[Radio Ruderham]

Next Update; Thursday / Friday

ALL CHANNELS HAVE SYMBOL RATE OF 27.5 AND AN F.E.C. OF 2/3. EXCEPT WHERE LISTED.

I. D.…….………..Freq; ………..……..INFO


52107……………..11264 H S.R.22000 fec 2/3 Bars & Tone
7450………………11.973 V Showing BT Tower Card & Tone and Text (Thanks; Ian Cleverly) For Zee Gujarati
51019……………..11.662 H No Signal present (Thanks; Ian Cleverly)
9604………………10.744 H SR:22.000 FEC:5/6 Showing Colour Bars (Thanks Otis)
9339………………11.508 H Blocked. (UK Travel ?)
53510……………..11.390 V Showing Geo TV
50686……………..11.585 H No Signal present.
51117……………..11.681 V No Signal present.
1430………………12.304 H No Signal present
ttg53………………10.891H S.R.22000 FEC 5/6 Showing ITV1

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{Blank}………… ..12.265 H with 'Programme is not available' (Thanks Craigsteele2001)
7521….........………12.441 H “William Road” Bars & Tone (not “seen”, if not stored already)
2gbstp…........……..11.662 H With technical fault
cet…………………12.109 H. Sky Sports 2 Eire.
52536……………..11.488 V. Showing , Simply Shopping.

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Radio Channels

A few of bits of Radio News :-

 BIG L Radio London started ”test transmissions” today, 21st March 2005. Sky Digital channel 940 will now be the permanent home of Radio London while their studios and infrastructure are being put together. You will be able to listen to some “radio nostalgia” from the world of radio, sponsored by their associated [I[Company RadioFab.com[/i] Details From:- www.bigl.co.uk

 The BBC is commissioning three new DAB-enabled transmitters in Northern Ireland. The first two will come on stream in late spring and the third will follow in the summer.(From the Radio Academy)

 The new Radio Station due to launch on April 9th is to be called Radio Tatras International. It will be broadcasting from Slovakia to over 40 million people on AM/FM in central Europe, to the remainder of Europe via satellite, and around the world on the internet. No details of frequencies have been announced so far, but there is a tentative schedule online. One of the Directors of RTI is Eric Wiltsher, who will be bringing his Media Zoo programme to the station. RTI gives its address as 1 Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5BW, United Kingdom. E-mail: info@rti.fm. (From Media Network)

 Chrysalis Group today announced it was considering making "a formal offer" for Guardian Media Group's radio assets, which include the recently renamed Jazz FM in London, after an informal offer had been rebuffed.(From:- http://media.guardian.co.uk/city/sto...442524,00.html )

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These From swine1 in our “Coming Soon Section”…...

W/c 28 March
UK Travel
Geo
Alpha Gujarati

29th March
Geo
Zee Gujarati (was Alpha Gujarati)

4th April
INSP

11th April
Life TV +2

18th April
Fashion TV
TG4 (in Northern Ireland)
RTE1 (in Northern Ireland)
RTE2 (in Northern Ireland)

25th April
Bad Movies
Matinee Movies
Vegas 24/7
Travel Channel 3

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Newsie Bits

1. The analogue Switch off is getting nearer, a full transcript of the Westminster Debate is available Here:- http://www.publications.parliament.u...50315h03_head0

2. The BBC's interactive service will undergo a new look when it re-launches in a few weeks. See:- http://www.media247.co.uk/skydigital...to_get_new.php

3. Sit-up TV is launching a third shopping channel on Sky Digital and ntl.Speed Auction TV will stage auctions lasting for a maximum of four minutes, which the broadcaster hopes will attract a younger audience than sister channels bid TV and price-drop TV. Sit-up have disclosed plans to launch a Bad Movies channel, offering some of the worst Hollywood has to offer when it launches on the Sky platform from this spring. Sit-Up is investing £5m in the channel and a second new channel offering, Matinee. From:- www.dtg.org

4. Here We Go Again! Sky software update to take place commencing March 14th till April 1st. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds19642.html

5. ZEE TV is set to become the biggest Asian TV network in the UK by adding a fifth entertainment channel, to its current network called Zee Gujarati which is now testing Media 24/7 are now saying this channel will launch on Wednesday March 30th

6. Music Choice Channels are moving to Channels 498 & 499 respectively on March 31stSee this for details:- www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds19906.html

7. Steve Bennett CEO of the Factory Outlet group of companies has announced the creation of a Dedicated Diamond Channel that will launch between 4-8 weeks. (From:- Shopping telly.com)

8. Bridges TV, An American Muslim lifestyle station are looking into launching on SKY in March/April. Details:- http://www.bridgestv.co.uk

9. The UK television licence fee (which is paid exclusively the BBC) is to increase this year. From April 1, a colour license will rise by £5.50 to £126.50, and a black and white licence by £1.50 to £42.

10. India's public broadcaster Doordarshan is planning a TV channel for people of Indian descent living in Britain, the Central Chronicle has reported. India's broadcasting corporation Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati, which oversees Doordarshan, KS Sarma said, "If all goes well, the new British channel will take off in around three months' time”.

11. Ofcom's proposed analogue switch off timetable has BorderTV, Westcountry and HTV Wales regions completing switchover to digital in 2008, with all other regions completing the transition by the end of 2012.

12. Hot on the heels of Ofcom's digital switchover timetable being published, consumer electronics giant Sony has announced all its television receivers larger than 26 inches will be digital-only. Sony said consumers were continuing to purchase analogue TV sets, and they are buying them at twice the rate of any digital adapters needed to convert them.

13. D.S. Reader David McH tells of an email he received from Crime & Investigation Network in Australia. They say that they had launched in Australia on the 1st January, 2005 and we were the first country in the world to premiere this channel. They also believe that BSKYB are considering launching this channel. A date has not been decided on at this point, however it is likely to be sometime at the end of 2005. More on the Channel :- www.citv.com.au

14. More 4 the digital free-to-air factual channel is being reported in various parts of the Media press that it is going to launch sometime in October this year, not to compete with, but augment the main C4 channel, it will have a programming budget of £30million.

15. Channel 4 is reportedly considering moving entertainment subscription channel E4 onto the free-to-air Freeview platform. E4 is committed to Sky until 2008 and also has carriage deals with cable operators NTL and Telewest, but is said to be looking at moving E4 perhaps as early autumn. By that time it hopes Freeview will be big enough to generate sufficient advertising revenues to sustain the channel. Broadcast magazine

16. ITV is planning to launch ITV4, to add to its existing portfolio of ITV1, ITV2 and ITV3.

17. Sky is planning a new Sky One spin-off channel.

18. Rapture TV is still hoping to return to UK screens. Complete with new programmes. (From :- http://news.rapturetv.com )

19. Al-Jazeera intends to launch a new English language news channel by the end of this year.

20. India's religious channel Aastha TV is looking at launching in the UK later this year. Aastha broadcasts programming in Hindi, Gujarati and English. This year, the channel has plans to air locally originated programming as well. (From: www.media247.co.uk/skydigital )

21. VC; The company behind the two channels, ( Amore & Horror Channel) is planning to launch at least one other new network, no further.details about the third service are known. Amore, may not now start till later this year and will be a stand alone service. (from TELE-satellite)

22. That TV http://www.thattv.co.uk website has now been updated stating that the channel will be launching later this year. (Thanks Lunar)

23. H2o TV to launch summer 2005 .Details:- www.h2o.tv

24. Technology TV is coming in October. For Full details:- http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/b...technology.html and licensing details:-http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/cs/806.htm (Thanks OTIS)

25. Channel East is set to relaunch and make a return to Sky Digital.

26. News channel Aaj Tak plans to launch soon.

27. Fuel launch seems to have been put back to “the Spring” whenever that is, according to Media 24/7. I also found an American web-site www.fuel.tv

28. Flysat are celebrating their second birthday . Congratulations to them.

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HiDef TV – HDTV SECTION

 Sony has revealed that their 2004 range of "HD Capable" large screen LCD and plasma TV displays - which feature analogue component inputs instead of the "HD Ready" HDMI/HDCP inputs - will be able to be used with Sky's high definition television service when it launches. Press release::- http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds19787.html

 British Sky Broadcasting has appointed Thomson as the initial manufacturer of the set-top box for its forthcoming High Definition Televisionservice and confirmed that it is on track to launch in 2006. Speaking at the DVB World conference in Dublin, BSkyB's Chief Operating Officer, Richard Freudenstein, revealed that Sky's HDTV box would feature a similar Personal Video Recorder capability to the existing Sky+ box. Freudenstein said that offering PVR capability as a standard in the HDTV arena will ensure that Sky+'s 6000,000 subscribers would continue to enjoy control and flexibility in association with the highest-quality programming. From :- Advanced Television .com

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This Article From:- medianetwork.blogspot.com

Watch FTA HiDefTV albeit in German,German TV company ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion and satellite provider SES Astra have announced that they will offer free-to-air High-Definition-Television (HDTV) simulcasts of ProSieben (PRO7) blockbuster movies. The first highlight was on March 13th 2005 with "Spider Man", one of the most successful movies ever made. In parallel to the Free-TV premiere in conventional standard definition, this fast, action-packed cinema version of the Marvel Comic classic was receivable in superior high-definition picture quality via ASTRA 1F.
At 10 pm on Saturday, March 26th, viewers can then enjoy the premiere of David Fincher's "Panic Room". This sinister thriller will again be broadcast in high-definition. Last but not least "Der Anschlag", "Men in Black II" and the successful BBC documentary "Supervolcano", three further ProSieben highlights, will be aired in HD in April 2005 via ASTRA Transponder No. 16 (11.4355 GHz; vertical polarization). The visual experience will be completed by Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, providing viewers with true cinema quality in the living room. Technically speaking, the blockbusters and programme highlights will be simulcast in parallel to the regular SD signal, the movies being played out HDCAM SR (1080i/50 Hz) and delivered to an MPEG-2 HD encoder with a data rate of some 1.4 gigabits/s. The Digital Playout Center (DPC), based in Unterföhring, Germany, is responsible for the re-multiplexing, the modulation and uplink of the HD signal and ensures that the signal is DVB-conform. The symbol rate is 22MS/s QPSK.
Wolfgang Elsässer, Managing Director of SES Astra in Germany: "HDTV has been gaining momentum in Germany and simulcasts like these in cooperation with a leading Free-TV operator like ProSiebenSat1 stimulate consumer interest and market demand. HD will provide an additional incentive to go digital. According to a recent study by Euroconsult, some 14 million households in Germany will have HDTV-ready displays by 2010."
Technical details:
ASTRA 1F
Transponder 16
Frequency : 11.4355 GHz
Polarization: vertical
Symbol rate: 22 MS/s QPSK
FEC: 5/6
Network ID: 0x0085
Original Network ID: 0x0085
Transport StreamID: 0x0006
Service ID: 0x0292
PMT PID: 0x0060
Video PID: 0x00FF 1920x1080i, 50Hz
PCR PID: 0x00FF
Audio PID: 0x0103 DolbyDigital
Service Name: ProSieben HD
Service Provider: ProSiebenSat1

 The European Information & Communications Technology Industry Association has announced a standard for HD Ready labeling of TVs, plasma screens and other HD displays. "The “HD ready” label is fully supported by Europe’s national broadcasters. More info :- http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds18570.html

 Sony, has forecast that 20m European households will have high definition TV (HDTV) sets by 2008. HDTV set prices – currently at £2,000 – would continue to fall, making them more of an attractive proposition to the mass consumer market. “Once you show HDTV people are hooked, says Chris Deering, Sony’s European CEO. (From Digital TV Group)

 European HDTV pioneer Euro1080 is to launch a second service, HD-2, in June 2005, with the emphasis on pay-per-event. Gabriel Fehervari, General Manager of Euro1080 also revealed that the operator would be using MPEG-4 encoding from that time. In addition to Euro1080’s involvement with SES-Astra, Fehervari confirmed that he had secured distribution deals on alternative satellites such as Sirius, Hellas Sat and Turksat, as well as some 20 cable networks. (From Advanced Television.com & Colin Mann in London)

 Toshiba has won a major victory in the battle to determine the standard for next-generation DVD’s with the endorsement by four Hollywood studios of its High Definition-DVD format. Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, New Line Cinema and Warner Brothers their supported the HD-DVD format advocated by Toshiba and NEC. Universal Pictures said it would come out with titles in the format during the 2005 holiday season while Paramount committed to bringing content out on HD-DVD in 2006. The support of the Hollywood studios gives a strong boost to the Toshiba camp, which is competing with a group led by Sony to standardise the next generation of optical recording technology. Sony is leading a group of consumer electronics and PC manufacturers promoting the rival Blu-ray Disc format.

 The EBU Technical Committee has recommended that Emission standards for HDTV should be based on progressive scanning: 720p/50 is currently the optimum solution, but 1080p/50 is an attractive option for the longer term. Although there are strong technical arguments in favour of progressive scanning for emission, the EBU Technical Committee recognises that some broadcasters might wish to broadcast 1080I-programme material. As consumer electronics equipment (e.g. set-top boxes and displays) will accept both 720p and 1080I formats, broadcasters will be able to select either of these formats * even on a programme-by-programme basis. Taking into account that production and emission standards do not need to be identical, further EBU studies on Production standards for HDTV in Europe are in progress. This work is not intended to result in a recommendation for a single standard for HDTV production. ( From TeleSatellite)

 Pace has announced plans to make high definition compatible set-top boxes available to satellite and cable operators across Europe. The DS840 digital satellite box offers an embedded Irdeto conditional access system to allow viewers to subscribe to the services of Euro1080, the HD channel launched in 2004. ( From Wotsat & D.S. Details:- http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds15751.html )

 When SKY launches its HDTV service it aims to have 7 HDTV Channels broadcasting in total. (Thanks Andyk22k)

 bmsgharris found this for you to try:- www.hd-1.tv [/left]

 D.S. reader ginga has found this interesting article:- http://www.homecinemachoice.com/cgi-...ws.php?id=7347

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 The BBC's new interactive TV service has undergone a revamp on Telewest's digital cable service. Screenshots available Here:- http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/screen.p...=1&type=bbci05

 SMS text messages can now be sent and received using a Telewest landline. Sending a message over the Telewest network will cost 10p (7p if the subscriber is on the Talk Mobile package) and will require the subscriber to have the Caller Display feature on their phone line, in addition to having a text-enabled phone. Incoming texts are free - and for those with a standard phone, it will be read out by an automated voice instead of being displayed on a text-enabled phone's screen.

 European news channel EuroNews is allowing viewers watching through Telewest Broadband cable in the UK to choose which language they receive the broadcast via interactive TV. (From C21Media)

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Other Stuff
A full line-up of SKY’s EPG can be found
Here:- http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/satellite/epg/
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Audio description in programmes for ITV1(London) and Channel 4
Are available to all Sky subscribers on 963 and 964
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pr…scription.shtml

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Get a free Satellite Locator poster here:-
www.globecast.com/
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If you are into DTT as well as Digisat you might find this interesting.
http://www.dtt-tx-info.org/dso.html

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If you are fed up constantly having to phone an 0870 or similar to Sky’s Subscriber Centre and you have the option of being able to phone any national number in your phone bundle in effect “Free” (Telewest and BT Have similar call charges). Then Lakhvinder Baddhan over at www.media247.co.uk/skydigital has numbers that fall within your bundle and won’t cost you any more than you already pay
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[D. Sky D.]

TWC Reloaded has now been renamed Movies 333 and has moved from EPG number 428 to 333.

[Radio Ruderham]

Originally Posted by D. Sky D.

TWC Reloaded has been removed from 428 in the EPG and Movies 333 has been added to 333.

(51019……………..11.662 H No Signal present.)

Now with EPG info for what looks a Life TV type channel, maybe for the one that swine1 mentions.

See that you turn your back for just a second and the mokeys change it all

Well Done

[Digi Man]

Originally Posted by Radio Ruderham

See that you turn your back for just a second and the mokeys change it all

Well Done

51019……………..11.662 H No Signal present.

Now with EPG info for what looks a Life TV type channel, maybe for the one that swine1 mentions.

Sorry to post this again but I though it would be more helpfull in this thread.

[matwood]

Is 333 actually showing anything? Or is it just a movie in the early hours like TWC Reloaded was showing on 428?

And - do we really need another Life TV channel?! Surely it's not a +2 hour service?

Also - as Digi Man said elsewhere, good to see Fashion TV back in the listings - I'm sure they'll get slot 220 back

[Scalper Jack]

Originally Posted by matwood

Is 333 actually showing anything? Or is it just a movie

It's showing two movies per early morning now.

[PhilH36]

For reference Setanta Sports Ireland,which was briefly available unencrypted via the other channels route on 11.222 H,seems to have moved. I was getting a technical fault message on it and when I did an add channels on that frequency again it was no longer in the list that came up.

[Otis]

Ah, the wonders of BBCi on a Free To Air receiver

Hughie Green 'Double Your money', Mrs. Digby Double-Barrelled name educating us on ettiquette (hilarious show that one ) and Fabian of the Yard - all from 1955 part of the forthcoming BBC 4 'TV on Trial' season ...

[skyisthebest]

What does INSP stand for that according to swine1 is coming on April 4th?

[Radio Ruderham]

Originally Posted by skyisthebest

What does INSP stand for that according to swine1 is coming on April 4th?

Try this;- http://www.insp.com/

[skyisthebest]

Thanks. The Inspiration Network. Another religious channel! I expect it will get EPG # 678.

[Digi Man]

51019............................11.662 H

Now with EPG info.

Could this be for INSP?

[Radio Ruderham]

Oh! on an unrelated topic,
G54 and ttG54 (Both on 10.891 H 22.000 5/6),
are showing Border and Meridian respectively
(but don't know what versions)

[Nathan]

The link for the international version of insp is http://www.ini.tv/viewing_info.asp

[skyisthebest]

Yes, "51019" is definetly for INSP as the EPG data matches the TV Schedules on the INSP website.

[skyisthebest]

Ive also noticed that Discovery Home & Leisure has started to advertise a programming strand called 'Real Time'. I wonder if this is the first step of the rebrand of Home & Leisure to Discovery Real Time?

[Scalper Jack]

Inspiration Network was alread part of Sky Digital years back.
Their new service launched several months back on Hotbrid as INI.

[Radio Ruderham]

Originally Posted by 2fabiola

Inspiration Network was alread part of Sky Digital years back.
Their new service launched several months back on Hotbrid as INI.

That's right I do remember it.
White circle DOG with IN and rest of the word in white

[swine1]

Originally Posted by skyisthebest

Ive also noticed that Discovery Home & Leisure has started to advertise a programming strand called 'Real Time'. I wonder if this is the first step of the rebrand of Home & Leisure to Discovery Real Time?

Looks like it. I think they are due to rebrand on the 12th of May.

[Scalper Jack]

Originally Posted by Radio Ruderham

That's right I do remember it.
White circle DOG with IN and rest of the word in white

That's the one.

[Otis]

Originally Posted by Radio Ruderham

[7450………………11.973 V Showing BT Tower Card & Tone

Now on trade test ahead of launch.

[Abrardh1]

Originally Posted by Otis

Now on trade test ahead of launch.

Hows does the channel look , good hows its presentation

[Radio Ruderham]

Originally Posted by Abrardh1

Hows does the channel look , good hows its presentation

At this time they are showing a creaky old scratchy movie.

[daniel99]

They are now showing some kind of Indian sitcom.

[Harshad]

Cool, thanks