EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: 13th May

Posted on May 12, 2023 by satfacts

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Saturday 1845BST: The feed is now re-established ahead of tonight’s Eurovision Grand Final.

18:45 Test Material, 19:15 Walk-In period for audience, 19:30 Pre-show material, 19:56 Countdown cards, 20:00 Live Grand Final

SATURDAY 13th: The feed is now being established and should be stable by 1100BST. The test period rundown is:

30 mins –  Semi Final 2 footage
10 mins – CinemaLive Test Loop
20 mins – Semi Final footage

The 2nd Test ahead of tomorrow’s broadcast is at 0900-0945BST today Friday 12th. All usual support should be in place. This is the content to expect this morning:

10 mins –  CinemaLive test loop

10 mins   –  Eurovision Semi Final 1 recorded 9/5

10 mins   –  CinemaLive test loop

15 mins   –  Eurovision Semi Final 1 recorded 9/5

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ROGER WATERS “This Is Not A Drill” 25th May

Posted on May 11, 2023 by satfacts

Wednesday 17th May There is a 2nd set of Tests today. This begins at 0800GMT with a feed out to all Australian cinemas. UK/Europe follows at 0900GMT (1000BST/1100CEST) for 60′ duration. USA/Canada/LATAM follows at 1600GMT

Ahead of Trafalgar Releasing’s presentation of this event on 25th, there is a global test today 11th May. UK/Europe/Australia will be at 0900-1000GMT. Later this afternoon there will be a USA/Canada/LATAM test at 1600-1700GMT.

All usual in-house support should be available to you. Please follow all instructions provided from Trafalgar Relasing concerning the post-test reporting.

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MET OPERA “Champion” 29th April 2023

Posted on April 24, 2023 by satfacts

Saturday 29th April. The feed is now available for testing aheads of tonight’s “Champion” starting at 1755BST/1855CEST. NB! The Test material is new this week. Please note that during the swirling/cloud/eclipe scene the audio is intentionally pink-noise.

The Test ahead of this Saturday’s (29th April) broadcast is today Monday 24th at 0930-1000BST (1030-11100CEST). NOTE Change in Frequency to previous Met Opera

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ROYAL OPERA HOUSE “The Marriage Of Figaro” 27th April 2023

Posted on April 20, 2023 by satfacts

Sunday 30th April The test feed ahead of this afternoon’s Encore is now available. The main content begins at 1400BST

Thursday 27th April The Test ahead of tonight’s broadcast is at 1000BST/1100CEST and is for 60′ duration

UPDATE at 1715BST. The feed is now live again ahaead of this evenings broadcast

The Test ahead of next week’s broadcast (on 27th April) is today, 20th April at 1100-1200BST (1200-1300CEST).

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MET OPERA “Der Rosenkavalier” 15th April 2023

Posted on April 10, 2023 by satfacts

Saturday 15th April 1531BST: the feed is now available on satellite from NY

UPDATE@1938BST/2038CEST. There were a number of drops of the feed. Apologies

UPDATE@1957BST/2057CEST. The Met have identified a fault and will need to reboot the feed again at the next interval/intermission. This will be soon after 2003BST

UPDATE@2025BST/2125CEST: The was another hit on the feed.

The Tests ahead of this Saturday’s (15th April) broadcast are on Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th April at 0930-1000BST (1030-11100CEST). NOTE Change in Frequency to previous Met Opera

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ROYAL OPERA HOUSE “Cinderella” 12th April

Posted on April 5, 2023 by satfacts

SUNDAY 16th April: The feed is now available ahead of this afternoon’s Encore transmission. The main content starts at 1400BST

UPDATE at 1730BST : Please be advised that the satellite test tape for tonight’s relay of Cinderella will begin at 18:00 BST as per the Satellite Parameters, and not at 17:30 BST as shown on the Running Order.

Apologies for any confusion and inconvenience caused.

Wednesday 12th: The Test feed ahead of tonight’s briadcast is now available. It is there until 1100BST/1200CEST. A further 45′ of satellite broadcast follows but is not part of the cinema test: it is for internal ROH use.

The Test ahead of next week’s broadcast (on 12th April) is today, 5th April at 1100-1200BST (1200-1300CEST).

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MET OPERA “Falstaff” 1st April 2023

Posted on March 27, 2023 by satfacts

UPDATE @ 1945BST: There was a momentary loss of service on IS-1002

SATURDAY 1st April. The feed went live at 1455GMT. All subtitles are present. The main production content commences at 1725BST/1825CEST

The Test ahead of this Saturday’s broadcast is today, 27th March 0925-0955BST (1025-1055CEST). NOTE slightly EARLIER TIME

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ROYAL OPERA HOUSE “Turandot” 22nd March

Posted on March 15, 2023 by satfacts

Sunday 26th March: 12:55BST: The feed for the Encore broadcast is now available. The main content begins at 1400BST

WEDNESDAY 22nd: The Test ahead of tonight’s broadcast is at 1000-1100GMT (1100-1200CET). There is a further 45′ of satellite time to 1145GMT, but this does NOT form part of the Cinema Test

The feed is now live at 17:45GMT ahead of tonight’s broadcast

The Test ahead of next week’s broadcast (on 22nd March) is today, 15th March at 1100-1200GMT (1200-1300CET). Subtitles should be turned ON.

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MET OPERA “Lohengrin” 18th March 2023

Posted on March 13, 2023 by satfacts

Saturday 18th March: The feed is now live on IS-1002 @ 1430 GMT.

UPDATE: there was an isue with the subtitles during the last 10′ of Act-II. They have been restored.

The Test ahead of this Saturday’s broadcast is today, 13th March 0930-1000GMT (1030-1100CET).

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ROYAL OPERA HOUSE “The Barber of Seville” 15th February

Posted on February 8, 2023 by satfacts

THURSDAY 15th Feb UPDATE@ 1732GMT. The feed is now available for testing ahead of tonights live broadcast. The relay content starts at 1900GMT

THURSDAY 15th Feb. The Test period ahead of tonight’s live broadcast is at 1000-1100GMT (1100-1200CET). The satellite feed will be available for a further 45′ (to 1145GMT) for ROH internal testing. It is NOT officially part of the helpline-supported Test but could be useful to you for tuning purposes. The content during this latter 45′ will be discontinuous.

The Test ahead of next week’s broadcast (on 15th Feb) is today, 8th Feb at 1100-1200GMT (1200-1300CET). Subtitles should be turned ON.

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