Temporary Rebrands:
- 2 movie channels with promotional rebrands.
- 1 movie channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand.
- 1 music channel with a seasonal rebrand.
Thursday, 31 October 2024
Overnight changes:
End of a Free to View Period:- Subscription Pack FTV Override Codes have been removed, restoring these channels to the Kids Pack and ending the free to view period.
Channel 704 - ID 1696 - Cartoon Network HD
Channel 705 - ID 407 - Cartoon Network +1
Channel 706 - ID 1469 - Cartoonito
Channel 707 - ID 2264 - Sky Kids HD
Channel 712 - ID 1734 - Nick HD
Channel 713 - ID 396 - Nick +1
Channel 715 - ID 397 - Nick Jr. HD
Channel 716 - ID 1324 - Nick Jr PAW Patrol - Nick Jr Too
Channel 717 - ID 1399 - Nick Loud House - Nicktoons
Channel 730 - ID 405 - Boomerang
Channel 731 - ID 406 - Boomerang +1
Several anomalies appeared in the SI data overnight.
- These have been recorded as "possible errors" and are expected to be reversed relatively soon.
This
seems to be an ongoing pattern as Virgin introduced some of these and other entries
in December, January, February and June, only to reverse them at a later date. The
changes are mainly to placeholders and internal test services and should
have no impact on the end user. Some different changes this time but without the totally outdated data codes seen in previous changes.
Subsequent changes:
Channel Closure:
Channel 748 - ID 1717 Create & Craft - Placeholder - End of Service.
- End of Service and Placeholder flags have been added.
- Hide flags have changed, removing the channel from the EPG. - Hide2 flag removed.
- Moved to a placeholder EPG Slot on channel 1702.The end of service / placeholder flag combination preserves any recordings for a short period following a channel closure.
Spurious SI Data:
All of the spurious data added last night has now been removed.
Probably the fastest clean-up on record.
Sunday, 27 October 2024
Change of Active Hours - End of British Summer Time:
| End of BST | 26/10/2024 | 27/10/2024 | |||
| ID-Ref | Service Name | Annotation | Active Hours | Active Hours | |
| 312 | Television X | 21:00:00-04:30:00 | 22:00:00-05:30:00 | ||
| 314 | Adult Channel | 21:00:00-04:30:00 | 22:00:00-05:30:00 | ||
| 1759 | CBBC HD | 04:31:00-17:58:00 | 05:31:00-18:58:00 | ||
| 1760 | CBeebies HD | 04:31:00-17:58:00 | 05:31:00-18:58:00 | ||
| 1959 | XXX GirlGirl | 21:00:00-04:30:00 | 22:00:00-05:30:00 | ||
| 2088 | Nat Geo WILD HD | 07:00:00-03:59:59 | 08:00:00-04:59:59 | ||
| 2240 | BBC THREE HD | VM England | 17:59:00-04:30:00 | 18:59:00-05:30:00 | |
| 2241 | BBC THREE HD | VM Wales | 17:59:00-04:30:00 | 18:59:00-05:30:00 | |
| 2242 | BBC THREE HD | VM Scotland | 17:59:00-04:30:00 | 18:59:00-05:30:00 | |
| 2243 | BBC THREE HD | VM Northern Ireland | 17:59:00-04:30:00 | 18:59:00-05:30:00 | |
| 2244 | BBC FOUR HD | VM England | 17:59:00-04:30:00 | 18:59:00-05:30:00 | |
| 2245 | BBC FOUR HD | VM Wales | 17:59:00-04:30:00 | 18:59:00-05:30:00 | |
| 2246 | BBC FOUR HD | VM Scotland | 17:59:00-04:30:00 | 18:59:00-05:30:00 | |
| 2247 | BBC FOUR HD | VM Northern Ireland | 17:59:00-04:30:00 | 18:59:00-05:30:00 | |
As broadcasting systems work in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the active hours have changed to reflect the change from BST.
- Active hours in UTC moved forward by 1 hour to counteract the effect of the clocks moving back by 1 hour for BST.
Friday, 25 October 2024
Renamed Services:
Channel 116 - ID 1750 U&Drama HD - Previously named U&Drama.
Channel 125 - ID 1570 U&W HD - Previously named U&W.
Channel 127 - ID 1571 U&Dave HD - Previously named U&Dave.
Channel 129 - ID 222 U&Yesterday HD - Previously named U&Yesterday.
- The short EPG name of U&Yesterday HD has changed from U&Yesterday to U&Yest HD- Short EPG names for other channels are the same as the full service name, each having added the HD suffix.
The UKTV channels have regained the HD suffix which was removed by Virgin TV when the services adopted the U& prefix.
Eden kept the HD suffix when it was renamed so no further changes are needed for that service.
Start of a Free to View Period:
Channel 801 - ID 1689 - Utsav Gold HD
Channel 802 - ID 1677 - Utsav Bharat
Channel 803 - ID 424 - Utsav Plus HD
Channel 805 - ID 425 - SONY TV HD
Channel 806 - ID 422 - SONY MAX HD
Channel 807 - ID 1705 - SONY SAB
Channel 808 - ID 2032 - SONY MAX2
Channel 809 - ID 426 - Zee TV HD
Channel 810 - ID 427 - Zee Cinema HD
Channel 811 - ID 2350 - Zee Punjabi
Channel 815 - ID 430 - B4U Movies
Channel 825 - ID 2166 - Colors Gujarati
Channel 826 - ID 1562 - COLORS HD
Channel 827 - ID 1675 - Colors Rishtey
Channel 828 - ID 1927 - Colors Cineplex
- Subscription Pack FTV Override Codes have been applied, making these channels available to all customers. Asian Mela promotions are generally for the Diwali celebrations and last for around 2 weeks.
Temporary rebrands:
- 2 movie channels with promotional rebrands. Monday, 21 October 2024
Friday, 18 October 2024
FAST Channels - Housekeeping:
ID 2331 Hell's Kitchen - FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only.
ID 2332 Egg Heads - FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only.
- SDT root flags now show that these services are running and are encrypted. Indicating that encryption has been added.Root flags have now returned to the same state as before these services were temporarily removed from internal networks.
Root flags do not actually add or remove encryption but are just an indication of the current state.
FAST Channel - Subscription pack codes:
ID 2341 Red Bull TV - FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only.
- Subscription pack codes changed from 4K to HD versions for traditional cable boxes.
This is unusual for a FAST channel as this change would make the channel visible on legacy TiVo EPGs.
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