Temporary Rebrand:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.

Temporary Rebrand:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand (not actioned by Virgin TV).

New Service - Pre-launch Configuration - SDT Root Flags:

ID 2390  Panjab TV  -  SDT Only

- SDT root flags show that the service is running and encrypted.

Changed from not running to running and from not encrypted to encrypted (encryption added). 

Catching up with the encryption of the elementary streams added yesterday.

 

 

New Service - Pre-launch Configuration - Duplicate Subscription Code Record (SI Error):

ID 2390  Panjab TV  -  SDT Only

- A second subscription pack record has been added but with no subscription pack codes. 

This has been registered on the database as an unsafe duplicate. 

Unsafe as the record with no subscription code conflicts with the original record, which contains the Asian Mela subscription code. 

This will be recorded on the SI Errors page. 

 

 

Renamed Service: 

Channel 402  -  ID 1519  Sky Adventure 

- Previously named Sky Select. 

Sky's latest list of changes does not list this as a temporary change so, for now, this will be assumed to be a permanent change of service name 

This entry will be updated if the situation changes. 

New Service - Pre-launch Configuration - Housekeeping:

ID 2390  Panjab TV  -  SDT Only

- PMTs and elementary streams (video, audio etc) added.

New Service - Pre-launch Configurations:

ID 2390  Panjab TV  -  SDT Only

- Short EPG Name: same as service name

- Added to TSID 3 SID 312 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 839. Channel numbers are subject to change.

- Not added to the NIT of any network at the time of the analysis.

- Flagged as the International Genre.

- Hidden from the EPG - Hide1 flag activated.

- SDT root flags show that the service is not running and not encrypted.

- Subscription code added for the Asian Mela pack.

- PMTs and elementary streams had not been added at the time of the analysis.

New FAST Services - Pre-launch Configurations - Update:

 

ID 2397  8 Out of 10 Cats  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

- Moved from SID 845 to SID 810 (TSID 8) on traditional cable networks 

 

ID 2398  Pointless  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

- Moved from SID 846 to SID 814 (TSID 8) on traditional cable networks 

 

For both of the above regional services: 

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

- Subscription codes added for the 4K versions of M/Player/Mixit and above on traditional cable devices.

- Subscription code added for the basic tier, Inclusive Channels, on Stream / Flex devices. 

- PMTs and elementary streams had not been added at the time of the analysis.

The pre-launch channel allocations remain duplicates of existing services.

This configuration now indicates that these services will be available on V6 devices.  

The 4K versions of the subscription codes prevent the channels from being accessed on legacy TiVo devices where the services will be greyed out on the EPG. 

New Service - Housekeeping:

ID 2391  Sky Atlantic  -  Withheld from V6 and TiVo devices 

- PIN flag added - Watershed - allows access to restricted content pre-watershed by entering a PIN number.

New Service - Launched: 

Channel 111 - ID 2391  Sky Atlantic  -  Withheld from V6 and TiVo devices

- Added to the NIT of remaining networks.

- This service has been added to Horizon configuration data since the last observation and the Horizon hide flag is not active. 

Sky Atlantic has launched with a promotional loop and is now visible on the EPG of TV360 and Stream / Flex devices. The service remains hidden from V6 and TiVo devices, where hide flags are still active.

 

 

New On Demand Portal - Launched: 

Channel 206 - ID 2411  On Demand Streaming  -  On Demand Portal - Not on Original Tivo

- Added to the NIT of remaining networks.

This service has now launched. It is an app linked to the EPG, with a red button prompt screen on V6 devices. It is visible but greyed out on the EPG of legacy TiVo devices.

 

 

New Regional Services - Launched in the Bristol 2 (ex Aztec) area: 

Channel 858 - ID 2415  BBC ONE W Midlands HD  -  VM Bristol 2

Channel 870 - ID 2416  ITV1 Central West HD  -  VM Bristol 2

- Removed from the NIT of the Code Download Test (Portsmouth) network (often used for pre-launch configurations). 

- Added to the NIT of the Bristol 2 (ex Aztec) network.

- The hide flag combination have changed to make these channels visible on the EPG - Hide1 flag removed.

This service has now launched, making the West Midlands services of BBC1 and ITV1 available, as a secondary service. Primarily intended for viewers who would normally receive a terrestrial TV service from West Midlands transmitters.

 

 

Housekeeping - Regional Services: 

Channel 101 - ID 2184  BBC ONE South East HD  -  VM Ashford, Brighton, & Basildon 2 areas.

Channel 858 - ID 1763  BBC ONE South HD -  VM Guildford / Farborough area.

Channel 858 - ID 2199  BBC ONE South East HD  -  VM Basildon 1/3/4 areas.

- Hide1 and Hide2 flags removed.

Hide flags have been removed (values changed from 1 to 0) on these regional services.

There is no no change to channel visibility on the the EPG as both of these combinations make the service visible. 

 

 

Temporary Rebrands:

- 2 movie channel with promotional rebrands (not actioned by Virgin TV).

 

 

There is an ongoing analysis to check regional services on the ex-NTL side of the traditional cable network, which is not included in the overnight cable analysis. This post will be updated if any changes are detected.

New FAST Services - Pre-launch Configurations:

 

ID 2397  8 Out of 10 Cats  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

- Short EPG Name: 8Out10Cats 

- Added to TSID 8 SID 845 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 250. Channel numbers are subject to change.

- Added to 2 internal networks often used for pre-launch configuration.
   - Code Download Test (Portsmouth)
   - NGRHEE Bromley

 

ID 2398  Pointless  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

- Short EPG Name: Pointless 

- Added to TSID 8 SID 846 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 251. Channel numbers are subject to change.

- Added to 3 internal networks often used for pre-launch configuration.
   - Code Download Test (Portsmouth)
   - NGRHEE Bromley
   - TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)

 

For both of the above regional services: 

- Flagged as the Entertainment Genre.

- Hidden from the EPG - Hide1 flag added.

- HD flag added.

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

- Subscription code segments had not been added at the time of the analysis.

- PMTs and elementary streams had not been added at the time of the analysis.

Note that the pre-launch channel allocations of 250 & 251 are already in use by other services. 

Early indications are that these services will not be available on V6 devices.

 

 

New Regional Services - Pre-launch Configurations - SDT Root Flags updated:

ID 2415  BBC ONE W Midlands HD  -  Internal Networks Only
ID 2416  ITV1 Central West HD  -  Internal Networks Only

- SDT root flags show that these services are running and encrypted - encryption restored.

The status of these services have changed to indicate that encryption has been restored.

 

 

FAST Service - NIT Duplicates: 

ID 2389  Rakuten TV Sci-Fi  -  FAST Channel Portal - Not on V6 or Tivo

- Duplicate service records have been added to the NIT of multiple networks.

This will be recorded as an error on the SI Errors page.

Although all parts of the network can't be checked it is known that the duplicate entries have been added to 64 of the 68 networks on the ex-Telewest part of the network. 

 

 

Temporary Rebrand:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand (not actioned by Virgin TV).