The anomalies from January 9th were reversed by Virgin.
Housekeeping - Channel Closure:
ID 2059 E! HD - Placeholder - End of Service.
- SDT root flags show that encryption has been removed.
Encryption ended when elementary streams were removed on January 9th.Service Removals:
ID-Ref | Service Name | Annotation | Days Held | TSID | SID | |
475 | Absolute Radio | Placeholder - End of Service | 31 | 22 | 2206 | |
485 | Planet Rock | Placeholder - End of Service | 31 | 22 | 2207 | |
490 | Magic Radio | Placeholder - End of Service | 31 | 22 | 2236 | |
544 | Absolute 80s | Placeholder - End of Service | 31 | 22 | 2237 | |
545 | Absolute Classic Rock | Placeholder - End of Service | 31 | 22 | 2238 | |
554 | Kiss FM | Placeholder - End of Service | 31 | 22 | 2233 | |
1345 | New Music On Demand | On Demand Portal - Inactive | 219 | 1 | 151 | |
2255 | NBC News Now | End of Service | - | 24 | 2406 |
- PMTs and Elementary Streams Removed.
- All of the above were removed from the NIT & SDT.
- Radio services were not encrypted, the ability to play back any recordings is not confirmed for this situation.
- As an obsolete slate, with no recordable content, it is uncertain why the SI data for New Music On Demand was retained for so long.
- Recordings of NBC News Now are thought to have been unplayable since the "Placeholder" flag was removed on January 8th.
New Services:
ID 2323 HTC One - Internal Networks Only - Internal Transport Stream Only
- Added to TSID 399 SID 39913.
- Channel 765.
SID 39913 has been duplicated in the NIT, the duplicate has been recorded as an error.
Virgin doesn't usually correct this type of error.
ID 2324 HTC Two - Internal Networks Only - Internal Transport Stream Only
- Added to TSID 399 SID 39914.
- Channel 766.
- New Services added to Virgin's Internal Transport Stream 399.
- Both added to just one internal network - NGRHEE Bromley.
Background Information:
TSID 399 is normally used for services not intended for customers.
This transport stream is only carried on NGRHEE Knowsley & NGRHEE Bromley.
- Both of these internal networks carry SIDs 39902-39903 Test 2-Test 3 & SIDs 39005-39008 Test 5-Test 8.
- NGRHEE Knowsley also carries SIDs 39909-39912 Test 9-Test 12 - all showing as not running in the SDT Root.
- SID 39904 - Test 4 was removed a long time ago.
- SIDs 39913-39914 are only carried on NGRHEE Bromley.
Unique Identifier Series:
IDs 2318 to 2322 have not yet been allocated, a gap in the series.
- Possibly indicating that further services are at the negotiation stage.
- Note that gaps in the USID series are not always filled, so it could just remain as a permanent gap.