BBC Red Button HD to return to Freesat

Further to this weeks removal from Freesat of the BBC Red Button HD service (http://satandpcguy.com/blog/2013/06/bbc-hd-red-button-removed-from-satellite ) it has been confirmed that this Red Button Service will return to Freesat "sometime next week". The BBC Red Button HD service will be available on Freesat channel 980. There are three Standard Definition Red Button Services, available on Freesat channels 981, 982, 983. The BBC Red Button HD service will not be available on Sky HD receivers, due to technical difficulties between the BBC and Sky. The three SD services will be available on Sky boxes, via the Red Button on a BBC channel.

Astra 2E : New UK TV Satellites arrives at launch site

The second new UK TV satellite, Astra 2E, arrived this week at the launch site, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

It will under go various checks and preps, before its scheduled launch on the 19th July 2013. Latest Astra 2E news at : http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/astra_2e_satellite_reception_testing_news_updates.php

Murdoch / News Corp to buy Spains Canal+ satellite TV service from Prisa TV?

Grupo Prisa is in talks with Telefónica to sell a stake in satellite broadcaster Digital Plus for as much as €900m.

Prisa owns 56 per cent of Digital Plus / Canal+, the largest pay TV operator in Spain by subscribers.

Telefónica, which itself owns 22 per cent of Digital Plus, is interested in buying Prisa’s stake in an effort to offer so-called triple and quad-play bundles of internet, fixed line, mobile and pay TV to its clients.

Digital Plus holds some of the rights to broadcast Spanish football league matches.

However, people close to the process said that Telefónica appeared unwilling to pay more than €900m for the stake.

Financial reporters suggest that News Corp has already made an approach to Telefónica, without whose agreement any News Corp involvement would be a non-starter. Representatives from News Corp and BSkyB are understood to have held informal discussions with Prisa earlier this year over the Spanish media group’s pay TV operation. However these discussions are no longer active, according to people close to the situation.

Both News Corp and BSkyB declined to comment.

News Corp’s expertise gained at BSkyB and Sky Deutschand may be welcome at Prisa, which lost 28,350 satellite subscribers in the first quarter, and has seen a gradual subscriber erosion in recent quarters. It currently has 1,691,281 subscribers.


Note that if BskyB / News Corp do buy Canal+, it does not mean that UK TV channels like BBC ITV will be available on the Spanish satellite TV service. It will be operated separately to Sky TV UK, as they have done in Germany (Sky Deutschland) and Italy (Sky Italia).

source:rapidtvnews.com/index.php/2013061328279/murdoch-sounds-telefonica-out-regarding-purchase-of-canal.html
source: ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/bfee4616-d44b-11e2-8639-00144feab7de.html

BBC confirm expanded Red Button services for the summer

The BBC has confirmed plans for its Red Button service during the summer - following earlier reports about the appearance of some "test" frequencies. (http://satandpcguy.com/blog/2013/06/bbc-red-button-services-join-freesat/ )

The BBC have confirmed that the expanded Red Button service would offer HD coverage of the British F1 Grand Prix, Women’s Euros, Diamond League Athletics, Moto GP and the Confederations Cup, and Standard definition streams, will be used for Red Button coverage of Glastonbury and will also be offering coverage from Wimbledon.

BBC Red Button HD will start on 13th June 2013.
BBC Red Button SD will start on 24th June 2013.

These Red Button services will be added to the Sky Guide and Freesat Guide as actual channels - see http://satandpcguy.com/blog/2013/06/bbc-confirm-expanded-red-button-service-for-the-summer/

HD Satellite Receiver and IPTV / Internet TV Costa Blanca

Galaxy Innovations GI Genius Smart TV IPTV Satellite Receiver Satellite System



The Galaxy Innovations Genius Smart TV digital satellite receiver is an easy way to receive hundreds of channels, free and subscription.

It performs well on the Costa Blanca.

It has a USB port to allow you to record onto a USB pendrive / stick.

The Galaxy Innovations Genius Smart TV satellite receiver can also read your Sky card.

The Galaxy Innovations Genius Smart TV satellite receiver can also be used to watch UK TV, movies, series, and other countries TV, via the internet.

With this High Definition Linux IPTV satellite receiver, you can have the best TV from both worlds - direct from the satellite or from the internet.

Use with a satellite dish, and receive your UK TV channels in high definition and Dolby 5.1 digital audio. Channel like BBC1HD, BBC2HD, ITV1HD and C4HD are all available in super stunning crystal clear high definition.

Use by connecting to your ADSL Internet router, and you can receive the UK TV channels streamed from the internet. Unlike some IPTV services that charge 20€ per month, these channels are available for free, with no monthly subscription.

More information on this satellite receiver for IPTV / Internet TV Spain : http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/receivers/GI_genius_hd_smart_tv_satellite_receiver.php

More information on IPTV / Internet TV in Spain : http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/uk_tv_on_pc.php

BBC Red Button services join Freesat

As previously mentioned ( http://satandpcguy.com/blog/2013/05/bbc-wimbledon-coverage-bbc-red-button-channels ) the BBC have been testing some new channels, or rather BBC Red Button channels.

Presumably this will be for the duration of thee summer so that they can use it for multiple matches during Wimbledon and for their Glastonbury coverage.

In the last few days two of these "BBC Red Button" channels have been added to Freesat receivers.

BBC Red Button 1 HD is now on Freesat channel 980
BBC Red Button 1 SD is now on Freesat channel 981

They are not yet available on a Sky box, but presumably they will be part of the BBC Red Button service via the Red Button Menu, as in previous years.

They can be added NOW to non SKy and non Freesat boxes using the following frequencies:

BBC Red Button 1 SD tagged as '6390' is on 10.773 H 22000
BBC Red Button 1 HD tagged as '8900' is on 11.023 H 23000 HD

In addition, the two other channels tagged as 54380 and 54381 on frequency 12.643 V, SR 27.500, FEC 2/3 and are showing a BBC test loop, and showing BBC Red Button on their programme information banner. They are still showing a BBC test loop. Will this mean more BBC Red button streams using these two channels?

Loss of ITV reception in the UK and Spain : 4th JUne 2013

Message from ITV: 

Thousands of TV viewers across the country have had their TV reception affected by a technical problem this evening. The technical fault occurred around 6.20pm and appears to have affected homes in every TV region apart from London and ITV Granada.

The problem affecting the standard definition services which normally run on channel 103 on BSkyB. ITV services on high definition (HD) on Sky channel 178 appear to be working normally . FreeSat is affected too - Freeview services are working normally. 

Technicians at the transmission centres are working to restore normal services. You can also see ITV on Sky 973 - and on FreeSat on channel 977 for ITV SD and channel 177 for HD.

Middle East English Premier League Broadcast Rights update - still no deal

Middle East football fans face missing the kick-off to the English Premier League (EPL) football in August as negotiations over broadcast rights drag on, a Dubai-based TV operator has warned.

Broadcast rights for the Middle East are still undecided, amid a deadlock over fees to air EPL games.

This means that – with just three months to go until the start of the next season – fans of teams such as Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur have no idea how they will be able to watch the games in this region.

http://satandpcguy.com/blog/2013/06/middle-east-english-premier-league-broadcast-rights-update-still-no-deal/

Some more filmon.com news about retransmitting channels without permission...

Several USA broadcasters filed a lawsuit against filmon this week, and as a result, filmon has pulled all main USA TV channels from their service - leaving only a handful of local TV channels.

(http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/alki-davids-filmon-ending-streaming-networks-in-dc/ ) -

"Alki David, the founder of Internet TV streaming service FilmOn, has said he will remove the US’s major broadcast networks from the platform. David’s move follows a May 23 filing in the Federal District Court in Washington DC of an action against FilmOn and Aereokiller, with ABC, NBC and Fox claiming copyright infringement."

So again, there is uncertainty about UK channels on filmon, as if the UK broadcasters follow suit, and are successful, then filmon broadcasting UK TV channels without permission, may also be removed... and may also affect the smart tv systems that use streams from filmon.

On screen mesage form Sky about "We need to update your service"

What to do if you are seeing a "We need to update your service. Please give us some info at skyviewinghelp.com"" message from Sky on your SkyHD and SkyHD digibox.

 

http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/sky_viewing_cards_skyviewinghelp_message.php