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Monday 6 June 2016 6:44AM

ASTRA/BSkyB Change:

Now/Next EPG has been added for 8350 on 10729 V.

Component Descriptors reveal the identity of 8350 to be Film4 ROI.

From the TransEdit TS Analyser:

EIT PID = 18 - Actual TS, Present/Following
ServiceID = 8350 - 8350
EventID = 60314 - Teleshopping
StartTime = 06/06/2016 02:40:00
Duration = 03:20:00
ComponentType = 0x01 - MPEG-2 Video, 4:3, 25 Hz
Description = Video - Film4 ROI

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All of the free TV channels in the UK
Monday 6 June 2016 8:37AM

byron felson: I've just checked and you are correct: ShowBiz TV, though still in the EPG, has had its audio and video streams removed.

The chances of it returning don't look good but it could!

ShowBiz TV is freely available on satellite via Freesat, BSkyB or a generic FTA Satellite TV device, on transponder 11082 H 22000 5/6 DVB-S.

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All free TV channels in the UK
Monday 6 June 2016 12:03PM

Channel Diffs from 01/06/2016 23:19:42 to 06/06/2016 11:11:31

Some interesting changes here:

dvb subs added to YESTERDAY,Drama and Really.

English and Welsh dvb subs and Freesat streams added to 55296 (S4C HD)

Transponder moves for Jewelry Maker, Made In Cardiff, ShowBiz TV and Hillsong

Two new scrambled channels: 1640 on 12266H and 8350 on 10729V:


Changed:

YESTERDAY (6505) 12129V
Number of streams changed from 10 to 11
new stream, PID = 2378 Type = 0x06 : dvb subs : lang = ENG

Drama (6522) 12129V
Number of streams changed from 10 to 11
new stream, PID = 2377 Type = 0x06 : dvb subs : lang = ENG

Really (6523) 12129V
Number of streams changed from 10 to 11
new stream, PID = 2376 Type = 0x06 : dvb subs : lang = ENG

Jewelry Maker (50310) 11082H
PMT PID changed from 256 to 270
Name changed from 50310

Made In Cardiff (50316) 11082H
PMT PID changed from 262 to 265
Name changed from 50316

ShowBiz TV (50320) 11082H
PMT PID changed from 264 to 269
Name changed from 50320

Hillsong (50345) 11082H
PMT PID changed from 261 to 272
Name changed from 50345

Eman Channel (52140) 11264H
Video PID changed from 2324 to 2365
Audio PID changed from 2325 to 2366
new stream, PID = 2365 Type = 0x02 : mpeg2 video
new stream, PID = 2366 Type = 0x04 : mpeg audio : lang = ENG
lost stream, PID = 2324 Type = 0x02 : mpeg2 video
lost stream, PID = 2325 Type = 0x04 : mpeg audio : lang = ENG

55296 (52296) 11307H
Number of streams changed from 11 to 16
new stream, PID = 2355 Type = 0x06 : dvb subs : lang = ENG
new stream, PID = 2356 Type = 0x06 : dvb subs : lang = WEL
new stream, PID = 3844 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
new stream, PID = 3841 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
new stream, PID = 3840 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
new stream, PID = 3842 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
new stream, PID = 3843 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 2306 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 2305 Type = 0x05 : private_sections


Lost:

Format:
NAME, TYPE, SID, TSID, FREQ
Streams
CA

Hillsong, 1, 55216, 2112, 11343V
stream, PID = 2326 Type = 0x02 : mpeg2 video
stream, PID = 2327 Type = 0x04 : mpeg audio : lang = ENG

Jewelry Maker, 1, 53705, 2113, 11387H
stream, PID = 2314 Type = 0x02 : mpeg2 video
stream, PID = 2315 Type = 0x04 : mpeg audio : lang = ENG
stream, PID = 3841 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
stream, PID = 3840 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
stream, PID = 3842 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
stream, PID = 3844 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
stream, PID = 3843 Type = 0x05 : private_sections

Made In Cardiff, 1, 53725, 2113, 11387H
stream, PID = 2311 Type = 0x02 : mpeg2 video
stream, PID = 2312 Type = 0x04 : mpeg audio : lang = ENG
CAID = 0963 PRV = 000000 ECM PID = 0500 EMM PID = 00C0
CAID = 0961 PRV = 000000 ECM PID = 0500 EMM PID = 00C0
CAID = 0960 PRV = 000000 ECM PID = 0500 EMM PID = 00C0

ShowBiz TV, 1, 53730, 2113, 11387H
stream, PID = 2308 Type = 0x02 : mpeg2 video
stream, PID = 2309 Type = 0x04 : mpeg audio : lang = ENG
stream, PID = 3841 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
stream, PID = 3840 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
stream, PID = 3842 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
stream, PID = 3844 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
stream, PID = 3843 Type = 0x05 : private_sections


Found:

Format:
NAME, TYPE, SID, TSID, FREQ
Streams
CA

1640, 1, 1640, 2029, 12266H
stream, PID = 2328 Type = 0x02 : mpeg2 video
stream, PID = 2329 Type = 0x04 : mpeg audio : lang = ENG
CAID = 0963 PRV = 000000 ECM PID = 050E EMM PID = 00C0
CAID = 0961 PRV = 000000 ECM PID = 050E EMM PID = 00C0
CAID = 0960 PRV = 000000 ECM PID = 050E EMM PID = 00C0

8350, 1, 8350, 2042, 10729V
stream, PID = 2311 Type = 0x02 : mpeg2 video
stream, PID = 2312 Type = 0x04 : mpeg audio : lang = ENG
stream, PID = 2314 Type = 0x06 : Teletext : lang = ENG : initial page = 100
stream, PID = 2314 Type = 0x06 : Teletext subs : lang = ENG page = 888
CAID = 0960 PRV = 000000 ECM PID = 0500 EMM PID = 00C0
CAID = 0961 PRV = 000000 ECM PID = 0500 EMM PID = 00C0
CAID = 0963 PRV = 000000 ECM PID = 0500 EMM PID = 00C0


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J
All free TV channels in the UK
Monday 6 June 2016 12:04PM

ASTRA/BSkyB diffs:

S4C HD has launched on BSkyB:

Comparing files List ASTRA 03-06-2016 18 00.txt and List ASTRA 06-06-2016 11 39.txt


************************ CHANGED ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN

Renamed, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
55296 25 2296 52296 2109 2 11307H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000011 1016
S4C HD 25 2296 52296 2109 2 11307H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 280

Note there is a possible 'HD Swap' with 104, 134 S4C

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All free TV channels in the UK
Monday 6 June 2016 4:24PM

Freesat Diffs:

The Freesat EPG for S4C HD is now active:

Comparing files List Freesat 06-06-2016 11 39.txt and List Freesat 06-06-2016 15 03.txt


************************ CHANGED ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN

Schedule Flag Change
S4C HD 25 20002 52296 2109 2 11307H 0 0 Freesat 00001EEE1EEE 190
S4C HD 25 20002 52296 2109 2 11307H 0 1 Freesat 00001EEE1EEE 190


Here is the first event:

*****
S4C HD, Wed 08 Jun 07:00 - 07:10 : Stiw
Mae Taid yn rhoi dau hen declyn siarad i Stiw, ac maen nhw'n ddefnyddiol iawn i siarad Mam-gu sydd ym mhen ucha'r ty. Taid gives Stiw a pair of old walkie talkies to talk to Mam-gu. [S]

H.264/AVC high definition video, 16:9 aspect ratio, 25 Hz (und)
HE-AAC audio, stereo (wel)
HE-AAC audio, stereo (eng)
DVB subtitles (normal) for display on a high definition monitor (wel)
video up-sampled from standard definition source material (und)

eventID = DD48, RST = 0, ONID.TSID.SID = 2.2109.52296, fsatID = 4E22 = 20002, ShortName = S4C HD, 11306.50 H
*****

It is interesting that though none of the events are explicitly described as HD, as is the case with BBC HD services, they are using the "video up-sampled from standard definition source material" component type, where appropriate. Until now, only BBC has used it.

Obviously, the data is half-inched from DTT since HE-AAC is not used on satellite.

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All free TV channels in the UK
Monday 6 June 2016 7:42PM

BSkyB/ASTRA EPG Diffs:

BSkyB EPG data for 50290 (CNN HD) has appeared:

First event:

50290 Mon 13 Jun 07:00 - 08:00 : CNN Newsroom
CNN Newsroom is where breaking news happens. See the resources of the world's news leader at work as the day's stories develop.
[-][-][-][-][-][HD][-][-] epgID = 1019 eventID = 0000 SID = 50290 txp = 11111.75 H


The ASTRA EIT pf for 8350 (Film4 ROI) has been removed.

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All free TV channels in the UK
Tuesday 7 June 2016 9:21AM

ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:

EIT pf for 8350 is back.

An EIT pf dump from my own parser for 10729V:

ASTRA 028.2E 10729V_t2_07062016 074346-EITpf.xml - Pastebin.com

I'm told it's all icons these days and Service Names are unimportant:

Comparing files List ASTRA 06-06-2016 15 03.txt and List ASTRA 07-06-2016 06 23.txt


************************ CHANGED ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN

Renamed
Sky Greats 1 1815 5650 2012 2 11934V 1 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 304
Sky Superheroes 1 1815 5650 2012 2 11934V 1 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 304

Renamed
Sky Greats HD 25 4015 3815 2024 2 12168V 1 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 331
SkySuprheroHD 25 4015 3815 2024 2 12168V 1 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 331


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Tuesday 7 June 2016 11:47AM

Freesat Diffs:

S4C HD has launched on Freesat.

S4C, its SD simulcast, has been confined to SD boxes.

A stack of LCN changes:

Comparing files List Freesat 07-06-2016 06 23.txt and List Freesat 07-06-2016 11 31.txt


************************ CHANGED ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN

LCN Change
Challenge 1 4013 6031 2007 2 11837H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 145
Challenge 1 4013 6031 2007 2 11837H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 146

LCN Change
Challenge +1 1 4019 6026 2007 2 11837H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 146
Challenge +1 1 4019 6026 2007 2 11837H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 147

LCN Change
Pick +1 1 4020 5107 2026 2 12207V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 159
Pick +1 1 4020 5107 2026 2 12207V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 145

LCN Change
Drama 1 5003 6522 2022 2 12129V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 162
Drama 1 5003 6522 2022 2 12129V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 158

LCN Change
Food Network 1 7009 52500 2116 2 11427V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 149
Food Network 1 7009 52500 2116 2 11427V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 148

LCN Change
Food Network+1 1 7010 52510 2116 2 11427V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 151
Food Network+1 1 7010 52510 2116 2 11427V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 149

LCN Change
PBS America 1 17011 52505 2116 2 11427V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 160
PBS America 1 17011 52505 2116 2 11427V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 156

LCN Change
Really 1 19012 6523 2022 2 12129V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 164
Really 1 19012 6523 2022 2 12129V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 160

Bouquet Change
S4C Digidol 1 20001 55295 2112 2 11344V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 104, 120
S4C Digidol 1 20001 55295 2112 2 11344V 0 1 Freesat 111100000000 104, 120

Bouquet Change, LCN Change
S4C HD 25 20002 52296 2109 2 11307H 0 1 Freesat 00001EEE1EEE 190
S4C HD 25 20002 52296 2109 2 11307H 0 1 Freesat 000011111111 104, 120

LCN Change
Travel Ch +1 1 21012 52100 2107 2 11264H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 152
Travel Ch +1 1 21012 52100 2107 2 11264H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 151

LCN Change
True Crime +1 1 21015 53305 2110 2 11307V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 156
True Crime +1 1 21015 53305 2110 2 11307V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 152

LCN Change
Yesterday 1 26000 6505 2022 2 12129V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 163
Yesterday 1 26000 6505 2022 2 12129V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 159

LCN Change
YourTV 1 26006 52540 2116 2 11427V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 161
YourTV 1 26006 52540 2116 2 11427V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 157

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All free TV channels in the UK
Tuesday 7 June 2016 5:28PM

ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:

Comparing files List ASTRA 07-06-2016 06 23.txt and List ASTRA 07-06-2016 11 31.txt


************************ DELETED ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
Sky Box Office ? 0 4627 2007 2 11837H 1 1 000000000000000



************************ NEW ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
Inbox 130 8030 8030 2007 2 11837H 0 0 BSkyB 111111111111111 4095


They came:

Comparing files List ASTRA 07-06-2016 11 31.txt and List ASTRA 07-06-2016 13 00.txt


************************ NEW ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
4092 25 0 4092 2005 2 11798H 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
4090 25 4090 4090 2005 2 11798H 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1006


They went:

Comparing files List ASTRA 07-06-2016 13 00.txt and List ASTRA 07-06-2016 16 19.txt


************************ DELETED ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
4092 25 0 4092 2005 2 11798H 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
53280 1 0 50376 2313 2 11345H 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
4090 25 4090 4090 2005 2 11798H 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1006
4091 1 4091 4091 2029 2 12266H 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000011 1011


Net Diffs:

Comparing files List ASTRA 07-06-2016 06 23.txt and List ASTRA 07-06-2016 16 19.txt


************************ DELETED ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
Sky Box Office ? 0 4627 2007 2 11837H 1 1 000000000000000
53280 1 0 50376 2313 2 11345H 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
4091 1 4091 4091 2029 2 12266H 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000011 1011



************************ NEW ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
Inbox 130 8030 8030 2007 2 11837H 0 0 BSkyB 111111111111111 4095

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All of the free TV channels in the UK
Wednesday 8 June 2016 6:11AM

ShowBiz TV is back on GIM.

I'd forgotten that it had changed transponder on 2nd June; that could be why it disappeared.

GIM:
ONID.TSID = 233A.7401
762 MHz, uhf 57, 8 MHz, 16-QAM, 8k, 3/4, 1/32
Target Regions = (GBR.England.North West)U(GBR.Isle of Man)
(
LCN SID TYPE SERVICE NAME
050 7781 01 mov4men+1
080 7701 01 ShowBiz TV
082 77C1 01 True Movies 1
085 76C1 01 Chart Show TV
128 7681 01 POP+1
129 7741 01 Tiny Pop+1
)


Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 30 <= dPCR <= 70 ms intervals over 15 seconds for LocalMux1 North West (08/06/2016 05:47:41)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
00.610 | 00.000 | 00.383 | POP+1
00.710 | 00.000 | 00.482 | Tiny Pop+1
04.736 | 01.561 | 02.933 | ShowBiz TV
02.955 | 02.185 | 02.571 | mov4men+1
02.608 | 01.434 | 01.906 | Chart Show TV
01.561 | 00.733 | 01.208 | True Movies 1
08.141 | 02.683 | 05.724 | Null Packets
03.796 | 01.581 | 02.891 | All Other Streams
18.097 | 18.096 | 18.096 | TS Bitrate


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