SATFACTS: Live Cinema Broadcast Transmission Information

Sunday 12th November. The feed is now available for the Encore relay. The afternoon’s schedule will follow as:

13:00 GMT/ 14:00 CET
SATELLITES LIVE – TEST TAPE

13:40 GMT/ 14:40 CET
A ROYAL OPERA HOUSE IMAGE ON SCREEN, WITH A COUNTDOWN CLOCK AND LOW LEVEL 5.1 AUDIO

14:00 GMT/ 15:00 CET
START OF RELAY
PLEASE ENSURE THE CINEMA HOUSE LIGHTS ARE DOWN FOR THE START OF THE RELAY, CURTAIN CALLS, AND ALL PRESENTER CONTENT, AND UP FOR THE INTERVAL COUNTDOWNS
14:02 GMT/ 15:02 CET TRAILERS AND PROMOTIONS
14:06 GMT/ 15:06 CET INTERVIEW WITH KEVIN O’HARE
14:19 GMT/ 15:19 CET DON QUIXOTE ACT I
15:09 GMT/ 16:09 CET CINEMA INTERVAL I COUNTDOWN (13 MIN)
15:22 GMT/ 16:22 CET INTERVIEW WITH CARLOS ACOSTA
15:35 GMT/ 16:35 CET DON QUIXOTE ACT II
16:09 GMT/ 17:09 CET CINEMA INTERVAL II COUNTDOWN (13 MIN)
16:27 GMT/ 17:27 CET INTERVIEW WITH TONY CRITCHELL
16:32 GMT/ 17:32 CET DON QUIXOTE ACT III
17:10 GMT/ 18:10 CET CURTAIN CALLS
17:16 GMT/ 18:16 CET CREDITS
THE SATELLITE RELAY WILL END AT APPROXIMATELY 17:30 GMT/ 18:30 CET

Tuesday 7th November. The morning Test ahead of this evening’s broadcast is at 1000-1100GMT (1100-1200CET). There is an additional 45′ of satellite time after 1100GMT designated for ROH internal use. However, it might be helpful for chasing any last-minute local issues in your cinema

There is a 60′ Pre-Broadcast Test today (31st October) at 1100GMT/1200CET ahead of the broadcast from the ROH on the 7th November . Please make best-use of this opportunity and report any issues via your usual channels. UPDATE@1104GMT. The feed has temporarily been lost. Apologies for this

Sunday 8th October: ENCORE BROADCAST. The feed for this broadcast is due to start with a Test period at 1300BST. The main content starts at 1400. The Schedule is:

13:00 SATELLITES LIVE – TEST TAPE
13:40 A ROYAL OPERA HOUSE IMAGE ON SCREEN, WITH A COUNTDOWN CLOCK AND LOW LEVEL 5.1 AUDIO

14:00 START OF RELAY
14:00 INTRODUCTION WITH ELLE OSILI-WOOD
14:02 TRAILERS AND PROMOTIONS
14:06 INTERVIEW WITH JONATHAN HARDEN
14:12 INTRODUCTORY FILM
14:18 L’ELISIR D’AMORE ACT I.i.
14:51 SHORT PAUSE (THIS IS NOT AN INTERVAL)
14:54 L’ELISIR D’AMORE ACT I.ii.
15:34 CINEMA INTERVAL (18 MIN)
15:55 INTERVIEW WITH SUSANNA STRANDERS
16:00 NADINE SIERRA FILM
16:04 L’ELISIR D’AMORE ACT II
17:04 CURTAIN CALLS

THE SATELLITE RELAY WILL END AT APPROXIMATELY 17:30 BST

Thursday 5th October: The test period for this evening’s broadcast is at 1000-1100BST (1100-1200CEST). From 1100-1145BST there is an additional 45 mins of satellite time being used for ROH internal testing purposes. although this may be of use to you, the content will be random and discontinuous.

UPDATE@1740BST. The feed is now available again ahead of tonight’s transmission

There is a 60′ Pre-Broadcast Test today (28th Sept) at 1100BST/1200CEST ahead of the broadcast from the ROH on the 5th October . Please make best-use of this opportunity and report any issues via your usual channels.

UPDATE@1745BST: The feed from the ROH is now available ahead of tonight’s relay.

UPDATE@1008BST: Unfortunately there are issues with the satellite feed. These issues are at the uplink and if you are seeing freezing/dropping these are endemic on the feed. Apologies for this.

Wednesday 20th Sept: The test period for this evening’s broadcast is at 1000-1100BST (1100-1200CEST). From 1100-1145BST there is an additional 45 mins of satellite time being used for ROH internal testing purposes. although this may be of use to you, the content will be random and discontinuous.

There is a 60′ Pre-Broadcast Test today (13th Sept) at 1100BST/1200CEST ahead of the broadcast from the ROH on the 20th . Please make best-use of this opportunity and report any issues via your usual channels.

There is a 60′ Pre-Season Test today at 1100BST/1200CEST ahead of the 2023-24 Season of broadcasts from the ROH. Please make best-use of this opportunity and report any issues via your usual channels.