This post covers changes from December 2nd to December 8th.
A daily record is unavailable due to a database error which resulted in the loss of some data.
Start of a Free To View period:
Channel 175 - ID 2033 Virgin TV Ultra HD - Not on Original Tivo.
Channel 999 - ID 1989 Virgin TV Ultra HD - Not on Original Tivo.
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Temporary subscription pack codes added for M/Player/Mixit on
traditional cable networks and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack
for Stream devices.
These channels are now available to all customers. In previous years the free to view period has been for the whole of December.
This change was not noted on the December 1st check so has happened at some point since December 2nd.
New FAST Service - Launched (December 8th):
ID 2372 DJazz - FAST Channel Portal - Not on Original Tivo
- Added to the NIT of remaining networks.
This FAST channel has now launched on channel 297.
ID 2373 Classica - FAST Channel Portal - Not on Original Tivo
- Added to the NIT of remaining networks.
This FAST channel has now launched on channel 296.
Housekeeping - Change of SID:
ID 1383 Sky Replay - Placeholder - End of Service
Releasing SID 214 for re-use.
New Services - Pre-launch Configurations:
ID 2374 Really +1 - SDT Only
- Added to TSID 2 SID 214 on traditional cable networks. - The SID number released by Sky Replay.
- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2012.
- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.
ID 2375 TLC HD - SDT Only
- Added to TSID 5 SID 501 on traditional cable networks.
- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2000.
- HD flag present.
- Subscription codes added for legacy Max and above, the legacy Reality
Tier, Maxit & Mega subscription packs, and for the premium,
essential entertainment, pack for Stream devices.
ID 2376 TLC HD - SDT Only
- Added to TSID 5 SID 511 on traditional cable networks.
- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2001.
- HD flag present.
- Subscription codes added for legacy Max and above, the legacy Reality
Tier, Maxit & Mega subscription packs, and for the premium,
essential entertainment, pack for Stream devices.
ID 2377 Quest HD - SDT Only
- Added to TSID 5 SID 502 on traditional cable networks.
- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2002.
- HD flag present.
- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.
ID 2378 Quest HD - SDT Only
- Added to TSID 5 SID 512 on traditional cable networks.
- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2003.
- HD flag present.
- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.
ID 2379 Quest Red - SDT Only
- Added to TSID 9 SID 901 on traditional cable networks.
- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2004.
- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.
ID 2380 Quest Red - SDT Only
- Added to TSID 9 SID 926 on traditional cable networks.
- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2005.
- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.
ID 2381 Quest +1 - SDT Only
- Added to TSID 9 SID 902 on traditional cable networks.
- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2006.
- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.
ID 2382 Quest +1 - SDT Only
- Added to TSID 9 SID 927 on traditional cable networks.
- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2007.
- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.
ID 2383 TLC+1 - SDT Only
- Added to TSID 9 SID 903 on traditional cable networks.
- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2008.
- Subscription codes added for legacy Max and above, the legacy Reality Tier, Maxit & Mega subscription packs, and for the premium, essential entertainment, pack for Stream devices.
ID 2384 TLC+1 - SDT Only
- Added to TSID 9 SID 928 on traditional cable networks.
- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2009.
- Subscription codes added for legacy Max and above, the legacy Reality
Tier, Maxit & Mega subscription packs, and for the premium,
essential entertainment, pack for Stream devices.
ID 2385 5 USA +1 - SDT Only
- Added to TSID 9 SID 905 on traditional cable networks.
- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2010.
- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.
ID 2386 5 USA +1 - SDT Only
- Added to TSID 9 SID 929 on traditional cable networks.
- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - dummy channel 2011.
- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.
Pre-launch channel numbers are subject to change.
For all services:
- The short EPG Names are the same as the service names.
- SDT root flags show that the services are running and not encrypted.
- Marked as the Entertainment genre.
- Hidden from the EPG. - Hide 1 flag present.
- At the time of the observation, these services had not been added to the NIT of any network.
- PMTs & elementary streams (video, audio etc) had not been added at the time of the observation.
PMTs are present for SIDs 501 and 502 with an elementary stream on SID 501 but these are related to inactive transport stream markers for TSID 5 rather than the new services.
The services are not yet visible on the EPG as these services aren't in
the NIT of customer facing networks.
Further notes:
TLC channels are expected to migrate to M/Player/Mixit & the basic, inclusive channels, pack when WBD adds TLC to Freeview.
Reality +1 has 3 versions of the subs pack code record, some conflicting. (2 records include a subscription pack code for an unmarketed package, the other does not).
ID 2381 Quest +1 & ID 2383 TLC +1 have 2 versions of the subs pack record, both with same information.
Details of the above extra versions will be added to the SI Errors page when fully analysed.
As IDs 2375 to 2386 duplicate existing services on Virgin TV, it is possible that these are just being used as placeholder service names.
Temporary rebrands:
- 2 movie channels were scheduled to revert from promotional rebrands on December 8th (according to data from Sky).
As
data as been lost for the December 2nd to December 7th period, we
cannot be certain that the rebrands actually took place on Virgin TV.