[TelstraClear] 15 new channels by November + improved picture quality

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#16862 31-Oct-2007 22:00

Do we have a date that this is going to happen? Unless it is happening tonight they have missed the "by November" time line.

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#93247 1-Nov-2007 00:34

Well Movember is here, and I do not see any changes to the channel line up.

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#93261 1-Nov-2007 08:49

A quote from the TelstraClear Website:

“We’re just completing a $1.3m transmission upgrade on our network, which allows us to expand our channel capacity and optimise the picture quality. In November our InHome TV customers will have 15 great new channels to view.”

Guess we will have to wait.

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#93263 1-Nov-2007 08:53

November had not even started whe this discussion begun. There are 30 days to go. C'mon folks...

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#93266 1-Nov-2007 09:07

Later in the same article

“We’re just completing a $1.3m transmission upgrade on our network, which allows us to expand our channel capacity and optimise the picture quality. By November our InHome TV customers will have 15 great new channels to view.”

Also from another thread Jeff from Telstra said

Our Head End and Architecture teams are planning one of the largest Head end upgrades in the last 10 years to expand our channel capacity and improve our technical capabilities in many areas including support for MPEG transmission. Picture quality improvements will also be part of this work. This is planned for phased introduction from late September 2007 to late October 2007.

Anyway what I am realy after is a reply from Telstra if they have a release date yet?

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#93791 5-Nov-2007 13:40

Bloke in the Courtenay Place shop said November 14th. He caveated that there could be delays - it's a big upgrade so it's hard to be firm about dates.

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#93983 6-Nov-2007 17:55

Hi

I can confirm that I have just been advised by the Engineering team of the plan to "fire up" the following channels and radio stations on 14th November.

Testing and bedding down is underway, so please bear with us as we implement this complex process. All channels my not "light up" at the same time.

The second phase (date yet to be cofirmed) will deliver further channels including City TV, Triangle TV, Shine, CCTV International and Alt TV.

Picture quality improvements will follow during the first week of December.

Due to an overload within our web design teams the TelstraClear web page will not be updated immediately.

Regards

Jeff Doyle - Market Manager InHome Services

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CTV6	308	World TV $53.10
CTV7	309	World TV $53.10
KTV 2	301	World TV $53.10
Star Plus Hindi	315	Star Plus Hindi $9.99
Fox News	92	Available with a tier
Sky Sports Highlights	33	Sport, Sport + Movies
Crime & Investigation	71	Available with a tier
Vibe	7	Available with a tier
Sky Movies 2	21	Movies, Sport + Movies
Bloomberg TV	96	Basic start up
The Cheese	511	Basic start up
Kiwi FM	500	Basic start up
Radio New Zealand Concert	502	Basic start up
George FM	504	Basic start up
Niu	503	Basic start up

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#93994 6-Nov-2007 18:32

How did The Cheese make it in there?

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#94004 6-Nov-2007 21:01

Can't wait for Fox News.

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#94017 6-Nov-2007 22:10

munchkin: Can't wait for Fox News.

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#94031 7-Nov-2007 03:42

Cheers for the update Jeff. Always better to get info from the horses mouth as it were

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#94378 9-Nov-2007 00:08

Fox News is a great 'Entertainment' channel, but the worst 'News' channel ever created.

But because of this, its still good to watch, I just won't be watching it for news as such :P

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#94381 9-Nov-2007 02:09

Crowbar: Fox News is a great 'Entertainment' channel, but the worst 'News' channel ever created.

But because of this, its still good to watch, I just won't be watching it for news as such :P

I agree completely! It'll be interesting to see what is presented as 'news', though - especially if 'Fox & Friends' (on Prime) is be a clue.

Slightly skirting around the general topic though...I know that it's unlikely, but are any of the digital channels transmitted in clear QAM?

Only few days to go, heres hoping the quality is good enough to move the analogue box off of our main TV (40" LCD)

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#94421 9-Nov-2007 10:48

munchkin: ..

Slightly skirting around the general topic though...I know that it's unlikely, but are any of the digital channels transmitted in clear QAM?

Unlikely since one could potentially use a tuner card and/or box and received the digital channels without paying $9.95/month for the digital upgrade. And I don't mean steal premium channels - just to be able to even see TV1 TV2 TV3 etc. without paying for the box.

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#94466 9-Nov-2007 15:40

We can do that with the analogue channels though..

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#94479 9-Nov-2007 16:31

munchkin: We can do that with the analogue channels though..

True but you get what you pay for!

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