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NT Live: “Hamlet Encore” Test

Posted on October 22, 2013 by satfacts

Hello to you all and greetings on this 50th Birthday of the National Theatre. The Test for “Hamlet” will begin at 1100UK/1200CEST. NOTE: This is a 27MHz DVBS-2/8PSK broadcast. There are NO subtitles to worry about. I am sure you … Continue reading →

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Met Opera “The Nose”. Test 21st October

Posted on October 21, 2013 by satfacts

Hello, A reminder that there is a test this morning at 0930UK/1030CEST to check your dish alignment on IS-1002 and E5Wa and a chance to practice your tuning skills. There is one feed on IS-1002 (with English subs burnt-in) and … Continue reading →

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Bolshoi Ballet: “Spartacus” 20th October

Posted on October 20, 2013 by satfacts

Content concluded and all circuits ceased at 18:15GMT The Russians appear to be sending random audio rather than the test tape audio from 14:03GMT onwards. Apologies. There was a brief interruption to T12 at 13:22GMT whilst we reset an encoder. Update … Continue reading →

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Bolshoi Ballet: Test 15th October

Posted on October 15, 2013 by satfacts

Hello and Welcome to the new Season of broadcasts by Pathé Live from the Bolshoi Ballet. The Test will be for 1 hour from 1000UK/Ireland, 1100CEST, 1200EEST This is a DVBS-2/8PSK transmission: please tune your receiver for this. In the … Continue reading →

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Met Opera: Major Break-up

Posted on October 5, 2013 by satfacts

There was a major breakup at 1913GMT/2013BST/2113CEST. Apologies for the continued disruption.

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Disruption to Met Opera Opening

Posted on October 5, 2013 by satfacts

For those of you who spotted the sound issue at the opening interview: this was a fault from the OB truck and was like this throughout the world. Apologies for this

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Met Opera: Eugene Onegin TX

Posted on October 5, 2013 by satfacts

Hello and welcome to this first transmission of the new Met Opera season. The tuning period of today’s transmission will commence at 15:00GMT/16:00BST/17:00CEST Online clock here Helplines: The main European transmission help number is +44 (0) 8444 737373 – passcode 270661 … Continue reading →

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GMT Met Opera: Eugene – TX Test

Posted on September 30, 2013 by satfacts

The test period will commence at 08:30GMT/09:30BST/10:30CEST and will last 1 hour Online clock here All services (except Swedish subs) will be available.  This test will be with 5.1 audio as published There will be a further test of of Swedish … Continue reading →

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NT Live: Othello – TX

Posted on September 26, 2013 by satfacts

Please note that there a 15 minute interval , followed by a film. There will be no interval clock Services established at 15:52GMT Services ceased at 21:35GMT

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NT Live: Othello – TX day AM Test

Posted on September 26, 2013 by satfacts

The test period will commence at 10:00GMT/11:00BST/12:00CEST Online clock here User conference will be active from 09:45GMT Services established at 09:53GMT Services ceased at 11:00GMT

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