Channel Closures:

Channel 348 - ID 1751  TRUE CRIME +1        - Placeholder - End of Service

Channel 371 - ID 1752  LEGEND XTRA +1     - Placeholder - End of Service

- The video streams are now carrying closure announcement slates. 
- 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:

ID 1383  Sky Replay  -  Placeholder - End of Service. 

- Removed from the SDT and the NIT.

- Removed from TSID 2 SID 250 on traditional cable networks. 

This placeholder service has been removed after preserving recordings for 93 days.
Any recordings will no longer play.

 

 

Temporary Rebrand:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand

New Services - Pre-launch Configurations - Subscription Packages:

ID 2392  TNT Sports Olympics 1  -  Internal Networks Only

ID 2393  TNT Sports Olympics 2  -  Internal Networks Only 

ID 2394  TNT Sports Olympics 1  -  Internal Networks Only

ID 2395  TNT Sports Olympics 2  -  Internal Networks Only 

- Subscription codes added for legacy Mix and above (XL/Full House, Maxit, Mega) and the legacy Documentary Tier (Entertainment & Documentary Personal Pick).

- Subscription codes added for deprecated More, M+, L/Fun packs.

- Subscription codes added for the Essential Entertainment pack for Stream / Flex boxes. 

To clarify, as the current configuration stands, these services have not been included in the basic level (M/Player, Mixit) packs for legacy devices or for the basic free channels tier for Stream / Flex boxes. 

Pre-launch subscription pack codes may be changed before the services launch.

New Services - Pre-launch Configurations:

 

ID 2392  TNT Sports Olympics 1  -  Internal Networks Only

- Short EPG Name TNTS OG1 

- Added to TSID  5 SID  503 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 527.  

- Marked as the Sport genre. 

 

ID 2393  TNT Sports Olympics 2  -  Internal Networks Only

- Short EPG Name TNTS OG2 

- Added to TSID  5 SID  504 on traditional cable networks. 

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 528.

- Marked as the Sport genre. 

 

ID 2394  TNT Sports Olympics 1  -  Internal Networks Only

- Short EPG Name TNTS OG1 

- Added to TSID  5 SID  513 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 140.

- Marked as the Entertainment genre. 

ID 2395  TNT Sports Olympics 2  -  Internal Networks Only

- Short EPG Name TNTS OG2 

- Added to TSID  5 SID  514 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 141.

- Marked as the Entertainment genre. 

  

Pre-launch channel numbers are subject to change. 

 

For all services: 

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

- Hidden from the EPG. - Hide 1 flags present. 

- HD flags present.  

- Added to 4 internal networks often used for pre-launch configuration.
   - Code Download Test (Portsmouth)
   - NGRHEE Bromley

   - NGRHEE Knowsley
   - TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)

- PMTs & elementary streams (video, audio etc) had not been added at the time of the observation.

 

The services are not yet visible on the EPG as these services aren't in the NIT of customer facing networks.

 

Note: 2 copies of the ID 2392 NIT network have been generated, so more duplicate record errors for the SI Errors page.

Channel Closures - Housekeeping:

 

Channel 191 - ID   244  HGTV        - Placeholder - End of Service

- Moved to placeholder channel 2191.

- Moved from SID 208 to placeholder SID 251 on traditional cable networks.

  

Channel 391 - ID   245  HGTV +1   - Placeholder - End of Service

- Moved to placeholder channel 2391.

- Moved from SID 310 to placeholder SID 360 on traditional cable networks.

 

For both of these closed services:

- The Services have been hidden from the EPG. - Hide2 flag removed.

- PMTs & elementary streams (video & audio etc) have been removed. 

 

The closure announcement slates have now been removed from the EPG. 

 

 

Change of EPG Slot: 

Channel 289 - ID 1855  HGTV        - Placeholder - End of Service

- Moved from channel 292.

- Hide1 & Hide2 flags removed. - this will have no effect on viewers as the flags cancel each other out.

This channel has been promoted to a channel number higher up the EPG. 

Temporary Rebrand:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand

Temporary Rebrands:

- 2 movie channels with promotional rebrands.

- 1 movie channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand