Astra 1N tests - latest chat

[solly]

we hope not cut signal both transponder of astra 2a/2b

 

[M60]

Anglia W - 704*576
Central SW - 704*576
Meridian N - 704*576
Meridian SW - 704*576
Tyne Tees S - 704*576
Yorkshire E - 704*576
ITV1 +1 - 704*576
12199 - 704*576

Cheers, can't see these as I've not got a Sky STB (Freesat only).

 

[Analoguesat]

All info from my 7020 which has some useful capabilities - one being the screen res info

 

[zorbua]

Freq 11053 H 22000 5/6 ID 20700
Well received from down here

 

[Analoguesat]

we hope not cut signal both transponder of astra 2a/2b

They will once the epgs are mapped over to the 1N versions.

 

[M60]

we hope not cut signal both transponder of astra 2a/2b

I'm afraid so, I give all these about 2wks or less (including Channel 5's) before EPG's are novated to point to the new 1N labels and transponder.

 

[Analoguesat]

I'm afraid so, I give all these about 2wks or less (including Channel 5's) before EPG's are novated to point to the new 1N labels and transponder.

Maybe less than that - all 1N versions on 10964 are now carrying epg info and the audio tracks identify the sub regions:

vpid region

2309 London
2313 North
2317 Scotland
2307 Northern Ireland

Label 7720 (to be C5 +1?) just has English listed which is a shame

 

[Beef]

There's a c5 also on 2d. Any options to whether that will disappear/move?

 

[Analoguesat]

There's a c5 also on 2d. Any options to whether that will disappear/move?

Probably. It was only ever put there to get C5 on Freesat when the first large scale area went through DSO in Nov 2008 (Border Selkirk - and I can see the mast from the garden )

 

[M60]

Maybe less than that - all 1N versions on 10964 are now carrying epg info and the audio tracks identify the sub regions:

vpid region

2309 London
2313 North
2317 Scotland
2307 Northern Ireland

Label 7720 (to be C5 +1?) just has English listed which is a shame

Yep, I agree for the C5 Txp. They are pretty much feeding the adaptation output ASI transport stream to both uplinks so 10964H being an exact mirror of 12422H. Monday will be two weeks since this TP was properly populated (illumination occurred the previous Friday) which is the period Sky usually like to test for so this might happen next week. Interestingly when they do Txp moves they can sometimes happen within a day or so, strange how when a service, or services, are moving spotbeam and going FTA it seems to mysteriously take longer... that's the cynic in me speaking there!!! I wouldn't be surprised though if they keep the services NDS Encrypted right up until the last minute. Someone elsewhere reckoned they and ITV were probably running on a Month by Month 'pay as you go' deal until 1N was ready to take service, probably a good bet.

There's a c5 also on 2d. Any options to whether that will disappear/move?

That is a distinct possibility as I notice from Linowsat that there's been some shuffling of bitrates and stat-muxing between different services. the existing +1's on there seemed to always get an average of 3.6-4MB/s whereas 5* and 5US only managed just under 3MB/s! This has now changed in recent days and with all services roughly averaging 2.9MB/s and +1's 2.2MB/s there's over 3.7MB/s of nullpackets back again.

People over on DS have been complaining that C5 may be cramming too much in to their existing Txp but if they've upgraded their Encoders then, as per ITV (10891H and 10906V) and C4's on 2D, fitting 10x SD services on there would be achievable.

 

[C0re]

There's a c5 also on 2d. Any options to whether that will disappear/move?

I don't think it will disappear, maybe moved. It's the Part Network region (England - except the north- & Wales), isn't it?

 

[Analoguesat]

I don't think it will disappear, maybe moved. It's the Part Network region (England - except the north- & Wales), isn't it?

Yup it C5 Region 2 (England & Wales except London and Cumbria / Northumberland). I reckon it'll be moved over onto the C5 1N tp in time.

 

[C0re]

Yup it C5 Region 2 (England & Wales except London and Cumbria / Northumberland). I reckon it'll be moved over onto the C5 1N tp in time.

And except London, I forgot

 

[Beef]

Thanks for the answers but a bit confused. I currently can't get any of the 1n tests. but 2d horizontals work for me. With my skyhd box as it stands it looks like I'll only be losing c4hd at this stage plus the c5 suite. I have a London sky viewing card. A bit confused as to if I'll lose c5 too? I have c5hd for a while I understand too. Thanks in advance for your clarifications.

 

[Analoguesat]

Thanks for the answers but a bit confused. I currently can't get any of the 1n tests. but 2d horizontals work for me. With my skyhd box as it stands it looks like I'll only be losing c4hd at this stage plus the c5 suite. I have a London sky viewing card. A bit confused as to if I'll lose c5 too? I have c5hd for a while I understand too. Thanks in advance for your clarifications.

We know the following will be moving to Astra 1N so far:

1)The C5 family of channels currently on the 12422H widebeam
C5 x4 regions
Fiver USA / +1
5* / +1

2) currently on 11973V widebeam
ITV1 Central South
ITV1 Central East
ITV1 +1 West

3) currently on 12607V Eurobird widebeam
C4 HD.

At some point the remaining ITV widebeam channels will be swapped over (12402V)

C5 on 2D 10773H will probably move off 2D at some point - although this isnt confirmed.

C5HD will be moved onto the 1N uk beam at some point as we believe it will be going fta once the current encryption agreement with Sky expire.

 

[Dan Dan]

Yup it C5 Region 2 (England & Wales except London and Cumbria / Northumberland). I reckon it'll be moved over onto the C5 1N tp in time.

for ads i see selling to london alone but why except cumbria ¿¿

 

[Analoguesat]

for ads i see selling to london alone but why except cumbria ¿¿

Have a look at the C5 macro region map:

-http://about.channel5.com/sales/spot-advertising/macro-map

Its slightly out of date as Northern Ireland was split off Region 2 into a self contained region a few weeks ago

 

[satelliteman]

Can report Tp63 dead in Lanzarote with a 1.35m, but knew that anyway

 

[Dan Dan]

Have a look at the C5 macro region map:

-http://about.channel5.com/sales/spot-advertising/macro-map

Its slightly out of date as Northern Ireland was split off Region 2 into a self contained region a few weeks ago

ah i see - according t c5 cumbria and northunbeland are in SCOTLAND !!!!

 

[Dan Dan]

Can report Tp63 dead in Lanzarote with a 1.35m, but knew that anyway

be very intrested to what you get on all 1N on the island...i get nothing on a 1m