Good Morning. The Pre-Season Test is now live on IS-1002 and E5Wa. It runs to 0930GMT/1030BST/1130CEST. There is just one service on each satellite. The feed is now MPEG-4 and all subtitles are DVB-embedded. i.e. they must be selected locally.
UPDATE@1500BST. The 6x services are now available on IS-1002 and E5Wa
Ahead of this afternoon’s broadcast, there is a further Test 0930-1030BST / 1030-1130CEST. There will be feeds on E5Wa and IS-1002
The feed is available on both satellites:
English: Arena and mute
Spanish: Logo and mute
French: Gaming and audio
German: Gaming and audio
The Test is from 0930-1030 this morning. The feed is on IS-1002 only
The IS-1002 feed is currently live with 2x services. These are ENGLISH (with a camera in the arena) and German (showing live gaming)
17:03 BST. IS 10-02 is established and stable
NTLive Julie Test & TX 6th September . Test on IS 10-02 1700-1830 BST, 1800-1930 CEST. Broadcast 1800-2100 BST, 1900-2200 CEST.
Please note that this performance contains strobe lighting.
UPDATE AT 1030BST. The Test has ceased. There is another chance to test on IS-1002 on Saturday at 0930-1030BST
There is another Test this morning at 1000BST/1100CEST. It is for 30′
The feed is carried on IS-1002 with a 2-service mux: English (“English EU LCS” and ballet content) and German (“German EU LCS” and LOL gaming content).
The feed is also on E5Wa with a 4-service mux: English (ballet content), Spanish (ice dancing), French (gaming) and German (gaming).
PLEASE ENSURE YOU SELECT THE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE
The Test this morning is from 1205-1305 (allowing for the preceding ROH Test).
All usual support Helplines are available
There is a Test at 1100-1200BST. This is to test 2 new parameters
All usual Helpline resources are in place.
14th August: Tranmission Broadcast day. The Test period this morning ahead of this evening’s broadcast is at 1100-1200BST. Same details as Sunday.
UPDATE@17:00 14th Aug. The feed on IS 10-02 is up and stable, showing Glyndebourne test material. Content starts at 18:15.
UPDATE@ 10:52 14th Aug. The feed on IS 10-02 is up and stable.
UPDATE@1054GMT: The feed is now available and stable. The Service Name is “Glyndebourne”.
The Test for next Tuesday’s broadcast is today, SUNDAY 11th August. It is from 1100-1200BST. All usual Helpline support is available for this Test.
SUNDAY 29th @1400BST. The satellite feed for the Encore relay is now available and stable. As last night, there will be the same switch from Test to Content at 1445BST
UPDATE@1755BST. The Test feed is now up and stable on IS-1002. At 1845BST there will be a hot-switch to the Andre Rieu material. Some IRDs have objected to this previously, so please pay close attntion at this time.
The Test period ahead of Saturday night’s satellite relay begins at 18:00BST/1900CEST. The Countdown clock is at 1845BST and the Concert commences at 1900BST, throught to ~2145
The Test ahead of this weekend’s satellite broadcast is from 0930-1100BST. The feed is carried on IS-1002. All usual support resources should be available. The service name is “ANDRÉ RIEU” (no surprise there!) and the content is the Arqiva “Digital Cinema Delivered” Test loop. The feed was up and stable at 0920BST.
IS 10-02 is up and stable as at 1731 BST.
The Test for tonight’s broadcast is from 1730 and the transmission runs until 2200 BST. All usual support facilities are in place.
