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.
The feed from Milan is now up and available on E5Wa (from source) and IS-1002 and IS-905 (via a teleport ASI turn). There are 13 subtitle PIDs present. The Icecrypt receivers are able to decode all (after a Service Data Reset was performed)
The Test content appears to be colour bars and tone; with a service ID of “Service 2A”
Today’s Test on Eutelsat E5Wa starts at 0730GMT/0930CEST.
The format is different today. There will be two services as usual: A service with burnt-in French subtitles and a 2nd Service with embedded (All) subtitles. This 2nd service is configured for spanish cinemas to test their ability to use this embedded feed.
The Encore broadcast is now up and stable in IS-1002 and IS-905
The test period extends to 1338BST, followed by Walk-In. The main content commences at 1400BST.
UPDATE@17:57BST. The feed is now available on all 3 paths for the Test period. The Countdown/Walk-IN commences at 18:57BST
The Test is now available and stable on all 3 satellite paths of IS-1002, IS-905 and E5Wa.
