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Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter
Monday 22 June 2020 11:29AM

Relocated Services: North West

Shopping Quarter has moved from COM7 (A000) to BBC B (4088)
BBC FOUR HD has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)
CBeebies HD has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)
QUEST HD has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)
QVC HD has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)
QVC Beauty HD has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)
FreeSports has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)
NOW 80s has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)
PBS America +1 has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)
Forces TV has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)
Together TV+1 has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)

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Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter
Monday 22 June 2020 11:35AM

Get a load of those Null Packets:

Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 35 <= dPCR <= 35 ms intervals over 11 seconds for BBC B North West (22/06/2020 12:31:54)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
02.735 | 02.355 | 02.574 | BBC TWO HD
05.053 | 02.686 | 04.206 | ITV HD
05.327 | 01.035 | 02.731 | Channel 4 HD
05.267 | 02.897 | 03.879 | Channel 5 HD
08.420 | 02.866 | 05.187 | BBC ONE HD
04.163 | 02.317 | 03.061 | CBBC HD
01.339 | 00.944 | 01.127 | Shopping Quarter
01.326 | 00.723 | 00.955 | TBN UK
17.220 | 10.547 | 14.063 | Null Packets
03.596 | 01.800 | 02.425 | All Other Streams
40.210 | 40.209 | 40.209 | TS Bitrate

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Forces TV
Saturday 27 June 2020 1:24PM

Francis James Blackwell:
Com78 National is the name of the network consisting of the two multiplexes called COM7 and COM8:

COM7: 746 MHz, UHF C55
(
056 5USA+1
064 FreeSports
071 CBS Reality +1
072 Quest Red+1
083 NOW 80s
086 More4+1
089 Together TV+1
092 Pick+1
093 PBS America +1
096 Forces TV
106 BBC FOUR HD
107 BBC NEWS HD
109 Channel 4+1 HD
110 4seven HD
111 QVC HD
112 QVC Beauty HD
113 RT HD
114 QUEST HD
115 TJC HD
205 CBeebies HD
796 Shopping Quarter
)

COM8: 756 MHz, UHF C56
(
055 5STAR+1
069 CBS Justice +1
209 CBeebies HD
786 FreeSports
787 NOW 80s
788 PBS America +1
789 Forces TV
790 QVC HD
791 QVC Beauty HD
797 QUEST HD
798 BBC FOUR HD
799 Together TV+1
)

COM8 is closing and all the services that were on it have ether moved to other multiplexes or ceased.

In particular, Forces TV has moved to COM7.

Only retune messages remain on COM8.

Try a manual tune on 746 MHz, UHF C55.


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Forces TV
Saturday 27 June 2020 8:30PM

Francis James Blackwell: Before you plot a course to your loft aerial, and risk life and limb getting there, try a manual tune of frequency 746 MHz. If you tell us your postcode, or that of somewhere nearby, we can perhaps offer further advice.

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Forces TV
Sunday 28 June 2020 1:37PM

Francis James Blackwell: At that postcode, you are predicted to have very good reception of all channels

See for yourself:

Go to the Freeview Checker page

Platform management | Freeview

Enter your postcode and house name or number and click on Check

We need to verify that your aerial is pointing at the right Transmitter.

It will be helpful, firstly, to us to know the make and model of your receiver.









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All free TV channels in the UK
Sunday 28 June 2020 4:10PM

Tracey Ireland: In the England G2 bouquet, RG10 maps to region 32:

101 BBC One South
103 ITV [Mer. N Thames Valley#]
104 Channel 4 [CH4 South.]
111 ITV HD [ITV1 HD South East]
112 ITV +1 [ITV1+1 SE]
121 Channel 4 + 1 [C4 +1 South]

The defaults (for an unknown postcode) for the England G2 bouquet are:

101 BBC One Lon
103 ITV [ITV1 Central West]
104 Channel 4 [CH4 London]
111 ITV HD [ITV1 HD London]
121 Channel 4 + 1 [C4 +1 London]

Do you have ITV +1 on 112?

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Chris.SE:
Here is the now of the now/next for com7 and com8 services :

LCN,channel,title
55,5STAR+1,View 5STAR on Ch30, 5STAR+1 unavailable
56,5USA+1,View 5USA on Ch21, 5USA+1 unavailable
64,FreeSports,Live: Dream11 ECS Cricket
69,CBS Justice +1,Continue to watch CBS Justice on ch. 39
71,CBS Reality +1,Continue to watch CBS Reality on ch. 66
72,Quest Red+1,Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta
83,NOW 80s,Wake Me Up Before You Go Go!
86,More4+1,Teleshopping
89,Together TV+1,Teleshopping
92,Pick+1,..programmes no longer available
93,PBS America +1,Teleshopping
96,Forces TV,The Aviators
106,BBC FOUR HD,This is BBC Four
107,BBC NEWS HD,Breakfast
109,Channel 4+1 HD,Cheers
110,4seven HD,Teleshopping
111,QVC HD,Tweak'd By Nature Haircare
112,QVC Beauty HD,..programmes start again at 2am
113,RT HD,Renegade Inc.
114,QUEST HD,Deadliest Catch
115,TJC HD,Affordable Luxury
205,CBeebies HD,Bitz & Bob
209,CBeebies HD,CBeebies HD has moved
786,FreeSports,Please rescan now
787,NOW 80s,Please rescan now
788,PBS America +1,Please rescan now
789,Forces TV,Rescan for Forces TV Now!
790,QVC HD,QVC HD Has Moved
791,QVC Beauty HD,QVC Beauty HD Has Moved
796,Shopping Quarter,Shopping Quarter Round Up
797,QUEST HD,Quest HD Has Moved
798,BBC FOUR HD,BBC Four HD has moved
799,Together TV+1,Together TV+1 Has Moved - Please Rescan

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All free TV channels in the UK
Tuesday 30 June 2020 1:46PM

Freesat Diffs:

FreeSports HD was DELETED:

Comparing files List Freesat 30-06-2020 11 01.txt and List Freesat 30-06-2020 13 01.txt

************************ DELETED ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
FreeSports HD 25 07017 52575 2116 2 11427V 0 1 Freesat 000011111111 252

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All free TV channels in the UK
Thursday 2 July 2020 10:02AM

Com78 National got renamed to Com7 National:

Tables read from transport stream 233A.A000

Time Offset Table
UTC_time = 30/06/2020 11:30:33

country_code = GBR
country_region_id = 0
local_time_offset = 01:00
local_time_offset_polarity = 0
next_time_offset = 00:00
time_of_change = 25/10/2020 01:00:00

country_code = IRL
country_region_id = 0
local_time_offset = 01:00
local_time_offset_polarity = 0
next_time_offset = 00:00
time_of_change = 25/10/2020 01:00:00

networkName = Com7 National
networkID = 3045
number of multiplexes in the NIT = 1
number of multiplexes in the SDT = 89
number of SDT services = 1286

List by NIT Multiplex:

COM7
ONID.TSID = 233A.A000
plp_id = 00
T2_system_id = A045
Target Regions = (GBR)
(
LCN SID TYPE SERVICE NAME
064 A0E0 22 FreeSports
072 A1D0 22 Quest Red+1
083 A100 22 NOW 80s
086 A0F0 22 More4+1
089 A160 22 Together TV+1
092 A1F0 22 Pick+1
093 A120 22 PBS America +1
096 A140 22 Forces TV
106 A010 25 BBC FOUR HD
107 A000 25 BBC NEWS HD
111 A060 25 QVC HD
112 A068 25 QVC Beauty HD
113 A150 25 RT HD
114 A050 25 QUEST HD
205 A020 25 CBeebies HD
)



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All free TV channels in the UK
Thursday 2 July 2020 11:12AM

ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:

HGTV+1 went FTA:

Comparing files List ASTRA 30-06-2020 18 01.txt and List ASTRA 01-07-2020 11 01.txt


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

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

Encryption Flag Change
HGTV+1 1 2309 53231 2111 2 11345H 1 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 258, 262
HGTV+1 1 2309 53231 2111 2 11345H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 258, 262


Null Packets by the bucket-load on 11345H:

Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 36 <= dPCR <= 38 ms intervals over 16 seconds for 11344.50 H 27500 5/6 DVB-S QPSK (02/07/2020 11:32:54)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
02.273 | 01.214 | 01.778 | Trace Urban
02.160 | 00.875 | 01.630 | Really (53225)
02.974 | 01.543 | 02.286 | BT Sport 2 (53280) [ENC]/BT Sport 2 (53281) [ENC]
04.023 | 01.594 | 02.777 | BT Sport//ESPN (53285) [ENC]/BT Sport//ESPN (53286) [ENC]
04.974 | 02.776 | 03.588 | BoxNation [ENC]
02.994 | 01.484 | 02.301 | Trace Vault
02.440 | 01.163 | 01.552 | PBS America
02.869 | 01.073 | 02.055 | Really (53235)
03.280 | 01.319 | 02.126 | HGTV
02.884 | 01.527 | 02.107 | HGTV+1
16.177 | 13.904 | 15.185 | Null Packets
06.063 | 03.913 | 04.853 | All Other Streams
42.239 | 42.238 | 42.239 | TS Bitrate

Note: Really (53235) is really Really ROI.

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