Temporary Rebrands:

- 2 movie channels reverting to their usual names following promotional rebrands. 

Channel Closure & Service removal - V6 boxes: 

Channel 215  -  ID 2278  PlutoTV  -  FAST Channel Portal - Not on Original Tivo

- Removed from TSID  8 SID  814

- Removed from the EPG, SDT & NIT on all networks. 

This EPG link to the Pluto TV app has now been removed from V6 boxes.

The Pluto TV app has also been removed from V6 boxes.

 

 

New Services - Pre-launch Configurations (update):

ID 2378  Quest HD  -  SDT Only

ID 2381  Quest +1   -  SDT Only

- Duplicate subscription pack codes removed.

Erroneous duplicate records have been removed by Virgin TV.

Several other erroneous duplicates remain in place.

 

 

Temporary rebrands:

- 2 movie channels with promotional rebrands.

Change of subscription pack codes: 

Channel 501  -  ID 1520    Sky SportsMainEventHD    
Channel 502  -  ID 1787    Sky Sports PL HD    
Channel 503  -  ID 1924    Sky Sports FootballHD    
Channel 504  -  ID 1521    Sky Sports Cricket HD    
Channel 505  -  ID 1770    Sky Sports Golf HD    
Channel 506  -  ID 1771    Sky Sports Darts HD  (Sky Sports F1 HD)
Channel 507  -  ID 1769    Sky Sports NFL HD    (Sky Sports Action HD)
Channel 508  -  ID 1922    Sky Sports + HD    
Channel 520  -  ID 2327    Sky Sports Tennis HD    
- Sky Sports SD pack codes have been added to all Sky Sports HD channels on the traditional (DVB-C) platform.

Sky Sports SD subscribers now have access to the Sky Sports HD channels. 

At the moment, we don't know if this is a permanent change or a promotion.

If permanent, this would be a similar arrangement to that on Stream / Flex devices.  

 

 

Temporary rebrands:

Channel 506  -  ID 1771    Sky Sports Darts HD     -  was Sky Sports F1 HD 
Channel 516  -  ID 1595    Sky Sports Darts           -  was Sky Sports F1
Channel 533  -  ID 2259    Sky Sports Darts UHD  -  was Sky Sports F1 UHD

This post covers changes from December 2nd to December 8th.

A daily record is unavailable due to a database error which resulted in the loss of some data.

 

Start of a Free To View period:

Channel 175  -  ID 2033 Virgin TV Ultra HD  -  Not on Original Tivo.

Channel 999  -  ID 1989 Virgin TV Ultra HD  -  Not on Original Tivo.

- Temporary subscription pack codes added for M/Player/Mixit on traditional cable networks and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.

These channels are now available to all customers. In previous years the free to view period has been for the whole of December.

This change was not noted on the December 1st check so has happened at some point since December 2nd. 

 

 

New FAST Service - Launched (December 8th):

 

ID 2372 DJazz  -  FAST Channel Portal - Not on Original Tivo

- Added to the NIT of remaining networks.

This FAST channel has now launched on channel 297.

 

ID 2373 Classica -  FAST Channel Portal - Not on Original Tivo

- Added to the NIT of remaining networks.

This FAST channel has now launched on channel 296.

Housekeeping - Change of SID:

ID 1383  Sky Replay - Placeholder - End of Service

- SID changed from 214 to placeholder SID 250

Releasing SID 214 for re-use. 

 

 

New Services - Pre-launch Configurations:

 

ID 2374  Really +1  -  SDT Only

- Added to TSID  2 SID  214 on traditional cable networks. - The SID number released by Sky Replay.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2012.

- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.

 

ID 2375  TLC HD  -  SDT Only

- Added to TSID  5 SID  501 on traditional cable networks. 

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2000.  

- HD flag present. 

- Subscription codes added for legacy Max and above, the legacy Reality Tier, Maxit & Mega subscription packs, and for the premium, essential entertainment, pack for Stream devices.

 

ID 2376  TLC HD  -  SDT Only

- Added to TSID  5 SID  511 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2001.

- HD flag present. 

- Subscription codes added for legacy Max and above, the legacy Reality Tier, Maxit & Mega subscription packs, and for the premium, essential entertainment, pack for Stream devices.

ID 2377  Quest HD  -  SDT Only

- Added to TSID  5 SID  502 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2002.

- HD flag present. 

- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.

  

ID 2378  Quest HD  -  SDT Only

- Added to TSID  5 SID  512 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2003.

- HD flag present. 

- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.

 

ID 2379  Quest Red  -  SDT Only

- Added to TSID  9 SID  901 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2004.

- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.

 

ID 2380  Quest Red  -  SDT Only

- Added to TSID  9 SID  926 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2005.

- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.

ID 2381  Quest +1  -  SDT Only

- Added to TSID  9 SID  902 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2006.

- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.

 

ID 2382  Quest +1  -  SDT Only

- Added to TSID  9 SID  927 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2007.

- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.

 

ID 2383  TLC+1  -  SDT Only

- Added to TSID  9 SID  903 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2008.

- Subscription codes added for legacy Max and above, the legacy Reality Tier, Maxit & Mega subscription packs, and for the premium, essential entertainment, pack for Stream devices.

 

ID 2384  TLC+1  -  SDT Only

- Added to TSID  9 SID  928 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2009.

- Subscription codes added for legacy Max and above, the legacy Reality Tier, Maxit & Mega subscription packs, and for the premium, essential entertainment, pack for Stream devices.

 

ID 2385  5 USA +1  -  SDT Only

- Added to TSID  9 SID  905 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2010.

- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.

 

ID 2386  5 USA +1  -  SDT Only

- Added to TSID  9 SID  929 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2011.

- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.

 

Pre-launch channel numbers are subject to change. 

 

For all services: 

- The short EPG Names are the same as the service names.

- SDT root flags show that the services are running and not encrypted.

- Marked as the Entertainment genre.

- Hidden from the EPG. - Hide 1 flag present. 

- At the time of the observation, these services had not been added to the NIT of any network. 

- PMTs & elementary streams (video, audio etc) had not been added at the time of the observation.

PMTs are present for SIDs 501 and 502 with an elementary stream on SID 501 but these are related to inactive transport stream markers for TSID 5 rather than the new services.

 

The services are not yet visible on the EPG as these services aren't in the NIT of customer facing networks.

 

Further notes: 

TLC channels are expected to migrate to M/Player/Mixit & the basic, inclusive channels, pack when WBD adds TLC to Freeview.

 

Reality +1 has 3 versions of the subs pack code record, some conflicting. (2 records include a subscription pack code for an unmarketed package, the other does not). 

ID 2378 Quest HD, ID 2381 Quest +1 & ID 2383 TLC +1 each have 2 versions of the subs pack record, both records carrying the same information.

 

Details of the above extra versions will be added to the SI Errors page when fully analysed. 

 

As IDs 2375 to 2386 duplicate existing services on Virgin TV, it is possible that these are just being used as placeholder service names.

 

 

Temporary rebrands:

- 2 movie channels were scheduled to revert from promotional rebrands on December 8th (according to data from Sky).

As data as been lost for the December 2nd to December 7th period, we cannot be certain that the rebrands actually took place on Virgin TV. 

Temporary rebrands:

- 2 movie channels with promotional rebrands were scheduled for this date (according to data from Sky).

These were short term promotional rebrands, reverting to the usual names on December 8th. 

As data as been lost for the December 2nd to December 7th period, we cannot be certain that these rebrands actually took place on Virgin TV. 

Temporary Rebrands:

- 1 kids' channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand. 

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand. 

- 1 movie channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand.

Temporary Rebrands:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.