Content concludes and services ceased at 23:32GMT
Service established and stable at 19:18GMT
The test period for nights transmission begins at 19:30GMT/20:30CET
The revised off air time is now 23:25GMT
A revised production schedule is here
Services ceased at 12:00GMT
Brief freeze at 11:20GMT
Services established at 10:58GMT
The test period will commence at 11:00GMT (that’s UK time) / 12:00CET
With a huge storm forecast throughout England and Wales in the next 24 hours, perhaps the strongest since 1987, with warnings of widespread structural damage. It would be wise to check your satellite reception system as soon as the winds have dropped and you are confident the storm has past.
We suggest that you tune your system to the BTV1 channel, permanently broadcast on IS 10-02.
The parameters are:
Frequency: 11247
Polarity: Vertical
Symbol Rate: 24500
Modulation: DVB or DVBS / QPSK – Not DVBS2
FEC: 7/8
You should receive a bouquet of channels from this multiplex – BTV1 will show an animation of a rocket launching, satellite deployment, a test signal and then the Telenor ident superimposed.
If you can see this service, your system should be OK. If you can’t receive this channel you should contact your installer as it’s possible that your antenna or LNB have been damaged.
You should undertake this test as soon as the storm has past and make an appointment with your installer promptly if needs be. The installers are likely to be very busy post storm so there may be a significant delay unless you get in early.
Hello and welcome to today’s transmission from Met Opera
There were multiple periods of black and loss of audio at 16:54GMT & 16:57GMT – This was a TX issue in New York. They have now switched their feeds so it should be stable from now on. You should not adjust your receivers….
There was a brief loss of service at 16:26 GMT lasting about 10 seconds – This was a TX issue and you should not adjust your receivers….
The tuning period for today’s transmission will commence at 15:00GMT/16:00BST/17:00CEST
FYI, during the trailer for “Two Boys” (before the live opera), when the title appears it will look like there was a sync hit. That is an intentional look; the opera is about bad things in the digital age.
Helplines:
Please call the number that was published to you.
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If you are a LANsat taker, your number is 0203 026 9730
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21:55GMT Content concludes and services ceased.
20:33. THE THUNDER HAS NOW PASSED. THE broadcast has re-started at the point it was lost. We apologise for the temporary loss.
20:28 uk tIME: DUE TO BAD WEATHER THE SATELLITE FEED HAS BEEN LOST TO ALL CINEMAS: WE ARE DOING OUT BEST TO GET THE FEED BACK
NOTE: This is a 27MHz DVBS-2/8PSK broadcast. There are NO subtitles to worry about.
Service established and stable 16:18GMT
The test period for tonight’s transmission will commence at 16:30GMT/17:30BST/18:30CEST
Hello to you all and greetings on this 50th Birthday of the National Theatre.
The Test for “Hamlet” will begin at 1100UK/1200CEST.
NOTE: This is a 27MHz DVBS-2/8PSK broadcast. There are NO subtitles to worry about.
I am sure you all know how to tune, and even how to 1st-fault fix. Those of you still unable, please cal your Helpline.
Hello,
A reminder that there is a test this morning at 0930UK/1030CEST to check your dish alignment on IS-1002 and E5Wa and a chance to practice your tuning skills.
There is one feed on IS-1002 (with English subs burnt-in) and feeds on E5Wa with French or Spanish subs burnt in.
Content concluded and all circuits ceased at 18:15GMT
The Russians appear to be sending random audio rather than the test tape audio from 14:03GMT onwards. Apologies.
There was a brief interruption to T12 at 13:22GMT whilst we reset an encoder.
Update at 1410: All services now established.
UPDATE AT 1300GMT/1400UK/1500EUROPE. We are still waiting for the feed to come in from Russia. It is late. As soon as it is available, we will update this message
Good afternoon and Welcome to the 1st Bolshoi of this Season.
The Test period starts at 1400UK/1500Europe/1600EasternEurope and the ballet programme commences 2hrs later.
Remember this is a DVBS-2/8PSK transmission.
We all trust that you will have a successful afternoon.
Hello and Welcome to the new Season of broadcasts by Pathé Live from the Bolshoi Ballet.
The Test will be for 1 hour from 1000UK/Ireland, 1100CEST, 1200EEST
This is a DVBS-2/8PSK transmission: please tune your receiver for this.
In the UK: Takers via PictureHouses should contact the Cambridge Helpdesk for assistance. Odeon cinemas need to go via Nick Constable.
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