Channel Closures:

Channel 521  -  ID 2084  Eurosport 1HD  -  Placeholder - End of Service.

Channel 522  -  ID 2085  Eurosport 2HD  -  Placeholder - End of Service.

- End of Service and Placeholder flags have been added.

The end of service / placeholder flag combination preserves any recordings for a short period following a channel closure.

 

 

FAST Service - Rested:

Channel 238  -  ID 2340 Real Life  -  FAST Channel Portal - Placeholder - End of Service

- Placeholder and End of Service flags added.

- Moved from SID 828 to placeholder SID 854 on traditional cable networks. 

- Moved from channel 238 to placeholder channel 1803.

- Hidden from the EPG - Hide1 flag added. 

- SDT root flags have changed to indicate that encryption has been removed.

Services with 4 digit channel numbers are not available on customer devices. This FAST service has been rested, allowing its original channel number to be reused by Wonder.

 

 

FAST Service - Launch:

Channel 238  -  ID 2366 Wonder  -  FAST Channel Portal - Not on Original Tivo

- Moved from placeholder SID 853 to SID 828 on traditional cable networks.

- Moved from pre-launch channel 240 to channel 238.

- SDT root flags have changed to indicate that encryption has been added.  

- Traditional subscription pack codes have changed from the HD to the 4K versions to grey out the EPG entries on legacy TiVo boxes.

- Added to the NIT of all remaining networks.

This channel is now visible on channel 238 on customer boxes, taking the channel number previously used by Real Life.

 

 

Additional BBC / ITV Regions for Brighton:

Channel 858  -  ID 1763 BBC ONE South HD

Channel 871  -  ID 1094 ITV1 Meridian HD  -  ITV Meridian - East (South East) 

- Added to the Brighton & Brighton TRIALS networks.

Brighton is a hybrid / crossover zone for TV regions with BBC ONE South East HD on channel 101 and ITV Meridian (South Coast) on channel 103. This change gives viewers a choice of either South or South East versions of each channel.

 

 

Temporary Rebrands:

- 3 movie channels with promotional rebrands.

- 2 kids channels with promotional rebrands.

Temporary Rebrands:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.

- 1 movie channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand.

Temporary Rebrand:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.

Temporary Rebrand:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.

New Service - Pre-launch Configuration:

ID 2366 Wonder  -  Internal Networks Only

- Added to TSID 8 SID 853 on traditional cable networks.

- The short EPG Name is the same.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 240. Channel numbers are subject to change.

- SDT root flags show that this service is running and not encrypted.

- Marked as the Entertainment genre.

- Subscription codes added for Stream Inclusive (Free) channels & the HD versions of all legacy subscription codes for M / Player / Mixit and above.

- Added to 6 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)

   - VM Paddington

- PMTs and elementary streams had not been added when checked.  

Not yet visible on the EPG as the service isn't in the NIT of customer facing networks.

FAST channels usually have 4K subscription codes to prevent the services from being loaded on legacy TiVo boxes.

 

 

Temporary Rebrand:

- 1 movie channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand.

This is Virgin TV catching up after ignoring recent changes to Sky Cinema Action, in advance of the scheduled reversion to its usual name tomorrow.

Temporary Rebrands:

- 2 sports channels reverting to their usual names following a promotional rebrand.

This is the SD & HD versions of a channel. The SD version is not carried on Stream.

Temporary Rebrand:

- 1 movie channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand.

Temporary Rebrand:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.

Housekeeping - FAST Channel - SDT Flags:

ID 2296 Love Drama  -  FAST Channel Portal - Placeholder - End of Service.

- SDT root flags updated to show that this service is running and not encrypted - encryption removed.

During the day:

Housekeeping - FAST Channel - PMT & Video Slate Removed:   

ID 2296 Love Drama  -  FAST Channel Portal - Placeholder - End of Service.

The PMT & Video Slate were removed during the day from TSID 8 SID 815 on traditional cable networks.

Pop-up channel - SDT Flags:

ID 2176 Eurosport UHD  -  Pop Up Service - Placeholder - End of Service.

- SDT root flags updated to show that this service is running and not encrypted - encryption removed.

The PMT and elementary streams (video and audio etc) were removed after coverage of the Australian Open. So there was nothing left to encrypt.

Service Removals:

TSID 7 SID 753 - ID 2169 Eurosport 3 HD  -  Pop Up Service - Placeholder - End of Service.

TSID 7 SID 754 - ID 2170 Eurosport 4 HD  -  Pop Up Service - Placeholder - End of Service.

TSID 7 SID 705 - ID 2171 Eurosport 5 HD  -  Pop Up Service - Placeholder - End of Service.

TSID 7 SID 706 - ID 2172 Eurosport 6 HD  -  Pop Up Service - Placeholder - End of Service.

TSID 7 SID 707 - ID 2173 Eurosport 7 HD  -  Pop Up Service - Placeholder - End of Service.

TSID 7 SID 708 - ID 2174 Eurosport 8 HD  -  Pop Up Service - Placeholder - End of Service.

Transport streams and service IDs are for traditional cable networks.

Pop-up Services removed from the SDT & NIT.

 

 

Re-launched FAST services:

Channel 233 - ID 2331 Hell's Kitchen  -  FAST Channel Portal - Not on Original Tivo.

Channel 253 - ID 2332 Eggheads  -  FAST Channel Portal - Not on Original Tivo.

- Both added to the NIT of remaining networks. 

- Eggheads has been renamed from Egg Heads.

These services have now launched and are visible to all customers on channels 233 & 253.

 

 

Housekeeping - Transport Streams - SD to HD conversions:

ID-Ref		Service Name	Annotation	Old TSID	Old SID	New TSID	New SID
391		Baby TV		3	312	7	706
1705		SONY SAB HD		9	922	7	705
1839		TNT Sport 6	Red Button Service - Not on Stream	9	913	23	2312
1840		TNT Sport 7	Red Button Service - Not on Stream	9	914	24	2408
1841		TNT Sport 8	Red Button Service - Not on Stream	9	915	25	2509
1842		TNT Sport 9	Red Button Service - Not on Stream	9	916	7	707
1843		TNT Sport 10	Red Button Service - Not on Stream	9	917	7	708

- SONY SAB HD has been renamed from SONY SAB.

- HD flags added. 

- Hide1 & Hide2 flags removed from Baby TV & SONY SAB HD - no visible changes for customers.

- New subscription pack code (TNT Sports HD) added to the TNT Sports services - although Virgin TV also left the SD codes in place.

- Services relocating to HD transport streams.

Transport streams and service IDs are for traditional cable networks.

 

 

Housekeeping - EPG Flags:

ID 1795 TNT Sport 5  -  Red Button Service - Not on Stream.

- HD flag added. 

The service was already running on a HD transport stream.

The addition of the HD flag will allow this service to appear in the HD pseudo-genre of the EPG. 

 

 

Housekeeping - SDT Flags:

TSID 9 SID 901 - ID 1525 SptsETV01  -  Red Button Service - Not on Stream.

TSID 9 SID 902 - ID 1526 SptsETV02  -  Red Button Service - Not on Stream.

TSID 9 SID 903 - ID 1527 SptsETV03  -  Red Button Service - Not on Stream.

- SDT root flags updated to show that these services are running and not encrypted - encryption removed. 

Encryption service catching up with the physical status as the elementary streams were removed on February 3rd. 

Change of EPG Name - FAST channel - pre-launch configuration:

ID 2356 Sky Artist of theYear  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only.

- Short EPG Name changed from ArtistOfYr to ArtistofYr.

No visible changes for customers as this service is a pre-launch configuration on internal networks.

Service Removal:

TSID 1 SID 114 - ID 1856 Vevo  -  On Demand Portal - Placeholder - End of Service.

Transport streams and service IDs are for traditional cable networks.

Closure announcement slate removed from the SDT & NIT.

 

 

Temporary Rebrand:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.

 

 

During the day:

Housekeeping - PMTs & Elementary Streams:

TSID 9 SID 901 - ID 1525 SptsETV01  -  Red Button Service - Not on Stream.

TSID 9 SID 902 - ID 1526 SptsETV02  -  Red Button Service - Not on Stream.

TSID 9 SID 903 - ID 1527 SptsETV03  -  Red Button Service - Not on Stream.

- PMTs and elementary streams (video and audio) removed.

These services have not yet been removed from the SDT or NIT.