UK Cable TV Changes: SI Errors

Friday, 10 September 2021

ID 2123 HZNFATST

Duplicate NIT records added for TSID 514 SID 1404 on networks 40983 and 41061

Monday, 13 June 2022

ID 1452 YESTERDAY +1

Duplicate NIT records added for TSID 11 SID 1103 on all networks

Friday, 12 January 2024

ID 1988 Test 2

Duplicate NIT records added for TSID 399 SID 39902 on network 41056

ID 2323 HTC One

Duplicate NIT records added for TSID 399 SID 39913 on network 41056

Friday, 7 March 2025

Spurious data added:

0x86 records added:

ID 529 BBC Radio Cymru

ID 1341 GREAT! romance

ID 1469 Cartoonito

ID 1698 I.D.

ID 1700 DMAX + 1

ID 1701 Discovery History +1

ID 1703 Discovery Science +1

ID 2264 Sky Kids HD

- 0x86 records added to each of these services, this type of record is believed to be deprecated and has only been used recently for Sky Sports (SptsETV) red button services.

These spurious additions appear from time to time and are usually removed by Virgin TV a short time afterwards.

Subscription "channel code" records added:
~~ID 1988 Test 2~~ ~~- Internal Networks Only - Internal Transport Stream~~ (removed - 20/5)
~~ID 2343 VEVO '90s & '00s~~ ~~- FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only~~ (service removed - 30/10)
~~# 90042 Hidden 42~~ ~~- Inactive Transport Stream Marker~~ (removed - 20/5)
~~# 90389 Dummy 38901~~ ~~- Inactive Transport Stream Marker - Internal Transport Stream - SDT Only~~ (removed - 20/5)
- Subscription channel code records added to these services, this type of code is believed to be deprecated and most of these services are markers with no associated channel, so wouldn't need subscription codes.
These spurious additions appear from time to time and are usually removed by Virgin TV a short time afterwards.
All of the above, except VEVO '90s & '00s had the records removed on May 20th when Virgin TV removed remnants of these old codes from most services where they still existed.
All cleared by 30/10/2025

Subscription "channel pack" records added:

ID 1988 Test 2 - Internal Networks Only - Internal Transport Stream

~~ID 2343 VEVO '90s & '00s - FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only~~ (service removed - 30/10)

~~# 90042 Hidden 42 - Inactive Transport Stream Marker~~ (removed - 20/5)

- Subscription pack codes were added to Test 2 ~~& Hidden 42~~ which are an internal service on a private transport stream with no public access and an inactive transport stream marker which would not be expected to have subscription packs linked to them. The inactivity marker also had a subscription override code added.

- The subscription codes added to the VEVO FAST service pre-launch configuration were removed and replaced with a deprecated override code. This service has not yet been added to customer facing networks. (service removed - 30/10)

These spurious additions appear from time to time and are usually removed by Virgin TV a short time afterwards.

A clean-up exercise by Virgin TV removed subscription code records from many placeholder, popup and inactive services on May 20th, which led to the removal of the record from Hidden 24.

SDT root flag records changed:

ID 2200 Test 1 - Internal Networks Only

ID 2201 Test 2 - Internal Networks Only

ID 2213 More BBC Radio - Subscription Level Check

ID 2267 Content Test 1 - Internal Networks Only

# 90042 Hidden 42 - Inactive Transport Stream Marker

- SDT root flags for the above were changed from not running and encrypted to running and encrypted, most of these are things like subscription level marker services, so these flags aren't really appropriate.

These spurious additions appear from time to time and are usually removed by Virgin TV a short time afterwards.

These records haven't been updated since.

Tuesday, 20 May 2025

Legacy Subscription channel codes remain on:

ID 414 Ideal World

ID 1759 CBBC HD

ID 1900 BTSportHD Hidden - SDT Linkage Substitute Service

ID 1919 BBC RB 1 HD

ID 2343 VEVO '90s & '00s - FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only (service removed - 30/10)

It makes no sense that the records have been left on these services after the codes were removed from most services during the clean-up exercise on May 20th.

Thursday, 22 May 2025

ID 302 TNT Sport PPV One - NVOD Event - Not on Stream

TSID 514 SID 1413