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The new EPG layout with Screenshots & info(skyisthebest)

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IMPORTANT NEWS
(From Analoguesat)
A reminder - this week is the solar outages week, when the sun passes directly behind the satellite arc. The intense microwave radiation pouring out of the sun can disrupt reception as it swamps the feeble downlinks off the satellites. Normally most noticable where the signals are weak anyway -Ive already seen reports of 2D reception being knocked out in Spain for half an hour at a time - and that was a week from the peak days.
You can calculate the exact times for your location here:

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

10.729 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
8389______Showing E4.
3310______Showing More4 Preview for More4+1 (skyisthebest)

10.758 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6
10070_____No signal present

11.307 V
53210______colour bars and info; for Shop on TV (delbhoy) Apologies for last week

11.508 H
9328_______Encrypted (Driver6286)
9339_______Blocked / Encrypted.

12.187 H
5719_______ No signal present(Otis)

12.226 H
1837_______Showing Sky Mix {for sky three?}(Thanks Ian Cleverly)
1840_______As above. (Now unavailable, if you haven’t stored it already)
1871_______No signal present.
5103_______No signal present (Driver6286)

12.304 H
9343_______Showing BT Card and tone
1430_______No Signal present

12.422 H
7521_______Showing “William Road” Bars & Tone
3020_______Showing “William Road” Bars & Tone (Unavailable, if not already stored)

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“Coming Soon”
Black Star Radio

October
More4+1 on-air date October 17th on Sky 286 (OTIS) {Currently Testing}
Legal TV (To launch on 24th October)

Autumn
Sky EPG complete overhaul.
Sky Two and Sky Three October 31st

November
ITV4 Due November1st
Rapture TV November 14th
Treasures TV 9am to midnight from 21st November (Analoguesat)

….. and for 2006 !
January

Three new Virgin Radio satellite licences, all with air dates of January 1st 2006.
Fight+ launches simultaneously in the UK and Scandinavia (2fabiola)
New You
Three channels From Sahara TV
Sahara One,
Sahara Samay, (news channel)
and Sahara Filmi, a forthcoming movies service.(media247.co.uk)
(Thanks apocalyptik1 for the Weblink)
Mashriq TV [Gen Ent]
Read about Propeller TV{Skyisthebest}

February
24 / 7 tv
CITV to launch 11th Feb ‘06 ( will timeshare with ITV4.)

Some other new channels, with no dates yet.
(Latest additions at the top)
 Look4Less TV [Teleshopping]
 Equine TV (Gen Ent)
 U-Rock (Music)
 Hallmark 2 (Gen Ent)
 Home 2 launch postponed until end of 2005 or 2006:
 Virgin Radio Classic Rock TV www.virginradio.co.uk
 Virgin Radio Groove TV www.virginradio.co.uk
 Virgin Radio TV www.virginradio.co.uk
 Information TV 2
 Life 3 (GenEnt)
 EMTV(East Midlands Television) Local/City, [GenEnt]
 JF TV (Just Fabulous) [GenEnt]
 Playgirl TV [Adult]
 ATN Music [GenEnt]
 Milton Keynes TV [Local/City, News, GenEnt]
 casino news network( cookie17)
 Touch TV (Adult)
 The Business Channel (Factual/Documentary)
 Celebrity Shopping Network
 The MUSIK (From; ARY Digital UK Ltd)
 New Start TV {Lifestyle, Gen Ent}
 Shop Asia TV
 Animatrix {Adult?}
 VIP radio
 New Delhi Television An English speaking news channel NDTV 24x7 has been confirmed,launching on Sky "by year-end" (Biz Asia)
 Sky Vegas Live 2.(Otis)
 STV 24 Hour (Teleshopping) (Analoguesat)
 Pink TV (Adult Content) (Analoguesat)
 Discovery Home and Health Babies. {Lifestyle} (Analoguesat)
 Awareness TV [Gen Ent] (Analoguesat)
 AlHiwar – (may just be for Hotbird) [Gen Ent] The only website I could find (Analoguesat)
 Trace TV Urban Music from France (Analoguesat)
 Downunder TV [Gen Ent] (Analoguesat)
 World Cinema Channel from Chart Show TV {Cinemundi?} (From Analoguesat & Sky is the best)
 H2o TV was to launch this summer
 Bridges TVTo launch before years’ end.
 ESPN Classic Sport (From Digital Spy)
 Fashion Music TV. (From, 2fabiola)
 Alif Digital [Gen Ent]
 News channel Aajtak.
 Home Shopping TV From One tv
 LTV1 {Londonderry}
 Solent TV Local community TV
 selldirect.tv
 Check 1:2 (Music from Setanta Scotland)
 QTV (From ARY Digital UK)
 horseandcountry.tv
 Sky Three (From Sky)
 Venus TV (Asian culture, [Gen Ent] {& Bollywood Films? apocalyptik1}
 The Pet Channel
 TVOD Launches in Q4 this year
 Home2,
 Sunrise TV a sister channel for the Radio Service
 Freshi (reggae music)

For the latest from ofcom(Analoguesat)

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Bits of Radio news

The Edge (in North Lanarkshire, Scotland,) has been finally sold. The ex Radio one jock (Me) Mark Page’s group who run several “Garrison Radio” stations has bought it.Story(JMFWP)

Pulse Rated now available on Channel 905. (Ian Cleverly.)

The much-anticipated relaunch of Radio Luxembourg's English service is due. A new website at www.radioluxembourg.co.uk is streaming the same output as the DRM tests currently taking place on 7145 kHz, with a format of classic rock music, new jingles, and some presentation which seems to be live, but may be voice-tracked. The Web audio quality is excellent listening to the high quality Winamp feed at 128 kbps. Media Network understands that the new service will be digital-only, i.e. over the air in DRM, and on the Internet. Media Network first reported that RTL was considering reviving the UK service on 5 May 2004. (medianetwork.blogspot.)

Ofcom is looking to make three new blocks of spectrum in Band III (174-230 MHz) available for new local DAB multiplexes. This would ensure every region in the UK had at least one digital multiplex. Ofcom was now consulting on a further one, "or even two" national multiplexes, "and digesting, carefully, the responses they have received" before reaching a decision this summer. More space for innovation and convergence will be available in the L-Band spectrum (1452-1492 MHz): 16 blocks of DAB compatible spectrum, which they plan to release next year. (From dtg.org)

Two BBC research scientists have been award the prestigious best technical paper prize at this year's International Broadcasting Convention (IBC). The paper – Digital On-Channel Repeater for DAB - describes a technique for improving reception of DAB digital radio services by using on-channel repeaters – small transmitters that pick up the wanted service off-air, amplify it and rebroadcast it. Normally such a technique would cause oscillation like the familiar 'howl-round' from microphone to loudspeaker. But Adam and Peter have developed digital signal processing circuitry that cancels out the feedback that causes instability.
More Details

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New Product

In Japan, Hitachi has launched the world's first hard disk drive/DVD recorder capable of storing one terabyte of data, about 128 hours of high-definition digital broadcasting. Hitachi says the new model will be the first on the market capable of simultaneously recording two high-definition programs, a key selling point for Japanese consumers (Wotsat.com)

The BBC is reported to be backing research on a new personal video recorder (PVR) that would need no programming, and could instead record every show broadcast on Freeview over a seven-day period. Broadcast magazine are saying that the BBC was helping to fund the project by technology firm Promise TV to develop a PVR that could outperform rival devices such as Sky+. Sky revealed it now had 880,000 Sky+ customers, a rise of 118,000 on the previous quarter. The BBC's interest apparently centres on how PVR users navigate through stored shows.Broadcast said work on the prototype—codenamed Pandora—was being funded by BBC Research and Development.

Sharp Corporation and Sharp Laboratories of Europe, Ltd have developed a new LCD, which can simultaneously display different information and image content in right and left views in a single unit by directionally controlling the viewing angle of the LCD. This feature makes it possible to provide information and content tailored to specific users depending on the angle at which they view the screen. Volume production of the LCD will begin in July 2005, marking the introduction of the world’s first practical application of this technology. How it works (FromMedia Blog.com)

Newsie Bits

1. It's been confirmed – Sky News' new look will go live on 24th October 2005. On that date, the free-to-air satellite channel will switch to 16:9 WideScreen format, with new graphics and a new schedule. (Media 24/7 Media Weblog)

2. Nation 217 as been renamed on the EPG as Quiz Nation on channel 217 also Classics TV as been renamed to DoveVision TV (Sky Fan)

3. UKTV, is launching a new 10 part Sports programme called UKTV Sport which launches on UKTV G2 on Saturday 15th October - this is where it seems a misunderstanding (quoted in a few articles) occurred concerning a joint-venture between the BBC and Flextech, UKTV Sport may well happen sometime in the future but an imminent launch is out of the question. (www.media247.co.uk)

4. Sky and Disney are reportedly at loggerheads over a carriage arrangement for the Disney Channel. At the heart of the dispute is the amount paid by Sky for the channel. Back in 1994 Sky needed to demonstrate the breadth of its channels. And that, according to The Times, strengthened Disney's hand in negotiations.(dtg.org.uk)

5. Channel 4 will announce this week it has taken a stake in Freeview by joining the consortium that owns the free-to-air digital TV service. ( James Robinson. Media Gaurdian)

6. ITV's new free-to-air children's channel will launch on 11th February 2006.

7. ITV to launch two more channels ITV Play and Shopping and the already announced ITV4 More Here

8. Coming soon, Star One A Youth /comedy service from Star TV(Analoguesat)

9. ARY Digital TV Network has confirmed a date for the channel's launch on Sky Digital,. The Pakistani broadcaster already runs the hugely successful ARY Digital channel on Sky. The next two channels launch will be QTV (Qurani TV) and One World.

10. Hallmark is set to launch a second UK channel early next year (according to Broadcast magazine)

11. India's broadcasting corporation Chief Executive Officer said, India's public broadcaster Doordarshan is planning a TV channel for people of Indian descent living in Britain.

12. ntl finally confirms $6bn acquisition of Telewest.( www.dtg.org.uk)

HiDef TV – HDTV SECTION

 BBC HD to stay on 28E until end of year More Here

 Sky HD, will include a Sky Sports channel, Sky One, Artsworld, a Sky Box Office channel and two Sky Movies screens.. More You can register for more info direct from sky here. Also Broadcast Magazine have said that National Geographic's UK channel will be part of the line-up due to launch early in 2006 in the UK and Ireland. Sky’s HD box to cost £400 Details hereHave a look at Sky’s HD (HiDef) box

 By Kevin May, from Media Weekly, he writes; A suggests that the number of HDTV sets will double in 2005 to around 60,000, but will then soar to around 2.7 million over the next five years. The number of HDTV sets in UK homes is set to increase dramatically by 2010 as broadcasters and manufacturers go on the offensive with major marketing campaigns. The UK is currently eighth in the world with HDTV take-up rates, the US is the market leader with 11.4 million sets and due to see a four-fold increase to around 48 million by 2010. With Japan and China expected to lead the HDTV revolution over the next five years, with a combined total of almost 30 million sets, up from 6 million in 2004. Sky is currently warming up for a major push for its HDTV system in the coming months.

 SES Astra has secured a long-term contract to provide Sky with three additional 28.2 East transponders. Sky will take advantage of the increased availability of transponder capacity to transmit its forthcoming package of high-definition (HD) television services, which is due to be launched in the UK and Ireland in the first half of 2006. (Kevin May / medianetwork.)

Other Stuff
For those of you who want to know about Regional TV for your area here is a map
A full line-up of Sky’s EPG can be found Here
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The 2005 Version of the European Satellite Locator is now available
by visiting this site( From:- Ian Cleverly)
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I’d like to give my thanks to everyone, who contributes regularly to this thread,
making what I do much easier.
In no particular order, here are the credits;
Analoguesat, Otis, DigiMan, Skyisthebest, Sky Fan, James Vertigan, swine1, Paddy C, Clacton Crew, lynam, simax astra19E, Anthony Haines, Classics TV, Ian Cleverly, bendolino, Craigsteele2001, 2fabiola, Lunar, TV Duniya, matwood , TV Ideas.
Some sites of further interest
The Dish
Everything analogue
You can always try this site for more info!
Get Free Digital TV Here
http://hd.sky.com includes jargon buster, information on buying an HD-ready TV.
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[KianD]

You have Rapture listed twice, in November and January. Its launching in November.

[Radio Ruderham]

Originally Posted by KianD

You have Rapture listed twice, in November and January. Its launching in November.

Fixed!
Thank you

[starlingdarling]

More 4 added to EPG Channel 165 as expected
Baby Channel on 285
Also show case is back named Life Showcase somwhere in the 160's
Classics on 247 renamed Dove Vision

[Analoguesat]

Originally Posted by starlingdarling

More 4 added to EPG Channel 165 as expected
Baby Channel on 285
Also show case is back named Life Showcase somwhere in the 160's
Classics on 247 renamed Dove Vision

You were beaten to it on the week 40 thread

[Sky Fan]

Originally Posted by starlingdarling

More 4 added to EPG Channel 165 as expected
Baby Channel on 285
Also show case is back named Life Showcase somwhere in the 160's
Classics on 247 renamed Dove Vision

Life Showcase is on channel 162

[81westley]

And they should move to the religious section soon...

Originally Posted by Sky Fan

Life Showcase is on channel 162

[Sky Fan]

New Tests on 11.324 H - 53250 & 53251

[tuvok39tuvok]

Originally Posted by Sky Fan

New Tests on 11.324 H - 53250 & 53251

Are you sure Sky Fan? I keep getting "No Signal Found"

Andro

[Rich81]

Originally Posted by Sky Fan

New Tests on 11.324 H - 53250 & 53251

It's 11344H. Although my card is only getting 53210, 53251 and LifeShowcase.

HTH

[tuvok39tuvok]

Originally Posted by Rich81

It's 11344H. Although my card is only getting 53210, 53251 and LifeShowcase.

HTH

I am having the same trouble again with "No Signal Found". I am getting channels on 11344V but not on H. Is it on 2/3 27.500? I don't usually have this trouble

Andro

[Analoguesat]

Try 11345 H 22000 2/3 !

[Digi Man]

'53251'- this now has EPG now and next data for what looks like a Your TV type channel, I think??

Any idea's anyone.

[tuvok39tuvok]

Aha! Thats better found them.

Andro

[skyisthebest]

Originally Posted by Digi Man

'53251'- this now has EPG now and next data for what looks like a Your TV type channel, I think??

Any idea's anyone.

Your TV 2 as a total guess...

or You TV 2 Extra Extra

Could the other new test label be for Legal TV? This is meant to be launching on Monday 24th October.

http://www.media247.co.uk/skydigital..._tv_eyes_o.php

[gerjo_gtm21]

Here's the website for LTV1 in Derry - http://www.ltv.org.uk

Although it is still under construction!

[delbhoy]

Originally Posted by Digi Man

'53251'- this now has EPG now and next data for what looks like a Your TV type channel, I think??

Any idea's anyone.

53250 now has epg now and next (king of cash then grab a grand).this just came on at11pm when the other test 53251 epg info ended so i am guessing that these two will be timesharing

[skyisthebest]

Originally Posted by delbhoy

53250 now has epg now and next (king of cash then grab a grand).this just came on at11pm when the other test 53251 epg info ended so i am guessing that these two will be timesharing

Could the two test labels "53250" and "53251" be for TTV2 and TTV3 ? These would go on EPG numbers 167 and 168. This would use up TTV's other two EPG slots before the EPG reshuffle later this year. It would also follow moves by other broadcasters that seem to be using up their other two slots before the overhaul. Life TV and You TV have already used up their other EPG numbers.

[Digi Man]

Originally Posted by skyisthebest

Could the two test labels "53250" and "53251" be for TTV2 and TTV3 ? These would go on EPG numbers 167 and 168. This would use up TTV's other two EPG slots before the EPG reshuffle later this year. It would also follow moves by other broadcasters that seem to be using up their other two slots before the overhaul.

I suppose its possible, but does the EPG info on these two tests relate to the programming thats on TTV?

[skyisthebest]

Originally Posted by Digi Man

I suppose its possible, but does the EPG info on these two tests relate to the programming thats on TTV?

TTV on EPG # 166 only shows 'The Great Big British Quiz', so TTV2 and TTV3 might show other quiz related programming. Programming on TTV2 and TTV3 might only be temporary to simply use up the other two EPG numbers. Having the two channels timesharing also saves money as only one 24 stream is needed in order to get their hands on EPG numbers 167 and 168.

[delbhoy]

epg info for 53250 grab a grand with GET GAMING, on from 9 till 11pm so perhaps its not time sharing with 53251also9343 is showing five again.

[Princescyther]

Where Tech TV?? I thought tht was out in Oct?

[Digi Man]

Originally Posted by delbhoy

epg info for 53250 grab a grand with GET GAMING, on from 9 till 11pm so perhaps its not time sharing with 53251[list]

Could '53250' be related to Game Network?

[delbhoy]

Originally Posted by Digi Man

Could '53250' be related to Game Network?

dont know but the two tests are time sharing for sure 53250 now with no listings and 53251 with now and next for psychic interactive (which is one of the shows on you tv)

[Digi Man]

Originally Posted by Princescyther

Where Tech TV?? I thought tht was out in Oct?

No sign of it yet, so its either been delayed or maybe even cancelled.