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NKOTBSB: 29th April

Good evening to you all. The Test period has started 30 minutes early at 1730 GMT. The service name is NKotB-Path1 You must set your receiver to be: DVB-S2 8PSK and Pilot ON (or Auto) Call your helpline if you have trouble … Continue reading

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BOLSHOI: The Bright Stream

Good afternoon. The Test Period for the Bolshoi starts at 1300GMT (1400UK/1500W.Europe) The Service ID coming from Moscow is RUS-029-1 You must set your receiver to be: DVB-S2 8PSK and Pilot ON (or Auto) Call your helpline if you have trouble receiving. … Continue reading

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New Kids on the Block: 29th April

Good morning There is a Test at 1000GMT (1100UK/1200Europe). THERE ARE ISSUES AT THE O2 AND WE ARE SENDING A TEST LOOP FROM THE TELEPORT The name of the Service (for this morning only) is ASI Mod 5 You must … Continue reading

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New Kids on the Block/Back Street boys Test 26th April

ALL 10-02 takers. Please note; the polarity for the test and transmission is VERTICAL, not horizontal as you might have been told.

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New Kids on the Block/Back Street Boys

Hello to you all. A reminder that there is a Test this morning at 1000-1100GMT (That means 1100 in the UK and 1200 across Western Europe). This Test will be on IS10-02 and you must set your receiver to be: … Continue reading

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Bolshoi ” The Bright Stream” Test 24th April 2012

A reminder that the Testing starts at 1000GMT/1100 BST/1200 CEST.   And remember that you need to set your receivers (except for IS805 in South America) to DVBS-2 and 8PSK and PILOT ON . This is probably different to your … Continue reading

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La Scala 21st April

Apologies for the late posting: we have been inundated with calls to the Helpline. It seems that there have been many problems this afternoon: most of them from the fact that you didn’t get the information that the FEC was … Continue reading

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Nexo La Scala Test 19th April

The test runs from 11.30 to 1200 GMT. That’s 12.30-1300 BST. Currently the feed is not established, the teleport are unable to lock onto the signal from Milan.

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Nexo Digital La Scala Test 19th April

We are providing helpline services for 10-01 takers for the test at 11.30-12.00 GMT. We are not on site in Milan and are here to offer you general tuning advice. Please remember that this is DVBS2-QPSK.

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MET OPERA: La Traviata 14th April

Good afternoon and welcome to the last Met Opera of the 2011/12 season. Testing starts at 1445GMT, 1545BST(UK), 1645CEST (Europe). There are feeds on IS10-02 with English, German and Russian subtitles. French and Spanish are available on AB3. Telstar 12 … Continue reading

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