Say hello to TVNZ Duke Launching in March

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#1516302 20-Mar-2016 08:41

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fe31nz:

I have just done scans on DVB-T and DVB-S and I can now see Duke available. It has replaced TVNZ PopUp on channel 13 in both cases, with the service ID changing from 1204 to 1205 on DVB-T and from 1903 to 1904 on DVB-S. It does not seem to be present on Sky yet - it is supposed to be channel 23 there. Now I am off to see what its EPG says.

I've got it on Sky now. Channel 23, just on an old standard Sky box (not MySky, or one of the new upgraded boxes).

Odd that they're launching with a 6pm to midnight schedule only.. I suppose the hours will widen once they pick up more advertising.

Apparently feedback for a primetime channel was strong. It'll be supplemented by sport outside those hours - as per the Popup 13's previous (existing?) sports lineup.

Wonder if they will show the NFL and NBA repeats in the evenings as they do now or is all that gone..

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#1516361 20-Mar-2016 11:28

old3eyes:

Wonder if they will show the NFL and NBA repeats in the evenings as they do now or is all that gone..

NBA replays at least look they will play in the evening. According to watchduke.co.nz:

NBA Oklahoma v Houston LIVE Wednesday, 1pm - 4pm also plays NBA Oklahoma v Houston Wednesday, 8:30pm - 10:30pm

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#1516392 20-Mar-2016 13:02

old3eyes:

fe31nz:

I have just done scans on DVB-T and DVB-S and I can now see Duke available. It has replaced TVNZ PopUp on channel 13 in both cases, with the service ID changing from 1204 to 1205 on DVB-T and from 1903 to 1904 on DVB-S. It does not seem to be present on Sky yet - it is supposed to be channel 23 there. Now I am off to see what its EPG says.

Wonder if it will be HD on Sky. Pity it doesn't seem to be HD on FV OTA..

The sky feed is taken from the Freeview Transponders on Satellite in SD, given the infrastructure and the current bandwidth issue on the Satellite, nothing can be done until SKY closes down their MPEG2 channels and reloads them in MPEG4 to allow for HD and UHD services, HD could come to Duke, you need to pressure TVNZ though, contact them directly via the website, social media too.

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#1516459 20-Mar-2016 16:17

Will DUKE be available in HD?

The channel will be broadcast in standard def. HD isn’t on the cards for launch but it’s something we’ll keep in mind for the channel’s future development.

As for online, some of DUKE’s content will be streamed in HD, not all of it – we’ll always put it out in the best possible quality.

The channel will be broadcast in standard def. HD isn’t on the cards for launch but it’s something we’ll keep in mind for the channel’s future development.

As for online, some of DUKE’s content will be streamed in HD, not all of it – we’ll always put it out in the best possible quality.

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#1516551 20-Mar-2016 18:30

new HD streaming link https://bcsecurelivehls-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/233679/4738164143001/Duke/masterR_5.m3u8

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#1516562 20-Mar-2016 18:46

Whats with the Advertising of the "strange" times

Their own Advertising

Losing Traction 6:59PM
The indestructibles 7:29PM
Darknet: 7:59PM
Brookyn Nine-Nine Tuesdays 8:55PM etc

On the Sky Planner they are rounded to 7:00, 7:30 etc

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#1516593 20-Mar-2016 19:41

LennonNZ:
Whats with the Advertising of the "strange" times

Their own Advertising

Losing Traction 6:59PM
The indestructibles 7:29PM
Darknet: 7:59PM
Brookyn Nine-Nine Tuesdays 8:55PM etc

On the Sky Planner they are rounded to 7:00, 7:30 etc

Those are the actual on air times.

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#1516595 20-Mar-2016 19:53

duke looks like its going to be another tvnz u channel

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#1516648 20-Mar-2016 21:19

I think I'll be watching the Internet stream whenever I can, looks much better quality than the Freeview broadcast

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#1516671 20-Mar-2016 23:29

l43a2:

openmedia:

Had a look at your stream URLs.

SD Stream is 640x368

HD Stream is 480x270

Something a bit odd there. How did you grab the stream URLs?

not sure where your getting that HD stream figure from it should be 720p at around 2.5mbit bitrate

VLC provided the details

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#1516672 20-Mar-2016 23:32

l43a2:

new HD streaming link https://bcsecurelivehls-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/233679/4738164143001/Duke/masterR_5.m3u8

Better - A 2.5 Mbit 720p stream

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#1516673 20-Mar-2016 23:34

I must admit I enjoyed the Showtime show "Dark Net" that was on tonight.

Also a great place to run shows that should be in prime-time but don't have the audience for TV One + TV 2.

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#1516686 21-Mar-2016 02:16

Streams are as below,

main
https://bcsecurelivehls-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/233679/4738164143001/Duke/master.m3u8

alt

https://tvnzioslive-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/230634/963482467001/Duke/master.m3u8

sub streams

480x290
https://bcsecurelivehls-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/233679/4738164143001/Duke/masterR_1.m3u8
640x386
https://bcsecurelivehls-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/233679/4738164143001/Duke/masterR_2.m3u8
960x546
https://bcsecurelivehls-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/233679/4738164143001/Duke/masterR_3.m3u8
1024x578
https://bcsecurelivehls-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/233679/4738164143001/Duke/masterR_4.m3u8
1280x738
https://bcsecurelivehls-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/233679/4738164143001/Duke/masterR_5.m3u8

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#1516739 21-Mar-2016 10:19

I had a quick look last night on Sky channel 23 but it was a bit of a mess. Pressing the information button on the Sky remote showed the same program description listed for three (different) shows in a row, but I suspect this is Sky's fault for not updating the EPG properly, rather than Duke's. Over on Sky's website there is no mention of Duke at all yet, either in the list of channels/packages or in the online TV guide.

They start showing the AFL from this Thursday night, so I'll definitely be watching a lot of that.

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#1516749 21-Mar-2016 10:56

andrew027:

Over on Sky's website there is no mention of Duke at all yet, either in the list of channels/packages or in the online TV guide.

They will get that sorted today along with the Freeview website as well which still shows TVNZ POP UP

Update: Freeview website now updated

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