The Test period ahead of today’s broadcast starts at 1730BST/1830CEST
Stable services with embedded subtitles are on IS-1002, IS-905 and E5Wa. There is an additional carrier on IS-1002 with an MPEG-4 feed with burnt-in English subtitles.
The Test period starts at 1430BST/1530CEST and the event is carried on IS-1002 and IS-905. The feed is stable on both platforms with a BY-Experience Test-Loop up to 1530BST/1630CEST
The TED Talk is carried o IS1002 and IS-905 and tonight’s Test starts at 1700BST/1800CEST.
Walk-in follows at 1800BST/1900CEST and the TED Talk begins at 1830BST
UPDATE@17:55CEST The feed is now live on IS1002 11499V The Service ID is “TED TALKS”
Tonight’s broadcast is Show-2 and is for European (non-UK) cinemas on IS-1002 ONLY.
The test period starts at 1800CEST (1600GMT)
UPDATE@1730BST The feed is now available on both satellites.
UPDATE@16:30BST The Test period for tonight’s live broadcast commences at 1730BST.
There is a 60′ Test this morning 1100-1200BST/1200-1300CEST. Feeds on the usual satellites. At 11.00 all feeds established and stable.
UPDATE@ 18:20BST. Apologies to all for the late notice frequency change on IS1002. The frequency reverts to 11499 for all remaining broadcasts
Please note that the correct frequency for IS-1002 is 11472V
Good Morning
The Test on IS-1002 and IS-905 starts at 1100BST/1200CEST. It is for 60′ duration. The service ID will be “RSC Julius Caesar”. The lovely Mark is your uplink engineer and Chris will meet you on the Helpline.
UPDATE@ 18:00GMT. The transmission from USA and all 3 European paths has been without any fault so far.
The Test period starts at 16:30BST/17:30CEST. Countdown and Walk-In from 17:55BST/18:55CEST.
Services ceased at 21:45BST. Clean & stable TX
Content concludes at 21:42BST
Services established & stable at 17:57BST
The tuning period for tonight’s transmission will start at 17:00BST (UK time) or 18:00CEST (for Europe)
There is a section in Act-II where the stage goes to blackout, but the play continues with dialogue. Neither the audience in the theatre nor the broadcast cameras can see anything at this time. This will not be a technical problem with the broadcast but part of the production and the broadcast itself.
It occurs approximately 9 minutes into Act-II and lasts for around 1 minute.
Services ceased at 12:00BST
NB: Swedish Subs are on PID: 1033
All services established & stable at 10:49 BST
The Test commences at 1100BST/1200CEST and is carried on IS-1002 and IS-905. It is for 60′. There are subtitles available, but these must NOT be shown in UK/Ireland cinemas.
SATFACTS: Live Cinema Broadcast Transmission Information 