Temporary Rebrands:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand

- End of a sports channel seasonal rebrand with Sky Sports NFL channels reverting to Sky Sports Action:

Channel 507  -  ID 1769    Sky Sports Action HD     -  was Sky Sports NFL HD 
Channel 517  -  ID   321    Sky Sports Action           -  was Sky Sports NFL

The Sky Action reversion was scheduled for February 10th.

Inactive Transport Stream Marker - SDT Root Flags:

ID 2253  Channel Update  -  Inactive TS Marker - Scottish Networks

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

The run status of this service has changed back to running from not running

 

Completely reversing yesterday's change, as expected.

 

 

New FAST Service - Pre-launch Configurations:

 

ID 2396 World War TV  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

- Short EPG Name: WorldWar TV 

- Added to TSID   8 SID   829 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 232. Channel numbers are subject to change.

 

ID 2399 Nature Time -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

- The short EPG Name is the same as the service name.

- Added to TSID   8 SID   831 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 248. Channel numbers are subject to change.

  

For both services: 

- SDT root flags show that the services are running and encrypted.

- Marked as the Entertainment genre.

- HD flags present.

- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.

- Added to 5 internal networks often used for pre-launch configuration.

   - Code Download Test (Portsmouth)

   - NGRHEE Bromley

   - NGRHEE Knowsley 

   - TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)

   - VM Paddington

- PMTs and elementary streams have been added.

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

Inactive Transport Stream Marker - SDT Root Flags:

ID 2253  Channel Update  -  Inactive TS Marker - Scottish Networks

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

The run status of this service has changed from not running to running.

 

This appears to be a repeat of the change made a week ago which reversed out the next day.

The change has no impact on customers. 

FAST Service Removals:

ID 2356  Sky Artist of theYear  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

ID 2357  Sky Sports Stories  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

ID 2358  Sky Sports Classics  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

ID 2359  Sky Sports Vault  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

- All SDT & NIT data removed

These services have now been removed after existing as pre-launch configurations since November 25th 2024. 

The services failed to launch. 

Channel Closures - Housekeeping:

 

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

- Moved to dummy placeholder channel 2011. 

- The PMT and closure announcement video stream have been removed from TSID 11 SID 1108 on traditional cable networks.

 

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

- Moved to dummy placeholder channel 2012. 

- The PMT and closure announcement video stream have been removed from TSID 4 SID 425 on traditional cable networks.

 

Both services: 

- Hidden from the EPG - hide 2 flags removed with hide1 flags left in place.

- SDT root flags have been updated to indicate that the services are Running and Not Encrypted - encryption removed. 

Housekeeping changes to remove the closure announcement slates and remove redundant streams and encryption. The services have been moved to placeholder channel numbers, releasing the original channel numbers for re-use. 

 

There was no analysis on Sunday February 8th, so this analysis covers the period from February 8th to February 9th. The slates were due to be hidden from the EPG on February 7th but analysis from that date shows that they were still visible. Secondary monitoring has confirmed that the PMTs and video streams were removed on the 9th. The slates may have been hidden on the 8th but this is not confirmed.

Change of Short EPG Name:

Channel 445 - ID 1909  Talking Pictures

- The short EPG Name has been changed back to TalkingPics

 

 

Inactive Transport Stream Marker - SDT Root Flags:

ID 2253  Channel Update  -  Inactive TS Marker - Scottish Networks

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

The run status of this service has changed back to running from not running

 

Completely reversing yesterday's changes.

Change of Short EPG Name:

Channel 445 - ID 1909  Talking Pictures

- The short EPG Name has been changed to TalkingPic (was TalkingPics)

 

 

Inactive Transport Stream Marker - SDT Root Flags:

ID 2253  Channel Update  -  Inactive TS Marker - Scottish Networks

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

The run status of this service has changed from not running to running.