During the day:
Several changes to the FAST channels with renamed services, housekeeping changes and removal of the slates used for the Pluto TV based channels launching at service level. The last change appears to be Virgin TV giving up on any plans to bring the Pluto TV based channels to the V6.
Renamed Services:
ID 2333 Laughs renamed UKTV Play Laughs.
ID 2334 Uncovered renamed UKTV Play Uncovered.
ID 2335 Heroes renamed UKTV Play Heroes.
ID 2336 Full Throttle renamed UKTVPlayFull Throttle.
Short EPG Names were not changed.
Housekeeping Changes - SID Numbers:
| ID-Ref | Service Name | Annotation | TSID | Old SID | New SID | |
| 2277 | CSI: New York | FAST Channel Portal - Not on V6 or Tivo | 8 | 806 | 837 | |
| 2279 | 5 Cops | FAST Channel Portal - Not on V6 or Tivo | 8 | 802 | 836 | |
| 2289 | Catfish | FAST Channel Portal - Not on V6 or Tivo | 8 | 809 | 838 | |
| 2331 | Hell's Kitchen | FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only | 8 | 892 | 802 | |
| 2332 | Egg Heads | FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only | 8 | 896 | 806 | |
| 2333 | UKTV Play Laughs | FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only | 8 | 899 | 809 |
- SID numbers changed with the FAST channels not available on the V6 moving to the 83x range.
- SID numbers in the 89x range moved to the normal range, taking the numbers vacated by the channels not available on the V6.
Technical Notes:
It has been pointed out in previous posts that the 89x range is outside the normal range used by Virgin TV. For example, with Virgin TV's house style, SID 899 would be allocated Video PID 9901. The allowable range of PID numbers runs from 32 to 8190, so 9901 would be beyond the range.
Housekeeping Changes - SDT Root:
ID 2277 CSI: New York - FAST Channel Portal -
Not on V6 or Tivo
ID 2279 5 Cops - FAST Channel Portal -
Not on V6 or Tivo
ID 2289 Catfish - FAST Channel Portal -
Not on V6 or Tivo
- SDT root flags show that these services are not currently encrypted.
An interim stage while the FAST channels switch SID numbers.
Changes to Video Slates:
SID 802 - The slate on Video PID 201 changed from 5 Cops to Hell's Kitchen.
SID 806 - The slate on Video PID 601 changed from CSI: New York to Egg Heads.
SID 809 - The slate on Video PID 901 changed from Catfish to UKTV Play Laughs.
Old V6 Slates Revealed:
Slates captured while encryption was removed - images courtesy of Digitalbitrate.com.
As can be seen from the text on these slates, it appears that the solution for V6 users was to access the Pluto TV app and find or search for the services in the app's TV Guide. This would have made linking these FAST channels to the V6 EPG rather pointless.
As stated in previous posts, it appears that the V6 does not have access to the Pluto TV API at channel level. The V6 version of Pluto TV does seem to be rather dated, so that may have something to do with this.
The latest versions of the Pluto TV app on other platforms allow users to create and log into an account, which makes the service more flexible for watchlists etc.
Change of SDT EPG Flags:
| 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 | UKTV Play Laughs | FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only | 8 | 809 | 241 | |
| 2334 | UKTV Play Uncovered | FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only | 8 | 820 | 227 | |
| 2335 | UKTV Play Heroes | FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only | 8 | 823 | 228 | |
| 2336 | UKTVPlayFull 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 |
- The Hide Flags have been removed for these services.
As the hide flags have been removed, these services should be visible on the EPG as soon as they are added to the NIT of customer facing networks.