Uplink Activity for the week of September 18th

[Scott Greczkowski]

The SatelliteGuys.US Uplink Activity Report - 09/18/2006 - 13 changes

Uplink Comparison Range: 09/14/2006 09:16A - 09/18/2006 08:19A

250 - TST46 [01 01 23 28 00 FC FF ..#(...] 119.0W TP 16 changed to INFO [01 01 00 47 00 FC FF ...G...] 119.0W TP 16

251 - WB 119.0W TP 16 changed to WPIX - 119.0W TP 20 (A)

252 - WB-W 119.0W TP 16 changed to KTLA - 119.0W TP 15 (A)

253 - TST47 [01 01 23 28 00 FC FF ..#(...] 119.0W TP 17 changed to INFO [01 01 00 48 00 FC FF ...H...] 119.0W TP 16

254 - CW added to 119.0W TP 16 (Available)

255 - CW-W added to 119.0W TP 16 (Available)

444 - ALT moved from 110.0W TP 24 to 119.0W TP 18 (A)

445 - ALT moved from 110.0W TP 16 to 119.0W TP 12 (A)

446 - ALT moved from 119.0W TP 18 to 110.0W TP 24 (A)

447 - ALT moved from 119.0W TP 12 to 110.0W TP 24 (A)

454 - SPORT moved from 110.0W TP 24 to 119.0W TP 18 (A)

465 - SPORT moved from 110.0W TP 16 to 119.0W TP 12 (A)

466 - SPORT moved from 110.0W TP 16 to 110.0W TP 24 (A)

Channels in the system: 3028

(A) = Available
(NA) = Not Available

Please note Channels 250 and 253 MIGHT be info cards about Distant Network Removals. We have no way of seeing what is on those channels though.

 

[Mr Tony]

251 - WB 119.0W TP 16 changed to WPIX - 119.0W TP 20 (A)

252 - WB-W 119.0W TP 16 changed to KTLA - 119.0W TP 15 (A)

254 - CW added to 119.0W TP 16 (Available)

255 - CW-W added to 119.0W TP 16 (Available)

Whats going on here? Right now I get 251 (WB Miami) as part of my locals. Did they switch it to WPIX or did the channel just move?

 

[JohnH]

Channel 250 and 253 EPG entries. Somebody should be receiving them.

Service Name: INFO
Provider Name:
Transport Stream ID: 16 (0x0010) 119.0W 12.443 L 20000 5/6 QPSK

---------------------------------------------
Starts: 9/18/2006 8:00:00 AM (UTC)
Length: 08:00:00
Name: Press Select for Important Info
Please select this channel for further information regarding your programming.

 

[JohnH]

Whats going on here? Right now I get 251 (WB Miami) as part of my locals. Did they switch it to WPIX or did the channel just move?

New Channel numbers and renamed CW.

Please check your receivers and report what you see on the 6 channels involved.

 

[Neutron]

WB is going away since the CW network starts officially today.

It looks like the channels that were WB are going independent and CW is coming onboard.

 

[VinceT3]

Whats going on here? Right now I get 251 (WB Miami) as part of my locals. Did they switch it to WPIX or did the channel just move?

Funny I only get that channel (39.1) OTA, because I'm just barely in west palm and they won't let me have the miami stations. Thank goodness for OTA.

 

[Mr Tony]

Vince
In markets where there is no WB (now CW) they gave us either WB Miami (Eastern/Central time zones) or San Diego (Mountain West)

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I would be interested in seeeing what those info screens say. Can someone get us a screen shot?

 

[Juan]

KTLA and WPIX are provided under the Superstations license.. Perhaps this is part of a work around for the distant network ruling that will eventually come down.

 

[JohnH]

Since both are now CW stations, they may also be "Distant Networks".

We need to see or hear what those INFO screens are saying.

 

[Smith P.]

digiblur,

the string "253 - TST47 [01 01 23 28 00 FC FF ..#(...] 119.0W TP 17 changed to INFO [01 01 00 48 00 FC FF ...H...] 119.0W TP 16"
could be cut in half
- 0101 is a constant (Dish) - irrelevant
- 2338 -> 0048 change means "from ENG mode to SUB"
- FCFF since not changed shouldn't be here, if become FFFF, then turn to Free Preview

Do we need spaces between ?

 

[digiblur]

digiblur,

the string "253 - TST47 [01 01 23 28 00 FC FF ..#(...] 119.0W TP 17 changed to INFO [01 01 00 48 00 FC FF ...H...] 119.0W TP 16"
could be cut in half
- 0101 is a constant (Dish) - irrelevant
- 2338 -> 0048 change means "from ENG mode to SUB"
- FCFF since not changed shouldn't be here, if become FFFF, then turn to Free Preview

Do we need spaces between ?

I'm not sure if I should supress the 0101 datatype since BellVu decides to change their NFL datatypes to 0904's on Sunday then put them back.

This one fell into a "hand edit" category since it had too many changes to automate the output. Changed names, changed TP's, and changed descriptor flags. This is why you didn't see it say "changed to available". Normally these changes should be looked at, verified, and fixed by hand. I will look into tweaking this output a bit though.

 

[Smith P.]

Well, no - 0101 is ProviderID, no reason to hold it if you know the run is going against Dish tables; that 0904 could be just mistyping;
we are talking about processing those flags, since the report popping up right away; I don't see how you could verify by "hands" - sure if you will ask ppl who have the LiL, or the certain packages, then yes; but for the time being the GroupID and FreePrevewID pertinent to the type of reports.
You can always add disclamer by last line of your reports - "Please check your EPG, channels for implementation of the System Tables changes and report any discrepancy".

 

[digiblur]

Well, no - 0101 is ProviderID, no reason to hold it if you know the run is going against Dish tables; that 0904 could be just mistyping;
we are talking about processing those flags, since the report popping up right away; I don't see how you could verify by "hands" - sure if you will ask ppl who have the LiL, or the certain packages, then yes; but for the time being the GroupID and FreePrevewID pertinent to the type of reports.
You can always add disclamer by last line of your reports - "Please check your EPG, channels for implementation of the System Tables changes and report any discrepancy".

Hand edit category meaning....the person running the report should verify the data by their eyes. But I will tweak this for these cases.

The 0904 isn't a typo. It's happened two Sunday's in row on just the NFL channels.

 

[VinceT3]

Vince
In markets where there is no WB (now CW) they gave us either WB Miami (Eastern/Central time zones) or San Diego (Mountain West)

I don't get WB in west palm, but I pick it up OTA so I dont worry to much about it.

 

[HokieEngineer]

I would be interested in seeeing what those info screens say. Can someone get us a screen shot?

 

[wicked]

KTLA = CW-W (mountain and pacific time zones)
WPIX = CW-E (Central and eastern time zones)
its the same thing as before but now its with LA and NY

 

[BFG]

So I guess those markets have a cw affiliate and are losing access to the old wb distant, and those remaining with the wb are being converted to cw

 

[Mr Tony]

what it looks like is those stations above were something other than CW before today and now that they are CW they made DIsh pull the plug on those customers getting the "distant" WB

My DMA (Duluth, MN) has CW on a digital subchannel but Dish doesn't carry it. I get WPIX on 251 now (use to get Miami)

 

[springdale_sam]

my locals are all screwed up