Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Pop-up channel - SDT Flags:
ID 2176 Eurosport UHD  -  Placeholder - End of Service - Pop Up Service
- SDT root flags updated to show that these services are 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.

Tuesday, 4 February 2025

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.
 

Monday, 3 February 2025

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.