465 | 01.309 | 02.324 | Channel 4 (9215)
03.779 | 01.275 | 02.356 | Channel 4 (9216)
02.005 | 00.860 | 01.255 | Film4
06.250 | 01.439 | 02.462 | More4+1
06.201 | 00.845 | 02.667 | E4
03.208 | 00.692 | 02.102 | Null Packets
06.706 | 04.277 | 05.360 | All Other Streams
33.791 | 33.791 | 33.791 | TS Bitrate

Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 34 <= dPCR <= 36 ms intervals over 15 seconds for 10729.00 V 22000 5/6 DVB-S QPSK (05/07/2018 12:28:43)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
05.238 | 01.275 | 02.316 | E4 [ENC]
01.767 | 00.811 | 01.125 | Film4 [ENC]
06.222 | 00.984 | 02.847 | Channel 4+1 (8311)
05.653 | 00.986 | 02.761 | Channel 4+1 (8312)
05.938 | 01.036 | 02.787 | Channel 4+1 (8313)
06.199 | 01.122 | 02.798 | Channel 4+1 (8314)
06.120 | 01.213 | 02.772 | Channel 4+1 (8315)
06.195 | 01.165 | 02.769 | Channel 4+1 (8316)
02.155 | 00.530 | 00.864 | E4+1
06.218 | 00.976 | 02.278 | Film4+1
05.567 | 01.664 | 03.012 | More4
03.199 | 00.860 | 02.148 | Null Packets
06.621 | 04.295 | 05.314 | All Other Streams
33.791 | 33.791 | 33.791 | TS Bitrate

Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 30 <= dPCR <= 66 ms intervals over 15 seconds for 11126.50 V 22000 5/6 DVB-S QPSK (05/07/2018 12:29:23)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
08.958 | 08.830 | 08.901 | Channel 4 HD
03.045 | 02.949 | 03.000 | 4seven
20.220 | 18.439 | 19.348 | Null Packets
03.468 | 01.685 | 02.542 | All Other Streams
33.791 | 33.790 | 33.791 | TS Bitrate

Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 30 <= dPCR <= 63 ms intervals over 15 seconds for 12304.00 H 27500 5/6 DVB-S QPSK (05/07/2018 12:30:03)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
03.780 | 01.017 | 02.038 | KISS
04.285 | 01.911 | 02.866 | Kerrang!
05.461 | 02.384 | 03.961 | Box Hits
03.305 | 01.463 | 02.210 | 4Music
02.100 | 01.021 | 01.317 | The Box
05.140 | 01.899 | 03.067 | Magic
03.313 | 01.716 | 02.441 | Channel 4 [ENC]
03.459 | 01.346 | 02.249 | E4+1 [ENC]
03.136 | 01.488 | 02.152 | Box Upfront
18.257 | 14.204 | 15.965 | Null Packets
04.882 | 02.966 | 03.973 | All Other Streams
42.239 | 42.238 | 42.238 | TS Bitrate

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Tuesday 10 July 2018 12:36PM

ASTRA/BSkyB FTA Diffs:

TJC Choice was deleted.

Believe TV was taken off BSkyB 591.

SkyNws Arabia was taken off BSkyB 758:

Comparing files List ASTRA 06-07-2018 18 01.txt and List ASTRA 09-07-2018 11 01.txt


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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
TJC Choice 1 0000 50320 2065 2 11082H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000


Comparing files List ASTRA 09-07-2018 18 01.txt and List ASTRA 10-07-2018 11 01.txt


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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN

EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
Believe TV 1 3648 50465 2067 2 11112H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 591
Believe TV 1 0000 50465 2067 2 11112H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000

EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
SkyNws Arabia 1 4645 5532 2023 2 12149H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 758
SkyNws Arabia 1 0000 5532 2023 2 12149H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000

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All free TV channels in the UK
Tuesday 10 July 2018 1:18PM

52580 - Quest HD test: Video bitrate was increased from 8.500 to 9.200 Mbps:

http://www.digitalbitrate…g=en

Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 31 <= dPCR <= 43 ms intervals over 15 seconds for 11426.50 V 27500 5/6 DVB-S QPSK (26/06/2018 06:47:37)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
08.585 | 08.423 | 08.500 | 52580
03.847 | 03.753 | 03.800 | FreeSports
02.827 | 00.678 | 01.568 | Food Network
01.944 | 00.845 | 01.430 | Food Netwrk+1
03.392 | 01.520 | 02.073 | Craft Extra
02.695 | 01.550 | 01.986 | Gems TV
02.423 | 01.093 | 01.745 | PBS America
08.203 | 08.057 | 08.126 | 52560
02.840 | 02.713 | 02.778 | FRANCE Eng
03.287 | 03.034 | 03.192 | TV5 MONDE
04.614 | 02.746 | 03.728 | Null Packets
04.280 | 02.506 | 03.314 | All Other Streams
42.239 | 42.238 | 42.239 | TS Bitrate

Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 31 <= dPCR <= 43 ms intervals over 15 seconds for 11426.50 V 27500 5/6 DVB-S QPSK (09/07/2018 20:28:36)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
09.285 | 09.108 | 09.200 | 52580
03.836 | 03.756 | 03.800 | FreeSports
01.805 | 00.396 | 01.300 | Food Network
03.014 | 00.942 | 01.731 | Food Netwrk+1
02.575 | 01.703 | 02.100 | Craft Extra
02.864 | 01.767 | 02.263 | Gems TV
02.124 | 00.727 | 01.405 | PBS America
08.188 | 08.049 | 08.126 | FRANCE 24 HD
02.837 | 02.725 | 02.778 | FRANCE Eng
03.258 | 03.017 | 03.194 | TV5 MONDE
03.077 | 01.578 | 02.379 | Null Packets
04.815 | 03.230 | 03.962 | All Other Streams
42.239 | 42.238 | 42.239 | TS Bitrate


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All free TV channels in the UK
Tuesday 10 July 2018 1:30PM

ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:

Believe TV returned to BSkyB 591:

Comparing files List ASTRA 10-07-2018 11 01.txt and List ASTRA 10-07-2018 13 01.txt


************************ CHANGED ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN

EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
Believe TV 1 0000 50465 2067 2 11112H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
Believe TV 1 3648 50465 2067 2 11112H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 591

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All free TV channels in the UK
Tuesday 10 July 2018 6:40PM

ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:

SkyNws Arabia returned to BSkyB 758:

Comparing files List ASTRA 10-07-2018 13 01.txt and List ASTRA 10-07-2018 18 01.txt


************************ CHANGED ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN

EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
SkyNws Arabia 1 0000 5532 2023 2 12149H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
SkyNws Arabia 1 4645 5532 2023 2 12149H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 758

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Tuesday 10 July 2018 8:38PM

Channel Diffs from 09/07/2018 20:21:03 to 10/07/2018 20:03:55

The Freesat streams were added to Bloomberg HD:

Changed:

Bloomberg HD (55392) 11686V
Number of streams changed from 2 to 7
new stream, PID = 3841 Type = 0x05: private_sections
new stream, PID = 3840 Type = 0x05: private_sections
new stream, PID = 3842 Type = 0x05: private_sections
new stream, PID = 3844 Type = 0x05: private_sections
new stream, PID = 3843 Type = 0x05: private_sections


The ASTRA EIT pf describes the component streams:

Bloomberg HD, Tue 10 Jul 18:00 - 20:30: Bloomberg Markets: Americas
Bloomberg Markets is focused on bringing you the most important global business and breaking markets news and information as it happens.

reserved for future use (eng) Dolby - Bloomberg HD
MPEG-2 video, 4:3 aspect ratio, 25 Hz (eng) Video - Bloomberg HD
user defined ( ) Data-FSAT-Tunnelled NIT
user defined ( ) Data-FSAT-Tunnelled BAT/SDT
user defined ( ) Data-FSAT-Tunnelled EIT
user defined ( ) Data-FSAT-Tunnelled EIT pf
user defined ( ) Data-FSAT-Tunnelled TOT/TDT


Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 30 <= dPCR <= 39 ms intervals over 15 seconds for 11685.50 V 23000 2/3 DVB-S2 8PSK (10/07/2018 20:07:14)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
09.606 | 09.402 | 09.500 | COLORS HD [ENC]
09.913 | 09.701 | 09.800 | DAYSTAR HD
07.885 | 07.673 | 07.800 | Bloomberg HD
16.126 | 14.361 | 15.235 | Null Packets
03.133 | 01.344 | 02.185 | All Other Streams
44.520 | 44.520 | 44.520 | TS Bitrate


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