Author Archives: satfacts

ROH Giselle Test 20th January

Posted on January 20, 2014 by satfacts

Good morning. There is a test for the Royal Opera House transmission of Giselle at 11.00 to 12.00 GMT.  Please call your helpline if you have difficulties tuning.

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Bolshoi: Jewels TX

Posted on January 19, 2014 by satfacts

Clean and stable transmission – Goodnight Content concludes at 17:28GMT Services established and stable at 12:55GMT Please remember this is a DVBS2 8PSK transmission. (except Galaxy 16 in the USA) The tuning period for today’s presentation will begin at 13:00GMT

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BOLSHOI BALLET: Test 14th Jan

Posted on January 14, 2014 by satfacts

A very Happy New Year, dear reader! The test for “Jewels” will commence at 1000GMT/UK, 1100CET/W.Europe, 1200EET. It will be for 60 minutes. There will be a service on IS-1002, IS-905 and E5Wa. Any problems will be blogged here. All … Continue reading →

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2013 in review

Posted on January 3, 2014 by satfacts

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 29,000 times in 2013. If it were a … Continue reading →

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Met Opera: Falstaff – TX

Posted on December 14, 2013 by satfacts

Services ceased at 21:10GMT – Goodnight. Content concludes at 21:05GMT Brief audio loss at 20:46GMT Brief audio loss at 18:02GMT Subtitle system rebooted at 16:32GMT causing brief vision disturbance Momentary Audio loss at 16:24GMT Subs to line at 16:22GMT Awaiting … Continue reading →

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ROH: Nutcracker – TX

Posted on December 12, 2013 by satfacts

Services ceased at 21:53GMT – Clean and stable transmission Content concludes at 21:52GMT Black to line followed by tape spooling at 18:48GMT – Clean pictures again at 18:50GMT Services established and stable at 18:08GMT NB: UK cinemas should select subtitles … Continue reading →

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ROH: Nutcracker – AM Test

Posted on December 12, 2013 by satfacts

Test ceased at 12:00GMT Brief service loss at 11:41GMT Brief vision interference at 11:34GMT Services established at 10:57GMT Today’s test will commence at 11:00GMT (UK) Online clock here

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Met Opera Test: Falstaff

Posted on December 9, 2013 by satfacts

Today’s test will commence at 09:30GMT (UK) and 10:30CET (Western Europe) Online clock here Services established and stable at 09:25GMT Services ceased at 10:00GMT

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Andre Rieu – TX

Posted on November 24, 2013 by satfacts

Services ceased at 17:42GMT Content ceased at 17:40GMT Sync correct at 14:36GMT Sync adjusted causing brief vision loss Rouge Dolby encoder removed at SNG – Hopefully micro mutes resolved at 14:24GMT Vision disturbance at 14:24 causing loss of vision and … Continue reading →

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Andre Rieu – AM Test

Posted on November 24, 2013 by satfacts

Services ceased at 09:01GMT IS905 established, stable and verified at 08:31GMT IS10-02 established and stable at 08:23GMT The test period is due to commence at 08:30GMT (UK Time) and 09:30CET (Western Europe)

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