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Saturday 22 February 2020 12:09AM

Chris.SE: Colin seems happy enough with what he's tuned in, but it sure as hell ain't com8.

Regarding UHF Channel Offsets and in particular, that for com8, I thought, maybe digitalbitrate might show it and if and when it changed. But no, the offsets on there have been entered by monkeys and are total garbage.

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Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter
Saturday 22 February 2020 12:48AM

Chris.SE: Absolutely. BBC: Not guilty.

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All free TV channels in the UK
Saturday 22 February 2020 2:01AM

Chris.SE: Well, thanks for that Chris, very interesting! I wonder when Freeview/DUK will alert us to the change.

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All free TV channels in the UK
Saturday 22 February 2020 4:16AM

Chris.SE: A knowledgeable fellow over on DS was suggesting a 7MHz bandwidth may have been used, but it's not possible to lock com8 on a 7MHz bandwidth setting. Even so, he might be right to some extent.

Given that the com8 centre frequency is C56-, and com7 is C55, how can com8 be 8MHz wide without treading on com7?

The constellation diagram for com8 is something I've not seen before, with points way off target, hitting the walls.



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Maybe the change in FEC to 1/2 was to compensate/allow this.




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Chris Barlow: Your Most Likely Transmitter is Rothesay according to the Coverage Checker.

Is your aerial pointing NW (Rothesay) or E (Largs Holehouse) - pardon the expression.

Largs D3&4 is on C31 and Rothesay D3&4 is on C25.





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Stewart Tindal: OK, we admit it. We'll get right on it sir.

Seriously, you're barking up the wrong tree. You might try reading Chris.SE's reply above.

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All free TV channels in the UK
Thursday 27 February 2020 4:21PM

ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:

CNBC HD has moved from 12012V to 12168V:

Comparing files List ASTRA 25-02-2020 18 01.txt and List ASTRA 27-02-2020 11 00.txt


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

Transponder Move
CNBC HD 25 1088 3902 2016 2 12012V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 890
CNBC HD 25 1088 3902 2024 2 12168V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 890

Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 32 <= dPCR <= 62 ms intervals over 16 seconds for 12168.00 V 27500 2/3 DVB-S2 8PSK (27/02/2020 15:54:13)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
14.371 | 02.921 | 05.018 | SkyPremiereHD [ENC]
09.333 | 02.029 | 06.210 | Sky Family HD [ENC]
06.675 | 01.983 | 03.788 | Cartoon Net HD [ENC]
07.728 | 03.424 | 05.039 | Sky Thriller HD [ENC]
08.106 | 01.986 | 04.054 | SkySuperheroHD [ENC]
06.745 | 03.073 | 05.031 | STV HD (4068) [ENC]
06.913 | 03.088 | 05.038 | STV HD (4071) [ENC]
06.982 | 02.878 | 04.752 | CNBC HD
08.153 | 03.959 | 06.068 | Disney Chnl HD [ENC]
01.898 | 00.086 | 01.072 | Null Packets
08.163 | 06.382 | 07.161 | All Other Streams
53.231 | 53.230 | 53.230 | TS Bitrate

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All free TV channels in the UK
Thursday 27 February 2020 4:23PM

ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:

Al Jazeera HD has moved from 11612H to 11582H

Comparing files List ASTRA 27-02-2020 11 00.txt and List ASTRA 27-02-2020 13 01.txt


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

Renamed, EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
52189 25 0000 52189 2097 2 11582H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
Al Jazeera HD 25 1023 52189 2097 2 11582H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 880

Service ID Change, Transponder Move
Al Jazeera HD 25 1023 55415 2099 2 11612H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 880
Al Jazeera HD 25 1023 52189 2097 2 11582H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 880



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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
52189 25 0000 55415 2097 2 11582H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000

Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 30 <= dPCR <= 46 ms intervals over 16 seconds for 11582.25 H 22000 5/6 DVB-S QPSK (27/02/2020 16:06:21)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
02.667 | 01.134 | 02.012 | NOW 70s
02.870 | 00.995 | 01.741 | Star Plus [ENC]
02.071 | 01.594 | 01.857 | Kanshi TV
08.458 | 08.061 | 08.260 | Al Jazeera HD
02.177 | 01.193 | 01.686 | Foodxp
01.728 | 00.842 | 01.175 | ColorsCineplex [ENC]
01.500 | 00.677 | 01.069 | COLORS [ENC]
02.508 | 01.093 | 01.543 | Star GOLD [ENC]
02.744 | 01.217 | 01.820 | SONY MAX [ENC]
01.485 | 00.723 | 01.162 | ColorsRishtey [ENC]
01.368 | 00.907 | 01.097 | Star Bharat [ENC]
01.335 | 00.878 | 01.114 | Eman Channel
01.576 | 01.084 | 01.343 | Babenation
02.983 | 00.850 | 01.864 | Null Packets
06.871 | 05.140 | 06.049 | All Other Streams
33.791 | 33.791 | 33.791 | TS Bitrate

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All free TV channels in the UK
Thursday 5 March 2020 9:20PM

ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:

2908, formerly Quest ROI, is now showing Food Network ROI.

Studio 66 was removed from BSkyB 912 and currently has no streams.


Comparing files List ASTRA 04-03-2020 18 01.txt and List ASTRA 05-03-2020 18 01.txt


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

Renamed
Quest 1 0000 2908 2035 2 12383H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
2908 1 0000 2908 2035 2 12383H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000

Renamed, EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
53580 1 0000 53580 2098 2 11597V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
HUM EUROPE 1 5205 53580 2098 2 11597V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 751

EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
Studio 66 1 3256 53505 2098 2 11597V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 912
Studio 66 1 0000 53505 2098 2 11597V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000

Service ID Change, Transponder Move
HUM EUROPE 1 5205 22605 2094 2 11538V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 751
HUM EUROPE 1 5205 53580 2098 2 11597V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 751


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B4U Plus 1 0000 22613 2094 2 11538V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
Peace TV 1 0000 52135 2108 2 11265V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
Peace TV Urdu 1 0000 52138 2108 2 11265V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000


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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
53580 1 0000 22605 2098 2 11597V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
5201 1 1461 5201 2007 2 11837H 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1049
5872 1 1462 5872 2007 2 11837H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1017
5320 1 1463 5320 2007 2 11837H 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1051

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All free TV channels in the UK
Thursday 5 March 2020 9:23PM

Freesat Diffs:

SMITHSONIAN HD, Pick, Pick +1 and Sky News changed transponder.

Live 360 was added to the Freesat test region.

BSkyB channel info: Live 360 features top new stories and brand new shows from around the world. Movies, talk shows, fashion and more.


Comparing files List Freesat 05-03-2020 13 01.txt and List Freesat 05-03-2020 18 01.txt


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

Service ID Change, Transponder Move
Pick +1 1 04020 5107 2026 2 12207V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 145
Pick +1 1 04020 5836 2019 2 12071H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 145

Service ID Change, Transponder Move
Pick 1 17009 4751 2026 2 12207V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 144
Pick 1 17009 5832 2019 2 12071H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 144

Service ID Change, Transponder Move
Sky News 1 20014 4704 2026 2 12207V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 202
Sky News 1 20014 6404 2019 2 12071H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 202

Service ID Change, Transponder Move
SMITHSONIAN HD 25 20025 51110 2071 2 11171H 0 1 FREESAT 000011111111 175
SMITHSONIAN HD 25 20025 55271 2092 2 11508V 0 1 FREESAT 000011111111 175



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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
Live 360 1 13002 55180 2095 2 11553H 0 1 Freesat 1EEE1EEE1EEE 176

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