All posts by NottsUK
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Briantist: The final Channel 5 region on Astra 1N is now free-to-air, (whether it will remain free-to-air we will have to wait and see). It is Channel 5 Region 2 or South Central, (SID 7701), and has up till now been encrypted. Now that all the Channel 5 regions are free of encryption on Astra 1N, the one on the BBC transponder on Astra 2D can now be switched off.
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Briantist: The BBC have now got their bits back. All the Channel 5 transmissions are now on Astra 1N.
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Briantist: I believe all the other channels have already moved onto Astra 1N, so when the BBC channels move over, Astra 2D will be empty. Where will Astra be moving 2D to when its empty?
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There has been a number of free-to-air HD feeds on the Eurobird 1 satellite these past few weekends showing Winter sports. Cross Country, Super G, ski jumping, biathalon and a couple of weeks ago speed skating from Moscow for the Netherland broadcaster NOS. To watch them though you needed a 4:2:2 satellite receiver. The quality of a 4:2:2 HD satellite feed is very impressive.
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On Saturday afternoon I turned my satellite dish to pick up Eutelsat W3A at 7.0°East. Flicking through the channels I came across GRTS, a Gambia channel, that was showing the football match between Chelsea and Bolton free-to-air. It was widescreen with the English commentary, although the picture was slightly less than UK standard definition. At least I watched it without adding to the Murdoch coffers.
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Briantist: I see that the Eutelsat satellites have had a name change today that represents their orbital position, so Eurobird 1 at 28.5°East is now Eutelsat 28A.
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Nedbod: How as your sister managed to get BBC ONE HD for 2 years, when it didn't start till 04 November 2010?
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Briantist: At the moment there are three Disney channels transmitting free to air on Astra 1N frequency 10921. They are Disney Channel, Disney Cinemagic and Disney XD. All three channels are transmitting in HD 1920x1080 pixels. I can't see them being free to air for much longer.
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Wednesday 11 January 2012 2:56PM
Briantist: Each of the above transponders are transmitting a BBC London test card at the moment. One is TEST TXP 1 and the other is TEST TXP2.