Sommet Sports on D1! Woohooo!

Forums › Freeview (DVB-T/DVB-S) › Sommet Sports on D1! Woohooo!

haydenmarsh

288 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 20

#142609 18-Mar-2014 17:27

Sommet Sports is on now on Optus D1 under Primes old slot!

12456 H 22500

No audio here - but finally!

1 | 2

32 posts

Geek
+1 received by user: 2

#1008768 19-Mar-2014 09:52

Has it gone again?? I just did a scan of the freeview transponders found nothing new, I was hoping it would be up & running fully for the first race of the new motogp season on monday.

haydenmarsh

288 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 20

#1008785 19-Mar-2014 10:15

Jaggy: Has it gone again?? I just did a scan of the freeview transponders found nothing new, I was hoping it would be up & running fully for the first race of the new motogp season on monday.

Have a look out, it should be under Primes old spot. it something like Service 1928 should be the name

Jaggy

32 posts

Geek
+1 received by user: 2

#1008803 19-Mar-2014 10:41

I just ran it again & on 12456 I only get...

1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1941

haydenmarsh

288 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 20

#1008808 19-Mar-2014 10:43

Jaggy: I just ran it again & on 12456 I only get...

1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1941

Maybe it's down so they can add a proper channel name and epg data to it? and maybe make it HD? :) I'm not at home to see if it's up at the moment.

ajw

1968 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 369

#1008827 19-Mar-2014 11:09

haydenmarsh:
Jaggy: I just ran it again & on 12456 I only get...

1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1941

Maybe it's down so they can add a proper channel name and epg data to it? and maybe make it HD? :) I'm not at home to see if it's up at the moment.

Highly unlikely you will ever see a free to air channel transmitted in HD from the Optus D! on the freeview platform.

Handsomedan

7769 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 7402

ID Verified

Trusted

Subscriber

#1008862 19-Mar-2014 11:32

Forgive my ignorance...does this simply mean it's coming to Freeview Satellite, or also Sky?

Handsome Dan Has Spoken.
Handsome Dan needs to stop adding three dots to every sentence...

Handsome Dan does not currently have a side hustle as the mascot for Yale

*Gladly accepting donations...

Dyson

Shop now for Dyson appliances (affiliate link).

haydenmarsh

288 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 20

#1008865 19-Mar-2014 11:35

Handsomedan: Forgive my ignorance...does this simply mean it's coming to Freeview Satellite, or also Sky?

Hopefully both.

old3eyes

9158 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1364

Subscriber

#1008932 19-Mar-2014 12:48

haydenmarsh:
Handsomedan: Forgive my ignorance...does this simply mean it's coming to Freeview Satellite, or also Sky?

Hopefully both.

Why both?? Won't that be a waste of sat space..??

Regards,

Old3eyes

haydenmarsh

288 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 20

#1008937 19-Mar-2014 12:58

old3eyes:
haydenmarsh:
Handsomedan: Forgive my ignorance...does this simply mean it's coming to Freeview Satellite, or also Sky?

Hopefully both.

Why both?? Won't that be a waste of sat space..??

Take trackside for example. it's on a Sky Transponder FTA, both Sky and Freeview receivers can get that. :)

Spiker

34 posts

Geek
+1 received by user: 15

#1008940 19-Mar-2014 13:00

I also noticed it last night as I hadn't deleted the old Prime preset spot as it was rumoured there would be a sport channel using it in the future. Just checked & its gone again. Testing I guess.

haydenmarsh

288 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 20

#1008941 19-Mar-2014 13:01

Spiker: I also noticed it last night as I hadn't deleted the old Prime preset spot as it was rumoured there would be a sport channel using it in the future. Just checked & its gone again. Testing I guess.

It should hopefully be back up soon - it's being announced tomorrow!

Quic Broadband

Move to New Zealand's best fibre broadband service (affiliate link). Free setup code: R587125ERQ6VE. Note that to use Quic Broadband you must be comfortable with configuring your own router.

MyFriendAutism

336 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 106

ID Verified

#1008970 19-Mar-2014 13:52

Running with Audio right now.

MyFriendAutism

336 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 106

ID Verified

#1008973 19-Mar-2014 13:53

Gone again...lol. I did just notice the Test Transmission Logo at the centre top of the screen.

Spyware

3818 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1366

Lifetime subscriber

#1009008 19-Mar-2014 14:33

haydenmarsh:
Jaggy: I just ran it again & on 12456 I only get...

1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1941

Maybe it's down so they can add a proper channel name and epg data to it? and maybe make it HD? :) I'm not at home to see if it's up at the moment.

One doesn't have HD channels on an dvb-s mpeg2 transponder that is compressed to buggery already (HD has only ever been run over DVB-S2 H.264 on Sky transponders). Given the dreadful image quality that Sommet try to pass off as broadcast quality on the terrestrial service I can't imagine that they have any appreciation of HD or would have the funds to purchase such services. If they did have the funds why are they feeding 360p sub 1 Mbps Internet streams into the DVB-T encoders?? You don't get 10+ Mbps 1080i streams for free.

Spark Max Fibre using Mikrotik CCR1009-8G-1S-1S+, CRS125-24G-1S, Unifi UAP, U6-Pro, UAP-AC-M-Pro, Apple TV 4K (2022), Apple TV 4K (2017), iPad Air 1st gen, iPad Air 4th gen, iPhone 13, SkyNZ3151 (the white box). If it doesn't move then it's data cabled.

old3eyes

9158 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1364

Subscriber

#1009226 19-Mar-2014 18:47

haydenmarsh:
old3eyes:
haydenmarsh:
Handsomedan: Forgive my ignorance...does this simply mean it's coming to Freeview Satellite, or also Sky?

Hopefully both.

Why both?? Won't that be a waste of sat space..??

Take trackside for example. it's on a Sky Transponder FTA, both Sky and Freeview receivers can get that. :)

I think when TS went off analog Sky opened up TS on the sat.. That will come to an end soon as TS is going Sky only.

Regards,

Old3eyes

1 | 2