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Anyone got a list of all the new transponders for Freeview and Sky?

is this any help ?

https://www.lyngsat.com/Optus-D2-and-Measat-3a-and-Koreasat-6.html

yobbo:

 

is this any help ?

 

https://www.lyngsat.com/Optus-D2-and-Measat-3a-and-Koreasat-6.html

 

That's just showing the existing/old transponders for Sky and Freeview on Optus D2.
Doesn't appear to have any for them on the new satellite, yet.

Found this for Freeview 

https://cdn.matchmaster.com.au/downloads/custom/freeview-installer-update-kt6-transponders-4-apr-2025.pdf

Interesting centre frequencies with the .8 and .2 tacked on the end.

Most decoder will just round those up or down and dont need precise mhz for the tps. It will be in the NIT info

I can confirm that the new Freeview TPs are live

openmedia:

 

I can confirm that the new Freeview TPs are live

 

Must be on and off. 12530 is off again. I'll re-test tomorrow.

From the Herald this morning

"Sky TV has this morning switched to its new satellite, 36,000km above Earth, and most customers have changed over seamlessly. It was a “huge relief”, a Sky TV spokeswoman told Media Insider.

Sky says a small number of black- and white-box customers might need to reboot their machines – a simple turn off/turn on at the wall for 10 seconds should do the trick.

After months of issues with its ailing and wobbly Optus D2 satellite causing bad TV reception for many customers, the pay TV company started the switchover to its new Koreasat 6 satellite about 4.30am on Tuesday morning."

Testerpot:

 

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Press release

 

Early this morning, Sky switched satellite services to its new satellite. Initial testing shows that the switchover has been completed successfully, with the vast majority of customers switching over seamlessly. In some instances, customers may need to re-start their box to continue watching (a simple process of turning the box off at the wall and waiting 10 seconds).

 

Sophie Moloney, Sky Chief Executive, said: “The programme to migrate to a new satellite has been a significant project for Sky over the past financial year, and technology projects of this scale always carry risk and complexity.  We are delighted to confirm that the switch to the new satellite successfully occurred in the early hours of this morning.”  

 

Post switchover testing and customer engagement activities are now underway. Customer Care and Operations teams are working to support any customers who require assistance to connect to the new satellite and optimise their set up, noting that customers on the new Sky Box with sufficient broadband connectivity will continue to access services via IP if their satellite service is disrupted. 

 

The new satellite is expected to deliver a superior signal strength to almost all of New Zealand. However, Sky is continuing to engage with customers in some parts of lower Southland, and upper Northland, where some properties may have reduced signal strength from the new satellite given their location. Sky has already upgraded many dishes in these areas (including all customers in Gisborne and the East Cape that we believed might require support), but is working at pace to visit the remaining customers in areas where their properties may benefit from a dish upgrade or slight tweak of their set up. In home technician teams are located in these areas ready to support, and once this work is complete, all customers in these areas can expect reliable service from Sky.

 

Sadly no actual technical changes other than a switch to DVB-S2. I was really hoping we'd see the Freeview Channels update to H264 from MPEG2.

Adjusted it to 9.5 db S/N in Invercargill. Solid so far.😀

If anyone has any issues with a decoder not working today, try

Push: setup - 1111 - select

should goto a blank screen and hopefully force an update