Met Opera “Maria Stuarda” TEST 14th Jan

Posted on January 14, 2013 by satfacts

The test transmission on IS10-02 and EU5Wa will be on air at 09:30GMT or 10:30CET(GMT for UK and CET for Europe)
Please call into the user conference (operational from 09:15GMT) if you need assistance
IS10-02 established and stable at 09:29GMT
EU5Wa established and stable at 09:31GMT
Services ceased at 10:02GMT
Glad to see that the snow has not affected any of you….

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Met Opera: Les Troyens TX

Posted on January 5, 2013 by satfacts

The test period of today’s transmission begins at 14:45GMT / 15:45CET
The user conference will be operatonal from 14:30GMT
Please note the earlier start time of this production
A new production schedule for today’s transmission has been published.  Please ensure you download yours here
Telstar 12 for the middle east territories established at 14:05 – stable and showing Met content at 14:16GMT
English & Russian services on IS10-02 established and stable at 14:19GMT
French & Spanish services on Eutelsat 5Wa established and stable at 14:33GMT
14:35GMT – No subtitles on any service yet
Intelsat 905 established and stable at 14:37GMT
Brief disturbance to all services at 14:39GMT
Subtitles now showing on all services at 14:48GMT
All Eurpoean services ceased at 22:37GMT – Clean and stable transmission throughout.

Goodnight !!

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Met Opera: Troyens schedule update

Posted on January 3, 2013 by satfacts

A new production schedule for Saturdays transmission has been published today.  Download yours here

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Berliner Philharmoniker – NYE Concert – TX

Posted on December 31, 2012 by satfacts

The transmission is due to begin at 15:30GMT / 16:30CET
IS10-02 established at 15:20GMT
Service was mute between 15:20 and 15:34GMT
Content finished at 18:02GMT
Service ceased on IS10-02 at 18:06GMT

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Berliner Philharmoniker – NYE Concert

Posted on December 31, 2012 by satfacts

The transmission test is scheduled for 12:30GMT / 13:30CET
Signals established on IS10-02 at 12:22GMT
12:33 to 12:37GMT – signal instability as uplink reconfigures
12:38GMT currently showing colour bars and SBA – UE6 ident.  Mute
12:43GMT static stage & auditorium shot and some audio now
13:18 to 13:24GMT Mute
13:30GMT services ceased form origin

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Lots of you read us this year! 22,000 views!!!

Posted on December 31, 2012 by satfacts

Here is the 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 23,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 5 Film Festivals

Click here to see the complete report.

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Met Opera: Les Troyens – Test.

Posted on December 31, 2012 by satfacts

The test transmission on IS10-02 and EU5Wa will be on air at 09:30GMT or 10:30CET (GMT for UK and CET for Europe)
Please call into the user conference (operational from 09:15GMT) if you need assistance IS10-02 established at 09:19GMT
EU5Wa established at 09:21GMT
Services ceased at 10:00GMT

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Nederlands Dans Theatre: 20th December

Posted on December 20, 2012 by satfacts

All feeds were stable on IS-1002, IS-905 and Eu5Wa at 1700GMT/1800CET

No calls so far to the Helpline, so I hope you are all enjoying this great content from Pathé Live.

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MET OPERA: Aida TX

Posted on December 15, 2012 by satfacts

The test period of today’s transmission begins at 15:45GMT/16:45CET
The user conference will be active from 15:15GMT
All services established and stable at 15:45GMT
Transmission ceased at 22:07GMT

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ROH – Nutcracker TX

Posted on December 13, 2012 by satfacts

The test period for tonights transmission begins at 18:00GMT/19:00CET
The user conference will be operational from 17:45GMT
IS10-02 established at 17:50GMT
Please adjust your projector to include all of the red top and bottom markers otherwise you may loose the dancers feet during the performance
There are selectable multi language subtitles available embedded within the stream, just select the language you need. All the content will be in English so UK cinemas should disable subs in their subtitle menu
Transmission ceased at 21:54GMT – Clean & stable throughout.  Goodnight.

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