Royal Opera House “Alice” 28th March 2013 Test and TX

Posted on March 28, 2013 by satfacts

Royal Opera House “Alice” test and TX starts at 18.00 GMT. Please call your helpline if you need tuning information.

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ROH – Alice in Wonderland: Test

Posted on March 22, 2013 by satfacts

The test period will begin at 09:00GMT / 10:00CET
User conference will be active from 08:45GMT
Service established and stable at 08:51GMT
Service ceased at 10:00GMT

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NT Live: People TX

Posted on March 21, 2013 by satfacts

The test period for today’s transmission will begin at 17:00GMT / 18:00CET
Content begins at 19:00GMT
Both services established and stable at 16:52GMT
Sync test flash to line currently
Test tape to line at 17:03GMT
Art cards to line (18:31GMT) with very low level audio – Do not adjust your levels
Content ceased at 21:31GMT
Both channels ceased at 21:35GMT

NT have asked us to let you know that there will be some deliberate camera shake on today’s People TX. It will coincide with audio rumblings to signify ground shifting.

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NT Live: People (Morning test)

Posted on March 21, 2013 by satfacts

This morning test’s TX will begin at 11:00GMT / 12:00CET
User conference now operational (10:40GMT)
Both channels established and stable at 10:52GMT
Both services ceased at 12:00GMT

NT have asked us to let you know that there will be some deliberate camera shake on today’s main People TX. It will coincide with audio rumblings to signify ground shifting.

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NT Live: People (Wednesday test)

Posted on March 20, 2013 by satfacts

The test transmission will begin at 11:00GMT / 12:00CET
The user conference will be operational from 10:45GMT
Both channels established & stable at 10:46GMT
Transmission ceased at 12:00GMT

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Met Opera: Francesca Da Rimini TX

Posted on March 16, 2013 by satfacts

The test period for today’s transmission will begin at 13:45GMT / 14:45CET
The user conference will be active from 13:15GMT
NB: Programme material starts at 15:55GMT / 16:55CET
IS10-02 services and T12 services established and stable at 13:28GMT
Eu5Wa services established and stable at 13:32GMT
WIN subtitle units rebooted causing brief loss of all European services at 13:45GMT 
15:34GMT. Incoming circuit failure, WIN switched to reserve.  Stable at 15:36GMT
15:41GMT. Main circuit stablilses so re routed back to line and subtitle units rebooted.  Stable again at 15:42GMT
Brief drop on T12 at request of Satellite operator at 16:51GMT
Content concludes at 19:55GMT
All European and Middle East services ceased at 20:00GMT

Goodnight All.

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Met Opera: Francesca test: 11th March

Posted on March 11, 2013 by satfacts

The test transmission begins at 09:30GMT / 10:30CET
The user conference wil be active from 09:15GMT
IS10-02 service established at 09:25GMT
Eu5Wa established at 09:28GMT
All services ceased at 10:00GMT

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Met Opera: Parsifal TX

Posted on March 2, 2013 by satfacts

The test period for today’s transmission begins at 14:45GMT / 15:45CET
All services established at 14:23GMT
Unstable content from US until 14:30GMT
14:30GMT Local teleport content to line whilst we await US content stability
14:44GMT US content stabilises – US content switched to line
Winchester subtitle units rebooted at 14:47GMT causing 20 second loss on all European services
14:48GMT All stable
15:43GMT white sparkles seen on fast moving areas of picture
Origin FRC swapped at 15:49GMT – issue resolved
Content finished at 22:59GMT
Services ceased at 23:05GMT

Goodnight all

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NITRO CIRCUS – TX

Posted on February 28, 2013 by satfacts

We are now live from the O2 in Greenwich, London.

During the Test period you will be able to follow the LIVE rehearsals: so you will see a whole range of shots and sounds.

At 1900GMT there will be a still card inviting you to open the doors ready for a 1915 start.

Enjoy the excitement!

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Nitro Circus – Test

Posted on February 28, 2013 by satfacts

The morning test period for the ‘Nitro Circus’ event will begin at 11:00GMT / 12:00CET
This is a Dolby 2.0 transmission meaning LEFT & RIGHT audio channels ONLY.
Please also note that ‘Great Expectations’ test material will be used today.  Please ensure you disregard the 5.1 audio channel ident section.
Service name will be ‘NITRO CIRCUS 280213‘

The user conference will be active from 10:45GMT should you need assistance.

IS10-02 Service established and stable at 10:45GMT
EU5Wa established and stable at 10:50GMT
IS905 established and stable at 11:04GMT (Delay due to X-pol issue)

Services ceased at 12:00GMT

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