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Tuesday 30 January 2018 11:34AM

Freesat Diffs:

VIVA has been removed from Freesat:

Comparing files List Freesat 29-01-2018 18 01.txt and List Freesat 30-01-2018 11 01.txt


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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
VIVA 1 23005 7009 2010 2 11895V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 511

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J
All free TV channels in the UK
Wednesday 31 January 2018 7:19AM

ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:

Tristar was renamed 54175 - so effectively deleted - showing 'high street tv' in thinno-vision = 16/9 video flagged as 4/3.

CGTN is in thinno-vision everywhere. People who see CGTN in the correct aspect-ratio will be watching 4/3 material in fatto-vision.

Noor TV and Glory TV were taken off BSkyB.

Noor TV showing black video, Glory TV is still running:

Comparing files List ASTRA 29-01-2018 18 01.txt and List ASTRA 30-01-2018 18 01.txt


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

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

Renamed
Tristar 1 0000 54175 2096 2 11568V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
54175 1 0000 54175 2096 2 11568V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000

EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
Noor TV 1 3715 55109 2095 2 11553H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 812
Noor TV 1 0000 55109 2095 2 11553H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000

EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
Glory TV 1 4403 54170 2096 2 11568V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 823
Glory TV 1 0000 54170 2096 2 11568V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000

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J
All free TV channels in the UK
Wednesday 31 January 2018 1:26PM

Freesat Diffs:

Comparing files List Freesat 31-01-2018 11 01.txt and List Freesat 31-01-2018 13 21.txt


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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
Kiss 1 12001 12010 2031 2 12304H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 508
Magic 1 14005 12000 2031 2 12304H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 510
4Music 1 28010 9240 2041 2 10714H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 509

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J
All free TV channels in the UK
Wednesday 31 January 2018 1:35PM

ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:

High Street TV 1 started on BSkyB 656.

VIVA renamed MTV LOVE:

Comparing files List ASTRA 30-01-2018 18 01.txt and List ASTRA 31-01-2018 11 01.txt


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

Renamed, EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
54175 1 0000 54175 2096 2 11568V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
High Street TV 1 1 3580 54175 2096 2 11568V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 656

Renamed
VIVA 1 2511 7009 2010 2 11895V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 353
MTV LOVE 1 2511 7009 2010 2 11895V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 353

Renamed
High Street TV 3 1 3404 55104 2095 2 11553H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 666
High Street TV 4 1 3404 55104 2095 2 11553H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 666

Renamed
High Street TV 2 1 5212 55213 2112 2 11343V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 662
High Street TV 3 1 5212 55213 2112 2 11343V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 662

Renamed
High Street TV 1 5706 55102 2095 2 11553H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 658
High Street TV 2 1 5706 55102 2095 2 11553H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 658

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All free TV channels in the UK
Wednesday 31 January 2018 1:40PM

ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:

Comparing files List ASTRA 31-01-2018 11 01.txt and List ASTRA 31-01-2018 13 21.txt


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

Encryption Flag Change
MTV LOVE 1 2511 7009 2010 2 11895V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 353
MTV LOVE 1 2511 7009 2010 2 11895V 1 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 353

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All free TV channels in the UK
Wednesday 31 January 2018 6:13PM

ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:

Noor TV has returned to BSkyB 812:

Comparing files List ASTRA 31-01-2018 13 21.txt and List ASTRA 31-01-2018 18 01.txt


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

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

EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
Noor TV 1 0000 55109 2095 2 11553H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
Noor TV 1 3715 55109 2095 2 11553H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 812

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All free TV channels in the UK
Thursday 1 February 2018 4:15PM

ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:

Sony Channel and Sony Chnl +1 have moved to 11307V and are currently FTA despite their encryption flags.

Peace TV Urdu moved from 11171H to 11265V.

Channel 44 moved from 11112H to 11656V.

Al Arabiya, currently showing a black screen, was taken off BSkyB 855:

Comparing files List ASTRA 31-01-2018 18 01.txt and List ASTRA 01-02-2018 15 49.txt


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

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

Renamed, EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change, Encryption Flag Change
53390 1 1127 53390 2110 2 11307V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1014
Sony Chnl +1 1 3216 53390 2110 2 11307V 1 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 181

Renamed, EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change, Encryption Flag Change
53385 1 1128 53385 2110 2 11307V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1015
Sony Channel 1 3358 53385 2110 2 11307V 1 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 157

Renamed
XXX HomeVids 1 1866 5703 2019 2 12071H 1 1 BSkyB 011111111000011 924
XXX My Hot Ex 1 1866 5703 2019 2 12071H 1 1 BSkyB 011111111000011 924

Service ID Change, Transponder Move
Sony Chnl +1 1 3216 53271 2111 2 11345H 1 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 181
Sony Chnl +1 1 3216 53390 2110 2 11307V 1 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 181

Service ID Change, Transponder Move
Peace TV Urdu 1 3224 51121 2071 2 11171H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 830
Peace TV Urdu 1 3224 52138 2108 2 11265V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 830

Service ID Change, Transponder Move
Sony Channel 1 3358 54113 2096 2 11568V 1 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 157
Sony Channel 1 3358 53385 2110 2 11307V 1 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 157

EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
Al Arabiya 1 5228 54110 2096 2 11568V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 855
Al Arabiya 1 0000 54110 2096 2 11568V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000

Service ID Change, Transponder Move
Channel 44 1 5359 50470 2067 2 11112H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 854
Channel 44 1 5359 54059 2102 2 11656V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 854


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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
53390 1 0000 53271 2110 2 11307V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
53385 1 0000 54113 2110 2 11307V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000


11307V is now the current record holder at 28E for number of video streams with 19:

Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 31 <= dPCR <= 66 ms intervals over 20 seconds for 11307.00 V 27500 5/6 DVB-S QPSK (01/02/2018 14:43:35)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
02.417 | 01.480 | 02.117 | Sony Chnl +1
03.285 | 01.052 | 01.865 | Chart Show TV
03.617 | 01.654 | 02.340 | Sony Channel
03.384 | 01.588 | 02.409 | Starz TV
02.256 | 01.058 | 01.544 | True Movies
03.377 | 00.941 | 01.885 | POP
03.658 | 00.980 | 01.532 | True Movies +1
02.907 | 01.041 | 01.847 | Tiny Pop
03.246 | 01.102 | 01.509 | truTV +1
03.176 | 01.148 | 01.494 | The Vault
04.324 | 01.614 | 02.354 | Scuzz
02.480 | 00.891 | 01.623 | Chartshow Hits
03.127 | 01.099 | 01.614 | POP Max +1
02.603 | 01.113 | 01.642 | Tiny Pop +1
02.894 | 01.150 | 01.878 | POP Max
03.809 | 01.000 | 01.974 | POP+1
02.144 | 01.184 | 01.648 | True Ent
02.245 | 01.052 | 01.470 | True Ent +1
04.308 | 01.484 | 02.775 | tru TV
01.993 | 00.000 | 01.147 | Null Packets
06.709 | 04.703 | 05.571 | All Other Streams
42.239 | 42.239 | 42.239 | TS Bitrate

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All free TV channels in the UK
Friday 2 February 2018 9:14PM

The SES/ASTRA UHD Demo channels had their service_type changed from 31 = "HEVC digital television service" to 25 = "H.264/AVC HD digital television service".

"Channel Diffs" is a comparison of AltDVB channel list files:

Channel Diffs from 18/01/2018 20:47:26 to 29/01/2018 05:34:54

Changed:

Astra UHD Demo (7400) 12441V
service_type changed from 31 to 25
provider changed from SES ASTRA to SES

Astra UHD Demo (7401) 12441V
service_type changed from 31 to 25
provider changed from SES ASTRA to SES

SES UHD Demo (7402) 12441V
service_type changed from 31 to 25

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A scan of the NIT on any transponder in the ASTRA/BSkyB network gives:

networkName = ASTRA
networkID = 0020
number of multiplexes = 75

12441V is not in the ASTRA/BSkyB network so changes are not picked up in ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs.

A scan of the NIT and SDT on 12441V gives:

networkName = ASTRA
networkID = 0002
number of multiplexes = 1

12441.00 V 29500 8/9 DVB-S2 QPSK 0.25 028.2E
original_network_id = 0x0002 = 2
transport_stream_id = 0x07F6 = 2038

SERVICE NAME TYPE SID ENC RST EIT PROVIDER
Astra UHD Demo 25 1CE8 0 4 1 SES
Astra UHD Demo 25 1CE9 0 4 1 SES
SES UHD Demo 25 1CEA 0 4 0 SES

Note the same networkName of ASTRA but different networkID.


12441V is in the Freesat network where it appears as:

12441.00 V 29500 8/9 DVB-S2 QPSK 0.25 028.2E
transport_stream_id = 2038 original_network_id = 2

SERVICE NAME TYPE epgID SID RST ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
Freesat UHD 31 00107 7400 4 0 0 Freesat 000011110000 998


Note Freesat UHD = Astra UHD Demo with SID 7400 = 0x1CE8


Playing back a sample of Astra UHD Demo in mpc-hc, file-properties gives:

Video: HEVC 3840x2160 50fps [V: hevc main 10, yuv420p10le, 3840x2160]
Audio: AAC 48000Hz stereo 190kbps [A: aac lc, 48000 Hz, stereo, 190 kb/s]

MediaInfo:

General
ID : 2038 (0x7F6)
Complete name : H:ASTRA 12441 V 02-02 19-18-04.ts
Format : MPEG-TS
File size : 14.1 MiB
Duration : 11s 733ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 9 785 Kbps

Video
ID : 210 (0xD2)
Menu ID : 7400 (0x1CE8)
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L5.2
Codec ID : 36
Duration : 11s 780ms
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 50.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits

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All free TV channels in the UK
Friday 2 February 2018 10:26PM

Channel Diffs from 29/01/2018 05:34:54 to 02/02/2018 21:30:30

Not only have those that were on Freesat been stripped of their Freesat streams bur some that were not too:

Tristar, The Box, Kerrang!, Box Hits, Box Upfront:

Changed:

MTV LOVE (7009) 11895V
ECM PID changed from 0x0 to 0x50B
Name changed from VIVA
scrambled status changed from 0 to 1
Number of streams changed from 10 to 4
lost stream, PID = 2310 Type = 0x06 : dvb subs : lang = ENG
lost stream, PID = 3843 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3844 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3842 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3840 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3841 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
Number of CA entries changed from 0 to 3
new CAID = 0960 PRV = 000000 ECM PID = 050B EMM PID = 00C0
new CAID = 0961 PRV = 000000 ECM PID = 050B EMM PID = 00C0
new CAID = 0963 PRV = 000000 ECM PID = 050B EMM PID = 00C0

Sky Thriller (4406) 11934V
Name changed from Sky Bourne

Sky Thriller HD (3862) 12012V
Name changed from SkyBourneHD

Magic (12000) 12304H
Number of streams changed from 9 to 4
lost stream, PID = 3841 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3840 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3842 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3844 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3843 Type = 0x05 : private_sections

The Box (12005) 12304H
Number of streams changed from 9 to 4
lost stream, PID = 3841 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3840 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3842 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3844 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3843 Type = 0x05 : private_sections

KISS (12010) 12304H
Number of streams changed from 9 to 4
lost stream, PID = 3841 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3840 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3842 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3844 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3843 Type = 0x05 : private_sections

Kerrang! (12015) 12304H
Number of streams changed from 9 to 4
lost stream, PID = 3841 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3840 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3842 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3844 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3843 Type = 0x05 : private_sections

Box Hits (12020) 12304H
Number of streams changed from 9 to 4
lost stream, PID = 3841 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3840 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3842 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3844 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3843 Type = 0x05 : private_sections

Box Upfront (12025) 12304H
Number of streams changed from 9 to 4
lost stream, PID = 3841 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3840 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3842 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3844 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3843 Type = 0x05 : private_sections

4Music (9240) 10714H
Number of streams changed from 11 to 6
lost stream, PID = 3841 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3840 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3842 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3844 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3843 Type = 0x05 : private_sections

High Street TV 2 (55102) 11553H
Name changed from High Street TV

High Street TV 4 (55104) 11553H
Name changed from High Street TV 3

High Street TV 1 (54175) 11568V
Name changed from Tristar
Number of streams changed from 7 to 2
lost stream, PID = 3841 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3840 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3842 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3844 Type = 0x05 : private_sections
lost stream, PID = 3843 Type = 0x05 : private_sections

YANGA! (53540) 11597V
Name changed from 53540

Sony Channel (53385) 11307V
PMT PID changed from 262 to 263
Name changed from 53385
scrambled status changed from 0 to 1

Sony Chnl +1 (53390) 11307V
PMT PID changed from 261 to 264
Name changed from 53390
scrambled status changed from 0 to 1

High Street TV 3 (55213) 11343V
Name changed from High Street TV 2


Lost:

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

Channel 44, 1, 50470, 2067, 11112H
stream, PID = 2305 Type = 0x02 : mpeg2 video
stream, PID = 2315 Type = 0x04 : mpeg audio : lang = ENG

Peace TV Urdu, 1, 51121, 2071, 11171H
stream, PID = 2308 Type = 0x02 : mpeg2 video
stream, PID = 2309 Type = 0x04 : mpeg audio : lang = URD

Sony Channel, 1, 54113, 2096, 11568V
stream, PID = 2324 Type = 0x02 : mpeg2 video
stream, PID = 2325 Type = 0x04 : mpeg audio : lang = ENG
CAID = 0963 PRV = 000000 ECM PID = 0501 EMM PID = 00C0
CAID = 0961 PRV = 000000 ECM PID = 0501 EMM PID = 00C0
CAID = 0960 PRV = 000000 ECM PID = 0501 EMM PID = 00C0

Sony Chnl +1, 1, 53271, 2111, 11345H
stream, PID = 2357 Type = 0x02 : mpeg2 video
stream, PID = 2358 Type = 0x04 : mpeg audio : lang = ENG
CAID = 0963 PRV = 000000 ECM PID = 0501 EMM PID = 00C0
CAID = 0961 PRV = 000000 ECM PID = 0501 EMM PID = 00C0
CAID = 0960 PRV = 000000 ECM PID = 0501 EMM PID = 00C0


Found:

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

50300, 1, 50300, 2065, 11082H
stream, PID = 2346 Type = 0x02 : mpeg2 video
stream, PID = 2347 Type = 0x04 : mpeg audio : lang = ENG

Channel 44, 1, 54059, 2102, 11656V
stream, PID = 2323 Type = 0x02 : mpeg2 video
stream, PID = 2324 Type = 0x04 : mpeg audio : lang =

Peace TV Urdu, 1, 52138, 2108, 11265V
stream, PID = 2306 Type = 0x02 : mpeg2 video
stream, PID = 2305 Type = 0x04 : mpeg audio : lang = ENG

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All free TV channels in the UK
Friday 2 February 2018 10:30PM

ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:

Comparing files List ASTRA 01-02-2018 18 01.txt and List ASTRA 02-02-2018 18 01.txt




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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
22602 1 0000 50300 2094 2 11538V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000



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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
50300 1 0000 50300 2065 2 11082H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000

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