Mastodon UK Cable TV Changes

Wednesday, 4 September 2024

Housekeeping - Placeholder SID:
ID 2169 Eurosport 3 HD  -  Placeholder - End of Service - Pop Up Service
- Moved from SID 703 to placeholder SID 753.
Clearing the way for CNN HD to re-use the released SID 703.
The remaining Eurosport HD pop up channels have not moved to placeholder SIDs at this point.
 
 
Service Removal - Failed Launch:
ID 2349 Aaj Tak  -  Internal Networks Only.
- Was TSID 3 SID 311 on traditional cable networks.
This service has been removed after failing to launch on Virgin TV.

 
New Service - Pre-launch Configuration:
ID 2352 CNN HD  -  Internal Networks Only.
- Added to TSID 7 SID 703 on traditional cable networks. Taking the SID released by Eurosport 3 HD.
- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 626. Channel numbers are subject to change.
- Added to 5 internal networks often used for pre-launch configuration.
   - Code Download Test (Portsmouth)
   - NGRHEE Bromley
   - NGRHEE Knowsley
   - TTA Bromley DMC (Bromley RHE)
   - TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)
- SDT root flags show that the service is running and encrypted.
- Marked as the News genre.
- Flagged as HD.
- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.
Elementary streams (video, audio etc) have already been added. 
CNN HD has been provisionally assigned channel 626 which has been released by the removal of Aaj Tak.
In recent times, TSID 7 has been reserved for pop-up channels.
 
Note:
USID 2351 has not yet been allocated.