Friday, 28 February 2025

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.