Thursday, 11 April 2024

Prospective FAST Channels: 
ID-Ref   Service Name Annotation TSID SID Channel
2331   Hell's Kitchen FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only 8 802 233
2332   Egg Heads FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only 8 806 253
2333   Laughs FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only 8 809 241
2334   Uncovered FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only 8 820 227
2335   Heroes FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only 8 823 228
2336   Full Throttle FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only 8 824 229
2337   Deal Masters FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only 8 825 254
2338   History Hunters FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only 8 826 234
2339   Real Crime FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only 8 827 237
2340   Real Life FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only 8 828 238
2341   Red Bull TV FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only 8 829 556
2342   Trace Sports Stars FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only 8 830 557
2343   VEVO '90s & '00s FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only 8 831 297
2344   ZenLIFE FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only 8 832 298
2345   Qello Concerts FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only 8 833 299
 
- Added to the NIT of 3 internal networks used for pre-launch configurations:
   - Code Download Test (Portsmouth)
   - NGRHEE Bromley
   - TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)
 
 
New Services (System):
ID-Ref   Service Name Annotation TSID SID Channel
2346   Ch4 Tier Subscription Level Check 3 332 73
2347   STV Tier Subscription Level Check 3 340 75
 
- Internal 2 digit channel numbers as these services will not show up on the EPG.
- Both services assigned to a new subscription pack code.
- Flags added to hide these services from the EPG. - Hide1 Flag.
- Marked as running and not encrypted in the SDT Root - encryption would not be appropriate for this type of service.
- Added to the NIT of all networks.
New services, seemingly to check subscription levels - maybe to allow ad skipping etc. on related apps.


Change of Hide Flags with no overall change for customers:
ID-Ref   Service Name Annotation TSID SID Channel
1340   Tiny Pop End of Service - Placeholder 4 412 737
2277   CSI: New York FAST Channel Portal - Not on V6 or Tivo 8 806 246
2279   5 Cops FAST Channel Portal - Not on V6 or Tivo 8 802 225
2289   Catfish FAST Channel Portal - Not on V6 or Tivo 8 809 226
 
- Hide flags changed from Hide2 to Hide1. 
Hide1 is the flag traditionally used to to hide services from the EPG.
It is difficult to see where Virgin TV is going with these flag changes. 
No overall change for viewers, the Tiny Pop placeholder remains hidden from the EPG and the named FAST channels remains hidden from the V6 / Tivo EPGs.
Note that TV360 and Stream devices have bespoke EPGs which do not use these flags.