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JA
JAS84
Reports in the Yorkshire and Lincs thread that Calendar fell off air.

Only in SD and not on Freeview apparently, which is consistent with the other reports. The programme didn't go off air, the channel did.
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Reliable suggestions on Twitter that it's a connectivity failure at Arqiva.

But how come 973 (the audio description feed) is working? Is that uplinked from somewhere else?
:-(
A former member
Reliable suggestions on Twitter that it's a connectivity failure at Arqiva.

But how come 973 (the audio description feed) is working? Is that uplinked from somewhere else?


Nice to see it working there, that will keep some happy!
DV
DVB Cornwall
Staggers me that Satellite users have either removed their DTT aerials or have selective amnesia about it's continued existence.
WH
Whataday Founding member
Staggers me that Satellite users have either removed their DTT aerials or have selective amnesia about it's continued existence.


I don't have a DTT aerial as I've had Sky ever since I've moved into my place. I'd imagine there are many in the same situation.
DO
dosxuk
Staggers me that Satellite users have either removed their DTT aerials or have selective amnesia about it's continued existence.


Why? A good number of people are convinced that the digital switchover was moving everyone to cable / satellite. Then there's the people who won't have a suitable aerial for DTT transmissions in their region. And those who live in places where there's only D-Sat distributed to apartments. Plenty of commercial installs don't bother with DTT reception either and just have centralised D-Sat receivers which are then distributed.

And then there's those who haven't done the hundreds of retunes needed to keep Freeview working on their sets (because they have sat/cable), so when it fell over on there, they'll tune to Freeview and it doesn't work there either.
JA
james
Staggers me that Satellite users have either removed their DTT aerials or have selective amnesia about it's continued existence.


And then there's those who haven't done the hundreds of retunes needed to keep Freeview working on their sets (because they have sat/cable), so when it fell over on there, they'll tune to Freeview and it doesn't work there either.


I still think that's without doubt the worst thing about Freeview. The retunes. I know many people who rely on DTT for their TV, yet haven't rescanned in donkeys meaning loads of the channels don't work. It isn't stupidity that causes it, some television sets refuse to load the MPEG information screens saying 'rescan if you can see this message on 301 etc...'
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Looks like the mux with Granada, London, Anglia E, Central W, ITV2, ITV4 and CITV is back up.

Can anybody in London confirm whether they are getting ITV HD on satellite? It looks to be down from here.
SO
Steven O
STV now back up but showing the network output. Border also back on-air.
SF
Selwyn Froggatt
ITV Yorkshire is back on air
GM
Gary McEwan
Channel was also down on Sky and Virgin, however Freeview wasn't affected...
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Interesting observation that STV is showing network output - the hallmarks of a temporary lash up rather than a fix?

Edit: UTV looks to be taking the same feed too.

Edit 2: One of the STV feeds is taking Scottish, the other two are taking the England feed.
Last edited by Steve in Pudsey on 4 June 2013 8:45pm

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