Start of a Free to View Period:

Channel 801  -  ID 1689  -  Utsav Gold HD

Channel 802  -  ID 1677  -  Utsav Bharat

Channel 803  -  ID   424  -  Utsav Plus HD

Channel 805  -  ID   425  -  SONY TV HD

Channel 806  -  ID   422  -  SONY MAX HD

Channel 807  -  ID 1705  -  SONY SAB HD

Channel 808  -  ID 2032  -  SONY MAX2

Channel 809  -  ID   426  -  Zee TV HD

Channel 810  -  ID   427  -  Zee Cinema HD

Channel 811  -  ID 2350  -  Zee Punjabi

Channel 815  -  ID   430  -  B4U Movies

Channel 825  -  ID 2166  -  Colors Gujarati

Channel 826  -  ID 1562  -  COLORS HD

Channel 827  -  ID 1675  -  Colors Rishtey

Channel 828  -  ID 1927  -  Colors Cineplex

- Subscription Pack FTV Override Codes have been applied, making these channels available to all customers. 

Horizon data indicates that extra subscription pack codes have been added on these boxes, which don't support override codes, again making the channels available to all customers.

The override codes has also been added to SONY SAB HD even though this channel is already available to customers on the basic channel packages.

 

 

Temporary Rebrands:

- 1 kids' channels with a promotional rebrand.  

Service Closure: 

Channel 383 - ID  235  National Geographic+1 - Placeholder - End of Service

- End of Service and Placeholder flags have been added.

- SDT root flags show that this service is running and not encrypted - encryption removed. 

The end of service / placeholder flag combination preserves any recordings for a short period following a channel closure.  

The service has closed on all platforms, it is currently carrying a closure slate advising viewers that National Geographic +1 is no longer available but National Geographic remains available on channel 183.

Temporary Rebrands: 

- 2 movie channels with promotional rebrands.

Virgin TV renamed these services with their standard names of Sky Select and Sky Hits rather than using the promotional branding.

Temporary Rebrands: 

- 2 movie channels with promotional rebrands.

Temporary Rebrands: 

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.

Temporary Rebrands: 

- 2 movie channels with promotional rebrands.

The following data is for Thursday 18th June to Friday 19th June:

 

 

FAST channels hidden from the V6 EPG (Internal Duplicates): 

ID 2412  Inside Crime Dup  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

ID 2413  HomesUnderTheHammerDp  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

ID 2414  Inside Outside Dup  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

 - All services hidden from the EPG - hide1 flag added. 

These internal tests have joined other FAST channels by adding flags to hide them from the V6 & legacy Tivo EPGs. No immediate change for customers as these are only added to the NIT of various internal networks.

 

 

New FAST Service - Pre-launch Configuration:

 

ID 2420  Tennis Channel  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

- Short EPG Name: Tennis Chnl 

- Added to TSID 8 SID 816 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 542. Channel numbers are subject to change.

- Flagged as the Sport Genre.

- Hidden from the EPG - Hide1 flag added.

- HD flag added.

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

- SI based subscription codes are no longer added for FAST services. Horizon based subscription codes are not currently tracked. 

- Added to 5 internal networks often used for pre-launch configuration.
   - Code Download Test (Portsmouth)
   - NGRHEE Bromley

   - TTA Bromley DMC (Bromley RHE)
   - TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)
   - VM Paddington 

- PMTs and elementary streams are no longer used for FAST services.

 

 

Important note:

Data from Thursday's monitoring was lost due to a system error at our data hub caused by a third party system fault. The system has been recovered and results for Thursday / Friday are being combined in the blog based on Friday's data. If Thursday's data is recovered at a later stage, the blog will be updated but given the extent of the damage, that is unlikely. Given the nature of the changes, the exact date of change isn't critical.