Thursday, 3 April 2025

FAST Services - Launch:
Channel 446  -  ID 2362 Rakuten TV Top Movies  -  FAST Channel Portal - Not on V6 or Tivo
Channel 447  -  ID 2363 Rakuten TV Action  -  FAST Channel Portal - Not on V6 or Tivo
- PIN Protection flags removed from both services.
- Both services added to the NIT of all remaining networks.
These channels are now visible on the EPG on customer boxes.
 
 
Temporary Rebrands:
- 2 movie channels with promotional rebrands.
- 1 movie channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand.   

Tuesday, 1 April 2025

FAST Service - Closed:
Channel 232  -  ID 2288 Tastemade  -  FAST Channel Portal - Placeholder - End of Service
- Placeholder and End of Service flags added.
- Hidden from the EPG - Hide2 flag removed
- SDT root flags have changed to indicate that encryption has been removed.
An unusual flag combination, usually used to preserve recordings when a channel is closed. Unusual as FAST channels cannot be recorded.
Usually this this type of changed would be labelled as "rested" because of the flag combination. However, the recent purchase of the channel by an American food delivery company to promote its services suggests that the channel is unlikely to return to the UK market.

Monday, 31 March 2025

Change of Active Hours - Start of British Summer Time:    
Start of BST 30/03/2025 31/03/2025
ID-Ref   Service Name Annotation Active Hours Active Hours
312   Television X   22:00:00-05:30:00 21:00:00-04:30:00
As broadcasting systems work in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the active hours have changed to reflect the change to BST.
- Active hours in UTC moved back by 1 hour to counteract the effect of the clocks moving forward by 1 hour for BST.
 
A late change for Television X - active hours were possibly updated in the evening of March 30th but wasn't monitored at that point in time.
 
 
Temporary Rebrands:
- 2 kids channels reverting to their usual names following promotional rebrands.

Sunday, 30 March 2025

Change of Active Hours - Start of British Summer Time:   
Start of BST 29/03/2025 30/03/2025
ID-Ref   Service Name Annotation Active Hours Active Hours
314   Adult Channel   22:00:00-05:30:00 21:00:00-04:30:00
1759   CBBC HD   05:31:00-18:58:00 04:31:00-17:58:00
1760   CBeebies HD   05:31:00-18:58:00 04:31:00-17:58:00
1959   XXX GirlGirl   22:00:00-05:30:00 21:00:00-04:30:00
2088   Nat Geo WILD HD   08:00:00-04:59:59 07:00:00-03:59:59
2240   BBC THREE HD VM England 18:59:00-05:30:00 17:59:00-04:30:00
2241   BBC THREE HD VM Wales 18:59:00-05:30:00 17:59:00-04:30:00
2242   BBC THREE HD VM Scotland 18:59:00-05:30:00 17:59:00-04:30:00
2243   BBC THREE HD VM Northern Ireland 18:59:00-05:30:00 17:59:00-04:30:00
2244   BBC FOUR HD VM England 18:59:00-05:30:00 17:59:00-04:30:00
2245   BBC FOUR HD VM Wales 18:59:00-05:30:00 17:59:00-04:30:00
2246   BBC FOUR HD VM Scotland 18:59:00-05:30:00 17:59:00-04:30:00
2247   BBC FOUR HD VM Northern Ireland 18:59:00-05:30:00 17:59:00-04:30:00
 
As broadcasting systems work in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the active hours have changed to reflect the change to BST.
- Active hours in UTC moved back by 1 hour to counteract the effect of the clocks moving forward by 1 hour for BST.

Tuesday, 25 March 2025

New Service - Launch:
Channel 553  -  ID 2365 Premier Sports Rugby
- Added to the NIT of all remaining networks.
This channel is now visible on channel 553 on customer boxes.

Monday, 24 March 2025

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

Sunday, 23 March 2025

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