Saturday, 23 August 2025

Temporary Rebrand:
- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand. 

Friday, 22 August 2025

Temporary Rebrands:
- 2 movie channels with promotional rebrands. 

Monday, 18 August 2025

End 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 now been removed, these channels are now only available to Asian Mela subscribers. 
Horizon data indicates that the extra subscription pack codes have now been removed on these boxes.

 
Temporary Rebrands: 
- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand. 
- 1 movie channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand.  

Wednesday, 13 August 2025

New FAST Service - Pre-launch Configuration:
  
ID 2370 CSI on PlutoTV  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only
- Added to TSID 8 SID 841 on traditional cable networks.
- The short EPG Name is CSI Pluto.
- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 247. Channel numbers are subject to change.
- SDT root flags show that this service is running and not encrypted.
- Marked as the General / Entertainment genre.
- HD flags present.
- Hidden from the EPG. - Hide1 flag present. 
- Subscription codes had not been added at the time of the analysis (not unusual for FAST channels not available on the V6).
- Added to 3 internal networks often used for pre-launch configuration.
   - Code Download Test (Portsmouth)
   - NGRHEE Bromley
   - TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)
PMTs and elementary streams are not present but that is to be expected for Pluto FAST channels, which aren't available on the V6 and don't have red button prompt slates..
Not yet visible on the EPG as these services aren't in the NIT of customer facing networks.
 
This post will be updated when we have the data for Horizon boxes. This service is expected to be for TV360 boxes only. Pluto channels are already available in the Pluto app. (on TV360, Stream and V6 boxes).

Monday, 11 August 2025

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

Friday, 8 August 2025

Temporary Rebrand:
- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand. 

Monday, 4 August 2025

Temporary Rebrands:
- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand. 
- 2 movie channels reverting to their usual names following promotional rebrands.