Temporary Rebrand:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand (not actioned by Virgin TV).

 Temporary Rebrand:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand (not actioned by Virgin TV).

Temporary Rebrand:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand (not actioned by Virgin TV).

Closed Sports Services (Not on Stream) - Housekeeping (SDT Root Flags):  

ID 1921  Sky Sports + - Placeholder - End of Service 

ID 2326  Sky Sports Tennis - Placeholder - End of Service  

- SDT root flags have been updated to show that these services are running and not encrypted - encryption removed.   

This should complete the phased updates of SDT root flags.

 

 

Placeholder SID: 

ID 1548  Sky Showcase HD - Placeholder - End of Service.

- Moved from SID 2604 to placeholder SID 2654 (TSID 26) on traditional cable networks. 

Releasing SID 2604 for re-use as Sky Atlantic. 

 

 

FAST Service Removal:

ID 2361  Love Pets  -  FAST Channel Portal - Not on Original Tivo. 

- Removed from the EPG, SDT and from the NIT.

- Removed from TSID 21 SID 2104 on traditional cable networks. 

Releasing channel 245 for re-use.

 

 

New Service - Pre-launch Configuration:

ID 2391 Sky Atlantic  -  Internal Networks Only

- Short EPG Name: SkyAtlantic 

- Added to TSID 26 SID 2604 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 111. Channel numbers are subject to change.

- Flagged as the Entertainment Genre.

- Hidden from the EPG - Hide1 flag added.

- HD flag added.

- Sky1 flag added. 

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

- Subscription codes added for legacy Mix, Fun (deprecated) and above and the Entertainment "personal pick" tier (which will added the channel to all legacy personal picks).

- Subscription codes added for the essential entertainment pack for Stream devices.

- Added to 4 internal networks often used for pre-launch configuration.

   - Code Download Test (Portsmouth)

   - NGRHEE Bromley

   - TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)

   - VM Paddington 

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

Not yet visible on the EPG as these services aren't in the NIT of customer facing networks.

For readers interested in why this channel will not be made available to V6 devices, per VMO2 publicity, the Hide1 flag only applies to V6 devices. Leaving the flag set after the service is added to remaining networks would hide the channel from V6 devices, effectively withholding the channel.

 

Please note that flag names are internal to UKCTVC, as far as Virgin TV is concerned, these flags are just data. Please don't use these names when communicating with Virgin TV, they aren't official terms and they won't know what you mean.

Error - NIT entries duplicated:

ID 1548  Sky Showcase HD - Placeholder - End of Service.

The NIT entries appear to have been duplicated on each network which seems to be an error. This will be recorded on the SI Errors page on the next update.

New FAST Services Launched:

 

Channel 232 - ID 2396  World War TV  -  FAST Channel Portal - Not on Original Tivo.

Channel 245 - ID 2399  Nature Time  -  FAST Channel Portal - Not on Original Tivo.

- Moved from pre-launch placeholder channel 248.

Taking the channel number released by the removal of Love Pets.

Both FAST Services:

- Added to the NIT of remaining networks

Change of Channel Numbers: 

 

Channel 277 - ID 2279  5 Cops - FAST Channel Portal - Not on V6 or Tivo

- Previously on channel 225.

 

Channel 278 - ID 2289  Catfish - FAST Channel Portal - Not on V6 or Tivo

- Previously on channel 226.

Channel 279 - ID 2370  CSI on PlutoTV - FAST Channel Portal - Not on V6 or Tivo

- Previously on channel 246.

 

FAST channels not available on the V6 moved out of the V6 FAST channel number range. 

 

 

Temporary Rebrand:

- 1 movie channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand.

Virgin TV has reverted to the name Sky Select on channel 402 although this change has not been listed by Sky. 

 

 

Evening Analysis (run 2):

 

New Service - Pre-launch Configuration - Update:

ID 2391 Sky Atlantic  -  Internal Networks Only

- PMTs and elementary streams have now been added. 

- SDT root flags show that the services are running and encrypted. - encryption added.

The pre-launch configuration has been updated during the evening.

Closed Sports Services (Not on Stream) - Housekeeping (SDT Root Flags): 

ID   320  Sky Sports Cricket - Placeholder - End of Service

ID   322  Sky Sports Golf - Placeholder - End of Service

ID 1923  Sky Sports Football - Placeholder - End of Service  

- SDT root flags have been updated to show that these services are running and not encrypted - encryption removed.   

Virgin TV appears to have scheduled the EPG root flag updates over a few days rather than all at once. 

 

 

New Service - Pre-launch Configuration: 

ID 2411 On Demand Streaming  -  Internal Networks Only

- SDT root flags updated to show that the service is running and encrypted - encryption added.  

- Traditional cable subscription package flags have been updated to the 4K versions (to hide the channel from legacy TiVo devices). 

Closed Sports Services (Not on Stream) - Housekeeping: 

 

ID   319  Sky Sports Main Event - Placeholder - End of Service

- PMT & Video Stream (closure slate) removed from TSID   2  SID  222 on traditional cable networks.

- SDT root flags updated to show that the service is running and not encrypted - encryption removed. 

 

ID   320  Sky Sports Cricket - Placeholder - End of Service

- PMT & Video Stream (closure slate) removed from TSID   9  SID  912 on traditional cable networks.

 

ID   321  Sky Sports Action - Placeholder - End of Service

- PMT & Video Stream (closure slate) removed from TSID   2  SID  206 on traditional cable networks.

- SDT root flags updated to show that the service is running and not encrypted - encryption removed.  

 

ID   322  Sky Sports Golf - Placeholder - End of Service

- PMT & Video Stream (closure slate) removed from TSID   4  SID  410 on traditional cable networks.

 

ID 1595  Sky Sports F1 - Placeholder - End of Service 

- PMT & Video Stream (closure slate) removed from TSID   3  SID  324 on traditional cable networks.

- SDT root flags updated to show that the service is running and not encrypted - encryption removed.  

 

ID 1786  Sky Sports PL - Placeholder - End of Service

- PMT & Video Stream (closure slate) removed from TSID   2  SID  217 on traditional cable networks.

 

ID 1921  Sky Sports + - Placeholder - End of Service 

- PMT & Video Stream (closure slate) removed from TSID   3  SID  314 on traditional cable networks.

 

ID 1923  Sky Sports Football - Placeholder - End of Service

- PMT & Video Stream (closure slate) removed from TSID   4  SID  423 on traditional cable networks.

 

ID 2326  Sky Sports Tennis - Placeholder - End of Service  

- PMT & Video Stream (closure slate) removed from TSID   4  SID  414 on traditional cable networks. 

 

Virgin TV appears to have scheduled the EPG root flag updates over a few days rather than all at once. 

New FAST Services - Pre-launch Configurations - Further Internal Networks Added:  

ID 2412 Inside Crime Dup  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only
ID 2413 HomesUnderTheHammerDp  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only
ID 2414 Inside Outside Dup  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only
- Added to 4 further internal networks often used for pre-launch configurations.
   - NGRHEE Bromley
   - NGRHEE Knowsley 
   - TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)
   - VM Paddington

Temporary Rebrands:

- 1 movie channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand.

- 2 kids' channels with promotional rebrands.