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New channels on Freesat:
FREQ. P LCN service_name
11427 V 161 YourTV
11553 H 512 CHILLED
11224 H 513 NOW MUSIC
11553 H 514 CLUBLAND TV
11264 H 515 CHANNEL AKA
- all in test region 100, so you won't find them on your box or telly - yet!
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This is puzzling:
28 46 6F 72 20 74 68 6F 73 65 20 77 68 6F 20 63
61 6E 27 74 20 77 61 69 74 2C 20 74 68 65 20 54
6F 70 2D 53 65 63 72 65 74 20 61 63 63 65 73 73
2D 63 6F 64 65 20 69 73 20 22 6F 6E 65 20 6F 27
63 6C 6F 63 6B 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 6D 6F 72
6E 69 6E 67 22 20 69 6E 20 73 68 6F 72 74 2D 66
6F 72 6D 2C 20 72 65 76 65 72 73 65 64 29
Answers on postcode please!
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Regarding the new Freesat channels, the upper-case names look ugly to me. The names on ASTRA are often different.
Here is a list of all services where the service-names differ between the Freesat and ASTRA (BSkyB) networks:
nameDiffs.txt - Pastebin.com
Interesting as the list may be, sometimes it is actually useful, as here:
11426.50 V
SID = 52540 *1
ASTRA Service Name = 52540 *2
FSAT Service Name = YourTV
where Freesat identify the unknown 52540 service.
*1 A service is identified within a multiplex by its Service-IDentifier (SID).
*2 The SID is often used as a service-name during tests.
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Briantist: I expect you're referring to G2 (Freetime) devices. Logos are G2 only, are they not? It's service-names only, on the foxsat - though short names are used in the EPG, I think e.g. ChartshowDance has short name CSDance.
No prizes for guessing the short name BONANZABONANZA had!
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Derek Remington: ITV4 has changed frequency. It has moved from Arqiva B to D3&4.
There is no accounting for the behaviour of some tellies. Do you have anything on 24 on the telly? The remnant of the old ITV4 should be on 792 but, without a rescan, may still be on 24, thus blocking that channel number. If so, try deleting it. If that doesn't fix it, try manfully rescanning Arqiva B and D3&4. A last resort would be an automatic scan.
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Diffs Freesat 30-09-2015 00 45 -> Freesat 01-10-2015 13 15
Launched:
161 YourTV
512 CHILLED
513 NOW MUSIC
514 CLUBLAND TV
515 CHANNEL AKA
LCN Changes:
816 -> 801 QVC Beauty
814 -> 802 QVC Extra
818 -> 803 QVC Style
806 -> 804 GR SHOP
808 -> 806 JML Direct
815 -> 808 TJC Choice
817 -> 814 Rocks and Co1
820 -> 815 Thane
821 -> 816 HIGH STREET TV
822 -> 817 Hochanda
Renamed, LCN Changed, moved to test region
604 PopGirl -> 606 Kix +1
NEW HD channel (in the test region):
11538.00 V 23000 2/3 DVB-S2 0.20 8PSK 028.2E
transport_stream_id = 2094 original_network_id = 2
--SID LCN SERVICE NAME
54051 859 Test
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Briantist: Yes, looks good.
I meant to put this up yesterday:
FTA Diffs ASTRA 30-09-2015 00 45 -> ASTRA 01-10-2015 13 15
Renamed
0146 The Arrow -> 0146 SmoothExtra
LCN Change
629 -> 626 POP+1
Renamed, LCN Change
626 PopGirl -> 629 Kix+1
Pity about The Arrow. It was just the music, non-stop, ad-free, no DJ blabbering, a decent bitrate and in stereo - unlike the mono! Planet Rock which I refuse to listen to.
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On Sunday, 3 May 2015 I wrote:
'NEW (in the test region)
986 Freesat 4K
This is actually "Astra UHD Demo" on 12441.00 V 29500 3/4 DVB-S2 QPSK'
see Vintage TV
I neglected to mention that the name was changed and Freesat streams were added in June:
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Channel Diffs from 18/06/2015 16:33:55 to 27/06/2015 16:58:00
Changed:
Boomerang HD ( 4030) 11758H
Name changed from 4030
MTV PRIDE ( 7008) 11895V
Name changed from MTV CLASSIC
BBC RB 2 ( 6802) 12422H
Name changed from 6802
BBC RB 3 ( 6803) 12422H
Name changed from 6803
BBC RB HD ( 6811) 12422H
Name changed from 6811
Astra Ultra HD Demo ( 7400) 12441V
Name changed from Astra UHD Demo
Number of streams changed from 2 to 7
new stream PID = 3843 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
new stream PID = 3844 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
new stream PID = 3842 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
new stream PID = 3840 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
new stream PID = 3841 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
...
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This transponder is not in the ASTRA Network so does not carry any BSkyB data, but it is in the ASTRA and Freesat Networks and carries Freesat data.
How can it both be and not be in the ASTRA Network?
The answer is there are now two DVB networks called ASTRA.
The usual one, which is actually BSkyB:
Network Name = ASTRA
Network ID = 32 = 0x20
Number of transponders = 81
Total number of services = 911
and this one:
Network Name = ASTRA
Network ID = 2
Number of transponders = 1
Total number of services = 1
12441.00 V 29500 3/4 DVB-S2 0.25 QPSK 028.2E
transport_stream_id = 2038 original_network_id = 2
SERVICE NAME, TYPE, SID, PROVIDER
Astra Ultra HD Demo, 31, 7400, SES ASTRA
So what is an UHD channel doing on Freesat anyway?
This may be the answer:
see Freesat news - the latest updates from Freesat
"Freesat announces technology partnership with LG
... LG will launch Freesat channels ..."
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Friday 11 September 2015 4:52AM
Oops, the above should of course read *the LCN is the expected 805* not 85!