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.
There was a major breakup at 1913GMT/2013BST/2113CEST.
Apologies for the continued disruption.
For those of you who spotted the sound issue at the opening interview: this was a fault from the OB truck and was like this throughout the world. Apologies for this
Hello and welcome to this first transmission of the new Met Opera season.
The tuning period of today’s transmission will commence at 15:00GMT/16:00BST/17:00CEST
Online clock here
Helplines:
The main European transmission help number is +44 (0) 8444 737373 – passcode 270661
If your a UK Picturehouse/Cityscreens taker your number is 08444 737373 – passcode 110688
If you are a Eutelsat 7a taker, your helpline is +1 713 481 0090 – passcode 4555428
If you are an Intelsat 905 taker on the Arqiva platform, your number is 0870 333 7999 or +44 1494 848852
If you are a Lansat taker, your number is 0203 026 9730
The Euro TX and Picturehouse numbers will only be active between 14:45 & 21:20GMT – 15:45 & 22:20BST today. At other times you can call the numbers detailed here, general FAQs are available too.
Twitter feed: @satfacts
There is a problem with both Icecrypt and Topfield receivers locking to the Met this afternoon – We will update as soon as we have a resolution.
We believe we have a resolution. Please do a power down reset, then retune. Timed 16:05GMT/17:05BST
There is an audio issue incoming from New York – resolved at 17:10 GMT
At the first interval 18:35GMT we appear to be running about 5 minutes late
Services ceased at 21:06GMT
The test period will commence at 08:30GMT/09:30BST/10:30CEST and will last 1 hour
Online clock here
All services (except Swedish subs) will be available. This test will be with 5.1 audio as published
There will be a further test of of Swedish (closed) subtitles at 09:30GMT/10:30BST/11:30CEST for 30 minutes. This test material will be stereo only
IS10-02 services established and stable 08:25GMT
IS905 & Eu5Wa services established and stable 08:30GMT
IS905, EU5Wa and IS10-02 English and German services dropped at 09:31GMT
IS10-02 Swedish/Russian service remains with closed subs in Russian and Swedish: Stereo only
There was a short service interuption at 09:37GMT to reconfigure subtitles
All running again and stable at 09:38GMT
Russian/ Swedish test compete – service ceased
Please note that there a 15 minute interval , followed by a film. There will be no interval clock
Services established at 15:52GMT
Services ceased at 21:35GMT
The test period will commence at 10:00GMT/11:00BST/12:00CEST
Online clock here
User conference will be active from 09:45GMT
Services established at 09:53GMT
Services ceased at 11:00GMT
The test period will commence at 10:00GMT/11:00BST/12:00CEST
Online clock here
User conference will be active from 09:45GMT
Both channels established at 09:52GMT
Service ceased at 11:00GMT
