Digital Switchover - UTV Region (DigitalUK)

Mr. Rabbit · 26-09-2012 9:04pm

formerly scottish paddy wrote: »

I don't think DSO 29 will mean much to most people to be honest, they would be better off putting up the date 24th Oct and a X (look familiar?)

Yep, it's causing confusion.

People with Sky are now wondering what they need to do at digital switchover !

They're even worried they might lose their TV signal.

My 82 year old parents are all genned up though !

formerly scottish paddy · 26-09-2012 10:15pm

Yea, displaying it across all platforms is crazy indeed. If that was RTE they would be slated for causing confusion!

lawhec · 26-09-2012 11:46pm

formerly scottish paddy wrote: »

Yea, displaying it across all platforms is crazy indeed. If that was RTE they would be slated for causing confusion!

As I said in a different thread, I believe that the BBC One NI transmission on Astra 1N is being used to feed Carnmoney Hill (along with BBC2, UTV and Channel 4 as well). There might be other relays as well that using a similar set up. Hence the need to place the dso dog on a feed being used by a relay that covers quite a few people.

SRB · 27-09-2012 2:34pm

Mr. Rabbit wrote: »

Why should it ?

There's nothing that would indicate that it would.

As I have said, all we know for certain is that it'll start at some stage before the end of 2012

As it's the last region to switch and as it couldn't launch an HD service on all platforms before switchover, DSO would be seem a very good time to launch it to me.

Richard · 27-09-2012 7:02pm

lawhec wrote: »

As I said in a different thread, I believe that the BBC One NI transmission on Astra 1N is being used to feed Carnmoney Hill (along with BBC2, UTV and Channel 4 as well). There might be other relays as well that using a similar set up. Hence the need to place the dso dog on a feed being used by a relay that covers quite a few people.

How do you know? And does that mean no Ceefax for Carnmoney Hill viewers?

lawhec · 27-09-2012 9:22pm

Richard wrote: »

How do you know? And does that mean no Ceefax for Carnmoney Hill viewers?

It was mentioned by a poster who sadly doesn't appear to post here much any more, but whose line of work involved visiting a good number of Arqiva's sites. I asked him at the time about Ceefax and he mentioned IIRC that it was inserted into the TV feed before transmission having been delivered to Carnmoney by line feed. The link between Divis to Carnmoney Hill is not the easiest of ones to make due to the terrain causing major multipath problems.

Mr. Rabbit · 27-09-2012 11:24pm

but whose line of work involved visiting a good number of Arqiva's sites.

Careful now !

Souriau · 29-09-2012 1:56pm

I received a Freeview flyer in the post today
took a scan of it for others to see
and it show UTVHD on it

Mr. Rabbit · 29-09-2012 6:16pm

Souriau wrote: »

I received a Freeview flyer in the post today
took a scan of it for others to see
and it show UTVHD on it

Yep, finally UTV HD on October 24th.

Still no date for either Freesat or Sky though, which is really annoying.

SPAWKER · 29-09-2012 7:32pm

Yes UTV HD on 24th of october according to this[URL="http://www.ukfree.tv/shutdowndetail.php?tx=IJ281180][/url]

Mr. Rabbit · 29-09-2012 9:22pm

interestlingly, Premier Soccer Saturday is in the clear on RTE 2 HD on the Sky NI service this evening.

Wonder if means anything for the NIMM ?

formerly scottish paddy · 29-09-2012 9:34pm

Mr. Rabbit wrote: »

Still no date for either Freesat or Sky though, which is really annoying.

Latest I heard from a good source is early NEXT YEAR!

Geedoh · 29-09-2012 9:39pm

Clear on RTE2HD but blocked on the SD version on 227

formerly scottish paddy · 29-09-2012 9:40pm

Mr. Rabbit wrote: »

interestlingly, Premier Soccer Saturday is in the clear on RTE 2 HD on the Sky NI service this evening.

Wonder if means anything for the NIMM ?

Hopefully RTE have sorted most rights issues for N. Ireland, but I can't see UTV/ITV allowing them to transmit the Champions League in N.I.

formerly scottish paddy · 29-09-2012 9:43pm

Geedoh wrote: »

Clear on RTE2HD but blocked on the SD version on 227

Weird, one of those must be a mistake, probably the HD version!

zg3409 · 29-09-2012 11:33pm

Geedoh wrote: »

Clear on RTE2HD but blocked on the SD version on 227

Shush. Hopefully no-one will complain and it will happen again!

Pat X · 30-09-2012 3:46am

formerly scottish paddy wrote: »

Hopefully RTE have sorted most rights issues for N. Ireland, but I can't see UTV/ITV allowing them to transmit the Champions League in N.I.

Don't UTV have the Tuesday night games this time?

lawhec · 30-09-2012 10:31pm

According to both Flysat and KingOfSat, UTV HD is now being carried on the Freeview PSB satellite network distribution transponder on Intelsat 907 at 27.5 west, so as well as local Freeview flyers, it's a good indication that it'll be there on the 24th.

Mr. Rabbit · 30-09-2012 11:21pm

lawhec wrote: »

According to both Flysat and KingOfSat, UTV HD is now being carried on the Freeview PSB satellite network distribution transponder on Intelsat 907 at 27.5 west, so as well as local Freeview flyers, it's a good indication that it'll be there on the 24th.

Any word on UTV+1 Lawhec ?

I assume UTV HD will be on 178 on Sky and 119 on Freesat, if it appears on the 24th ?

Mr. Rabbit · 30-09-2012 11:24pm

lawhec wrote: »

According to both Flysat and KingOfSat, UTV HD is now being carried on the Freeview PSB satellite network distribution transponder on Intelsat 907 at 27.5 west, so as well as local Freeview flyers, it's a good indication that it'll be there on the 24th.

Although I assume you are talking about Freeview here.

I wouldn't have expected otherwise on the 24th.

mrdtv2010 · 01-10-2012 10:36am

Mr. Rabbit wrote: »

Although I assume you are talking about Freeview here.

I wouldn't have expected otherwise on the 24th.

http://en.kingofsat.net/sat-i907.php

Scroll down. The Freeview HD channel numbers are changing on the 17th: UTVHD will probably be 103.

Mr. Rabbit · 01-10-2012 11:28am

mrdtv2010 wrote: »

http://en.kingofsat.net/sat-i907.php

Scroll down. The Freeview HD channel numbers are changing on the 17th: UTVHD will probably be 103.

Yes, in those areas that have already switched. I've never had any doubt that UTV 3 will be on 103 on October 24th.

My point is we still don't know when either UTV HD or UTV+1 will appear on satellite.

I would imagine the LCNs for the NImux may appear after the 17th

Richard · 01-10-2012 8:59pm

mrdtv2010 wrote: »

http://en.kingofsat.net/sat-i907.php

Scroll down. The Freeview HD channel numbers are changing on the 17th: UTVHD will probably be 103.

That is correct. Though it won't actually appear there until the HD mix is switched on on the 24th.

Mr. Rabbit · 02-10-2012 10:08pm

Richard wrote: »

That is correct. Though it won't actually appear there until the HD mix is switched on on the 24th.

Well, three weeks tomorrow we'll know for certain.

Anyone taking any bets that it'll not be on 103 come the 24th ?

Richard · 02-10-2012 11:40pm

Mr. Rabbit wrote: »

Well, three weeks tomorrow we'll know for certain.

Anyone taking any bets that it'll not be on 103 come the 24th ?

Who knows? I remember that when DTT (in the form of Ondigital) launched in 1998, Mux 2 (as it was then called) had UTV, Channel 4 and Film Four only on it, as the local ITV2 equivalent habit been launched.

Digifriendly · 03-10-2012 11:51am

Richard wrote: »

Who knows? I remember that when DTT (in the form of Ondigital) launched in 1998, Mux 2 (as it was then called) had UTV, Channel 4 and Film Four only on it, as the local ITV2 equivalent habit been launched.

Yes I think I'm right in saying that ITV2 had sport in those days and 3rd placed play off in 1999 RWC was shown live on that channel so unless you had RTE here in NI you couldn't see that match live.

Mr. Rabbit · 03-10-2012 9:05pm

Richard wrote: »

Who knows? I remember that when DTT (in the form of Ondigital) launched in 1998, Mux 2 (as it was then called) had UTV, Channel 4 and Film Four only on it, as the local ITV2 equivalent habit been launched.

I'm far more confident of UTV HD appearing on 103 on the 24th than I am of the NI Mux on that date, or Clermont Cairn increasing ERP to 160 kw for that matter.

With regard to the NI mux and C.C. increasing power, I'll believe it when I see it.

Mr. Rabbit · 03-10-2012 9:07pm

Digifriendly wrote: »

Yes I think I'm right in saying that ITV2 had sport in those days and 3rd placed play off in 1999 RWC was shown live on that channel so unless you had RTE here in NI you couldn't see that match live.

A few years back RTE had live football on a Saturday afternoon !

formerly scottish paddy · 03-10-2012 9:49pm

Mr. Rabbit wrote: »

With regard to the NI mux and C.C. increasing power, I'll believe it when I see it.

Why do you think this won't happen?

Mr. Rabbit · 04-10-2012 12:23am

formerly scottish paddy wrote: »

Why do you think this won't happen?

It's not that I don't think it'll happen. It's just that I'm more certain about UTV HD being on channel 103 on the 24th, if you see what I mean.

With DSO up here we even have the times when transmitters are switchiing, and definite confirmation there'll be 4 HD channels on all transmitters in NI on Digital UK's postcode checker, come October 24th.

With the NI mux and the increase in C.C.'s ERP, things are less certain.

Still, we'll see what October 24th brings !

Digital Switchover - UTV Region (DigitalUK)

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