Service Removals:

 

ID 1751  TRUE CRIME +1 - Placeholder - End of Service

- Removed from TSID 11  SID 1108 on traditional cable networks.

 

ID 1752  LEGEND XTRA +1 - Placeholder - End of Service

- Removed from TSID   4  SID  425 on traditional cable networks.

All services listed above:

- Removed from the SDT and the NIT.

These placeholder services have been removed after preserving recordings for 91 days.
Any recordings will no longer play.

 

 

New FAST Services - Pre-launch Configurations:

 

ID 2417  River Monsters  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

- Short EPG Name: RiverMonstr 

- Added to TSID 8 SID 848 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 239. Channel numbers are subject to change.

 

ID 2418  Hotel Inspector  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

- Short EPG Name: HotelInsptr 

- Added to TSID 8 SID 849 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - internal channel 1253. Channel numbers are subject to change.

 

For both of the above regional services: 

- Flagged as the Entertainment Genre.

- Hidden from the EPG - Hide1 flag added.

- HD flag added.

- SDT root flags show that the services are not running and not encrypted.

- Subscription code segments had not been added at the time of the analysis.

- Not added to the NIT of any networks.  

- PMTs and elementary streams had not been added at the time of the analysis.

Note that the pre-launch channel allocations of 250 & 251 are already in use by other services. 

 

 

Channel Closure:

Channel 405 - ID 2141  Sky Animation HD  - Placeholder - End of Service

- The video stream now carries a closure announcement slate. 
- 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. 

 

 

Temporary Rebrands: 

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.

- 1 kids' channel with a promotional rebrand.