Friday, 15 March 2024

Service Removals:
 
ID-Ref   Service Name Annotation Days Held TSID SID
2302   Sky Spts Tennis HD 1 Pop Up Service - Inactive 186 7 701
2303   Sky Spts Tennis HD 2 Pop Up Service - Inactive 186 7 702
2304   Sky Spts Tennis HD 3 Pop Up Service - Inactive 186 7 703
2305   Sky Spts Tennis HD 4 Pop Up Service - Inactive 186 7 704
2306   Sky Spts Tennis HD 5 Pop Up Service - Inactive 186 7 705
2307   Sky Spts Tennis HD 6 Pop Up Service - Inactive 186 7 706
2308   Sky Spts Tennis HD 7 Pop Up Service - Inactive 186 7 707
2309   Sky Spts Tennis HD 8 Pop Up Service - Inactive 186 7 708
2310   Sky Spts Tennis HD 9 Pop Up Service - Inactive 186 7 709
2311   Sky Spts Tennis HD 10 Pop Up Service - Inactive 186 7 710
2314   Sky Spts Tennis HD 13 Pop Up Service - Inactive 186 17 1751
2315   Sky Spts Tennis HD 14 Pop Up Service - Inactive 186 24 2407
2316   Sky Spts Tennis HD 15 Pop Up Service - Inactive 186 24 2408
2317   Sky Spts Tennis HD 16 Pop Up Service - Inactive 186 24 2409
 
- Sky Sports Tennis pop-up channels removed after 6 months of inactivity.
- Sky Spts Tennis HD 11 & 12 were removed previously when their SID numbers were reallocated.
These services weren't flagged as placeholder services, so any recordings probably hadn't been preserved.
 
 
Subscription Pack Code Removals: 

ID-Ref   EPG
  Service Name Annotation TSID SID
138   998   Virgin TV Highlights Barker Channel 513 1308
452   870   ITV1 Anglia HD ITV Anglia - West 102 10239
453   870   ITV1 Yorkshire HD ITV Yorkshire - Calendar South 102 10234
455   870   ITV1 London HD ITV London 102 10240
456   870   ITV1 Meridian HD ITV Meridian - West (South Coast) 102 10241
457   875   RTE One Northern Ireland 101 10136
458   876   RTE Two Northern Ireland 101 10137
460   159   That's TV Humber Grimsby 101 10139
1091   870   ITV1 Anglia HD ITV Anglia - East 102 10236
1094   871   ITV1 Meridian HD ITV Meridian - East (South East) 102 10235
1301   877   TG4 Northern Ireland 102 10250
1316   304   Channel 4 +1 South (including Wales) Macro 102 10229
1322   304   Channel 4 +1 London Macro 102 10228
1328   304   Channel 4 +1 Northern Ireland Macro 102 10232
1329   304   Channel 4 +1 Midlands Macro 102 10230
1330   304   Channel 4 +1 North Macro 102 10231
1332   304   Channel 4 +1 Scotland (including Cumbria) Macro - VM Scotland Only 102 10233
1431   858   BBC ONE YorksLincs HD East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire 101 10123
1432   858   BBC ONE East HD East Anglia - West 101 10124
1763   858   BBC ONE South HD South 101 10125
1865   100   Virgin TV Highlights Barker Channel 513 1302
2144   104   Channel 4HD South (including Wales) Macro - VM South England Only 102 10268
2146   108   Channel 4HD South (including Wales) Macro - VM Wales Only 102 10270
2150   161   BBC ALBA HD VM Except Scotland 513 1306
2151   120   BBC ALBA HD VM Scotland 513 1312
2199   858   BBC ONE South East HD South East - VM Basildon 1/3/4 101 10129
2233   858   BBC ONE South East HD South East - VM Crawley & Croydon 101 10130
 
- Removal of a legacy subscription code which sat below the M / Player / Mixit pack on traditional cable boxes.
The code was internally labelled "PSB", the tier wasn't listed in the Virgin TV channel guides. 
Initially thought to preserve some PSB channels on otherwise deactivated set top boxes for customers keeping broadband services. Probably made redundant by more recent changes. 
Note that the main PSB channels on 101 to 103, some 104 and channel 105 weren't using the code, it has possibly been deprecated for some time.


Housekeeping:
ID 2059 E! HD  -  Placeholder - End of Service.
- Moved from SID 1710 to placeholder SID 1760.
The move to a placeholder SID frees up SID 1710 for re-use.
The placeholder is due to be deleted at the end of the month if the traditional retention period applies.
This change taking place with such a short time left for the placeholder could indicate that Virgin TV has plans for a new service to use SID 1710 imminently.  


Temporary Rebrands:
2 movie channels with promotional rebrands.