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Inspector Sands
Rkolsen posted:

Would it be presumptuous of me to assume that the "family symbol" were the lines making waves in the background? I've heard of it below but it to me looks the same unless they use one of those backgrounds.

I can't remember if it animated, if it did it was a loop rather than it fading on screen as in the video ident
DV
dvboy
JAS84 posted:
a516 posted:
JAS84 posted:
Yeah, that's odd. You'd think it would be a CBBC downtime slide, not a generic 11 hour ident.

Something else strange. Kix has shown up on the EPG, but instead of a MHEG caption, it has a proper slide saying that it, "a brand new kids channel" launches April 7th. Since the channel is already on Sky (and has been for years), if they already have the stream running, why not just launch it now?!


The local TV multiplex is currently only configured to have three streams at a fixed bitrate. POP has taken a 0.5 Mbps cut in bitrate to fit Kix in. Either there's a reconfiguration underway, or one of the commercial services is moving off the multiplex.
I think you didn't catch the "instead of an MHEG" bit. It may have no animation or music, but the caption wasn't an MHEG, it was like the slide that certain channels use when off air (ITV+1 for example has one when they can't air the gambling slot, and BBC3 would use one between closedown and CBBC starting up). So if something is moving off the multiplex, that's already happened.


Pop moved to Com6/ARQB today.
MI
Mike516
JAS84 posted:
a516 posted:
JAS84 posted:
Yeah, that's odd. You'd think it would be a CBBC downtime slide, not a generic 11 hour ident.

Something else strange. Kix has shown up on the EPG, but instead of a MHEG caption, it has a proper slide saying that it, "a brand new kids channel" launches April 7th. Since the channel is already on Sky (and has been for years), if they already have the stream running, why not just launch it now?!


The local TV multiplex is currently only configured to have three streams at a fixed bitrate. POP has taken a 0.5 Mbps cut in bitrate to fit Kix in. Either there's a reconfiguration underway, or one of the commercial services is moving off the multiplex.
I think you didn't catch the "instead of an MHEG" bit. It may have no animation or music, but the caption wasn't an MHEG, it was like the slide that certain channels use when off air (ITV+1 for example has one when they can't air the gambling slot, and BBC3 would use one between closedown and CBBC starting up). So if something is moving off the multiplex, that's already happened.

I saw your "instead of MHEG bit". To provide some further background information, the local TV multiplex doesn't have MHEG ability, so they use a static video slate, borrowing 0.5 Mbps of fixed rate capacity from elsewhere. Neither does the multiplex use stat-muxing, so only three [live, moving video] streams can broadcast at the same time, answering your question:
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"Since the channel is already on Sky (and has been for years), if they already have the stream running, why not just launch it now?!"

As dvboy has posted POP has moved off the multiplex, meaning Kix's stream can be upgraded to a 2.5Mbps fixed bitrate moving videostream.
CA
Caly123
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Stuart posted:
benriggers posted:
TCOTV posted:
CBBC is a full 24hours stream on FreeView. Currently got a BBC logo with waves things playing the red button music?

Love that red button music.

Indeed, it is nice and soothing.


Quite a contrast to the painful, unnecessarily protracted and tortuous demise of BBC Three since late last year . . . Confused


Just got the ident on now. Strangely, I want it to fade out and show something else.
JA
JAS84
Just rescanned. Estuary appeared on Channel 7 (moved yesterday I assume) and for some reason I had about 20 channels more than usual - apparently I've managed to pick up BBC One North East and Cumbria and ITV Tyne Tees (along with the rest of the channels on their muxes) in the 800s. Has that region had a signal boost recently?
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Markymark
JAS84 posted:
Just rescanned. Estuary appeared on Channel 7 (moved yesterday I assume) and for some reason I had about 20 channels more than usual - apparently I've managed to pick up BBC One North East and Cumbria and ITV Tyne Tees (along with the rest of the channels on their muxes) in the 800s. Has that region had a signal boost recently?


No, but signal levels can be enhanced during high pressure weather conditions, and the likely transmitter (Bilsdale) is renowned for having a signal that travels far. (I've received on occasions here in Hampshire)

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