Sony Movies, another channel rebrand

With Sony Movies being offloaded, and being bought by another company, their channels will be renames to reflect the new ownership. GREAT!

These changes will happen on Tuesday 25th May 2021.

These are the old and new channel names, and their Sky channel numbers..

Sony Channel (157)

https://www.satandpcguy.com/2021/05/22/sony-movies-another-channel-rebrand/

Disney confirm closure of the Fox channel in the UK

Disney has confirmed plans to close down the Fox channel in the UK on the 30th June 2021.

Fox launched as a general entertainment station launched in 2004 as 'FX', and transmits such shows as Family Guy, American Dad, The Walking Dead and American Horror Story.

This leaves National

https://www.satandpcguy.com/2021/05/17/disney-confirm-closure-of-the-fox-channel-in-the-uk/

Confirmation of the latest ITV changes on satellite

ITV continue with their channel satellite shuffle, with a number of SD (standard definition) channels moving to new frequencies.

ITV channels currently on Astra 2E transponder 44 are being moved to different transponder. This will affect SD versions of ITV Central West, Granada, London, Wales, ITV+1 Meridian East, ITV2, ITVBe and ITV4.

The these channels will be moving to transponders 53 ( 10891 H 22000 5/6 ) and 54 ( 10906 V 22000 5/6 ), taking up capacity cleared with the recent closures of many ITV1 and ITV1+1 regional channels.

Also, ITV1 HD Meridian East has also moved frequency,

https://www.satandpcguy.com/2021/05/14/confirmation-of-the-latest-itv-changes-on-satellite/

More ITV channels changing frequencies?

It appears that ITV are still rearranging their channels on satellite.

In recent week we have had closure of some ITV 1 SD and ITV1+1 SD regions, new ITV1 HD regions appears, ITVBE+1 close, and ITV3 move to a new frequency.

And today it appears that ITV1 SD London, Granada and Wales, may be moving frequency soon also.

Transmissions for these three ITV1 SD regions, currently on 10.758 V, have appeared on another ITV operated frequency, 10.891 H 22000 5/6 DVBS QPSK, indicating a probably transponder swap soon.


https://www.satandpcguy.com/2021/05/11/more-itv-channels-changing-frequencies/

Solar Storm alert with possible disruption to satellite signals

A SOLAR STORM travelling at more than 500 kilometres per second is due to collide with Earth on Sunday, and it could have enough of an impact to affect Earth's satellite technology.

A hole in the equatorial region of the Sun's atmosphere has appeared, researchers have said. The hole is spewing solar particles at a speed of 500 kilometres per second, or 1.8 million kilometres per hour. Unfortunately for Earth, it is in the direct path of the stream of solar particles.

Categorised as a G1 class storm, the impacts are expected to be minor but could include power grid fluctuations, impact on satellite operations, and even impacts on migratory animals when it hits today, 2nd May 2021.


https://www.satandpcguy.com/2021/05/02/solar-storm-alert-with-possible-disruption-to-satellite-signals/

GB News channel set to launch soon on Freeview, Freesat and Sky

Andrew Neil’s new British news channel GB News is gradually approaching its launch.

On 28 April, it broadcast a “test signal” on channel 236 of Freeview and YouView TV services, tweeting “we’re hard at work building Britain’s New Channel.

And now GB News has confirmed it has been allocated a Freesat channel number.


https://www.satandpcguy.com/2021/05/01/gb-news-channel-set-to-launch-soon-on-freeview-freesat-and-sky/

ITV changes on the 13th April 2021

A reminder of some UK TV changes for ITV1 and ITV1 HD and ITVBE that will be happening on Monday 13th April 2021.

Since late last year, ITV has been making changes to how it uses its local ITV1 regions. The aim has been to make ITV1 HD as the default option to Sky HD and Freesat HD users.

To do this and increase capacity on their satellite transponders for more ITV1 HD regional versions, they have been closing some of the standard definition regional versions of ITV1. Also, ITVBE+1 will also be closed.

https://www.satandpcguy.com/2021/04/10/itv-changes-on-the-13th-april-2021/

Humax Freesat HDR 1100S Youtube Issue Fix

In early 2021, the Humax Freesat HDR 1100S set top box were affected by an issue, whereby the search function in the Youtube application did not work.

For some reason, when you selected search, the "keypad" appears for a second, then disappeared. This meant that you could no longer use the

https://www.satandpcguy.com/2021/04/02/humax-freesat-hdr-1100s-youtube-issue-fix/

More ITV1 SD regions set to close in April 2021

More ITV1 SD regions set to close in April 2021

ITV have announced that they will be closing down more ITv1 SD (standard definition) regional variations on satellite.

A similar exercise happened in late 2020, when a number of smaller ITV1 regions closed down ( https://www.satandpcguy.com/2020/10/16/itv-changes-20th-october-some-sd-channels-closing-more-hd-channels/ )

The changes are required to help free up satellite capacity for making all ITV1 HD regions and sub regions HD only.

As a result of these changes in April, viewers will

https://www.satandpcguy.com/2021/03/17/more-itv1-sd-regions-set-to-close-in-april-2021/

Having temporary loss of UK satellite TV signals in the morning? Dont worry, it is just the biannual solar outage time (March 2021)

Having temporary loss of UK satellite TV signals in the morning? Dont worry, it is just the biannual solar outage time (March 2021)

It is that time of year again when the sun can affect the power of satellite signals your satellite dish is receiving, resulting in a loss of some of the more weaker UK TV channels via satellite.

Don't panic - it is the bi-annual sun outage and normal this time of year.

This happens in March and October for a couple of weeks every year, around the time of the Spring and Autumn equinox. In the northern hemisphere, sun outages occur before the March equinox (February, March) and after the September equinox (September and October).

These solar outages occur when the sun is directly behind the satellite and the suns energy swamps the signal with interference.

This "satellite solar outage" happens at around 10.30 - 11.30 am and can last for up to 20 minutes and can take place up to 15 days.



https://www.satandpcguy.com/2021/02/28/having-temporary-loss-of-uk-satellite-tv-signals-in-the-morning-dont-worry-it-is-just-the-biannual-solar-outage-time-march-2021/