Channel Closure - EPG flags updated:ID 1383 Sky Replay - Placeholder - End of Service
- The video stream is now carrying a closure announcement slate.
- End of Service and Placeholder flags have been added.
The end of service / placeholder flag combination preserves any recordings for a short period following a channel closure.
Service Removal - System Service:TSID 3 - SID 333 - ID 2004 Yupp TV - Subscription Level Check - Deprecated.
Deprecated system service removed from the SI after being dormant for a long period.
FAST Service Removal:
TSID 8 - SID 852 - ID 2343 VEVO '90s & '00s - FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only.
This service failed to launch, the SI data has now been removed from the 3 internal networks which carried the pre-launch configuration.
FAST Service Removal:
TSID 8 - SID 854 - ID 2340 Real Life - FAST Channel Portal - Placeholder - End of Service.
This FAST service has been removed after 245 days in placeholder status. It is unknown why the service was in placeholder status as FAST services cannot be recorded, so there would be no recordings to preserve.
Internal Service Removals:
TSID 11 - SID 1132 - ID 1996 Project1 - Internal Networks Only.
TSID 11 - SID 1133 - ID 1998 Project3 -
Internal Networks Only.TSID 21 - SID 2130 - ID 1997 Project2 - Internal Networks Only.
Various "project" services removed from internal networks. The purpose of these services was never identified. This service was only available on 1 internal network, TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE).
Pop-up Service Removal:
TSID 514 - SID 1419 - ID 2176 Eurosport UHD - Pop Up Service - Placeholder - End of Service.
This
placeholder service has been removed after preserving recordings for 277 days, exceeding the usual 3 month retention period.
Any recordings will no longer play.
Service Removal - Repurposed IPTV Test Service: TSID 30 - SID 3001 - ID 2152 BBC ONE South East - Placeholder - IPTV - SDT Only - South East.
New / Repurposed Service - Inactive Transport Stream Marker: TSID 30 - SID 3001 - ID 2152 Hidden 3001 - Inactive TS Marker - SDT Only.
Although
technically just a rebrand, the original occupant of ID 2152, the BBC
ONE South East IPTV test, has been removed and the service has been
repurposed as an inactive transport stream marker for TSID 30.
Service Removals - IPTV Test Services: TSID 30 - SID 3002 - ID 2153 BBC ONE North West - Placeholder - IPTV - SDT Only - North West.
TSID 30 - SID 3003 - ID 2154 Sky News - Placeholder - IPTV - SDT Only.
TSID 30 - SID 3004 - ID 2155 BBC ONE HD - Placeholder - IPTV - SDT Only.
TSID 30 - SID 3005 - ID 2156 More 4 - Placeholder - IPTV - SDT Only.
TSID 30 - SID 3006 - ID 2157 More 4 HD - Placeholder - IPTV - SDT Only.
TSID 30 - SID 3007 - ID 2158 More 4 +1 - Placeholder - IPTV - SDT Only.
TSID 30 - SID 3008 - ID 2159 Sky Greats HD - Placeholder - IPTV - SDT Only.
TSID 30 - SID 3009 - ID 2160 TNT Sport 1 HD - Placeholder - IPTV - SDT Only.
TSID 30 - SID 3010 - ID 2161 Test 1405 - Placeholder - IPTV - SDT Only - Nat Geo (SD) duplicate.
TSID 30 - SID 3011 - ID 2162 Test 1406 - Placeholder - IPTV - SDT Only - Gold HD duplicate.
TSID 30 - SID 3012 - ID 2163 Sky News HD - Placeholder - IPTV - SDT Only.
TSID 30 - SID 3013 - ID 2129 TNT Sport Extra 1 - IPTV - SDT Only.
TSID 30 - SID 3014 - ID 2256 Test 1420 - Placeholder - IPTV - SDT Only - 5 Select duplicate.
Seemingly a test to link IPTV streams to broadcast SI data, these services have not been used for some time.
Audio Description Service Removal:
TSID 102 - SID 10252 - ID 1945 STV AD - Scotland - Deprecated.
This service failed to launch, the SI data has now been removed.
Service Removals - Regional Transport Stream Frequency Tests: TSID 301 - SID 30101 - ID 9301 FreqTest1 - Regional Transport Stream Frequency Test.
TSID 301 - SID 30102 - ID 9302 FreqTest2 - Regional Transport Stream Frequency Test.
TSID 302 - SID 30201 - ID 9303 FreqTest3 - Regional Transport Stream Frequency Test.
TSID 302 - SID 30202 - ID 9304 FreqTest4 - Regional Transport Stream Frequency Test.
TSID 303 - SID 30301 - ID 9305 FreqTest5 - Regional Transport Stream Frequency Test.
TSID 303 - SID 30302 - ID 9306 FreqTest6 - Regional Transport Stream Frequency Test.
TSID 304 - SID 30401 - ID 9307 FreqTest7 -
Regional Transport Stream Frequency Test.TSID 304 - SID 30402 - ID 9308 FreqTest8 - Regional Transport Stream Frequency Test.
Remnants
of the test services believed to have been used to test frequencies
during network upgrades. In some areas, the original cable build meant that some frequencies were attenuated. Broader frequency
ranges opening up as individual networks were upgraded. The video and
audio streams of these test services have not been active for many
months and the remaining SI entries have now been removed.
These services were on 13 regions on the Barnsley (4), Knowsley (2), Preston (2), Haringey, Liverpool TDN, Preston TDN, Southport & Code Download Test (Portsmouth) networks.
Service Removal - Inactive Transport Stream Marker: TSID 389 - SID 38901 - Dummy 38901 - Inactive TS Marker - Internal TS - SDT Only.
As
with most inactive transport stream markers, this service had a USID of
0. It was used to mark the old transport stream 389, used for early 4K
tests. The tests have long since been removed. Originally on an old
Manchester TRIALS network, which has subsequently been removed with the
NID being reassigned to Wrexham.
Much of the SI structure was removed for the IPTV tests but this hadn't been an active transport stream for a very long time. In an unusual move, the Cable Delivery System records have now been restored for this transport stream. Frequencies originally used by the transport stream were reassigned and, in the new records, a frequency of 0 kHz is allocated, which obviously isn't a valid frequency.
Legacy TSIDs 27-45 have been free of services for a long time. Although the frequencies have actually been reassigned, cable delivery systems still have frequency allocations for TSIDs 42 & 45 and now a 0 kHz allocation for TSID 30. Maybe TSIDs 30, 42 & 45 could be the next batch of SI removals. TSID 29 also has some leftover SI data with an inactive transport stream marker present but no CDS records.
This post is subject to change.