Kordia TV - Hidden broadcast

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skewt

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# 250554 16-May-2019 10:24

Not sure how longs its been there but Kordia seem to be broadcasting a hidden channel in Dunedin at the moment (and I assume elsewhere)

This is currently showing a live stream of the Accelerate World Conference https://twitter.com/WorldAccelerate

We couldn't tune this in on a Sony TV as it seemed to ignore the channel but a chinese DVB-T box picked this up fine.

Freq: 36 (Kordia)
Video ID: 550, Audio ID: 600

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# 2238911 16-May-2019 10:41

Is it a regular DVB-T channel?, what's it bit rate?

Kordia have been playing with DVB-T2 broadcasts (4K) - so your cheap box might be a T2 compliant device, which is why it can see it....

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# 2238932 16-May-2019 10:55

wellygary:

Is it a regular DVB-T channel?, what's it bit rate?

Kordia have been playing with DVB-T2 broadcasts (4K) - so your cheap box might be a T2 compliant device, which is why it can see it....

Reports as DVB-T,

ONID: 8746
NID: 13313
TSID: 0033
PCR: 550
Video Bitrate: H.264 720x576
Audio Bitrate: AAC 96Kpbs

Constellation: 64QAM
Guard: 1/16
FFT: 8K
BW: 8M

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# 2238941 16-May-2019 11:15

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Service ID1400
8000 AIT
1004 Data Carousel
550 H.264
600 AAC (LATM) eng

3.2Mbps.. so defnitely not 4k ;-)

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# 2239120 16-May-2019 13:52

It came up and reported you can pay to broadcast your event on this channel so it appears its part of Kordia Live

https://www.kordia.co.nz/products/broadcast

POP UP TV

Want to take your next event, announcement or AGM to an even bigger audience? Why not do so over your very own Pop Up TV channel. Kordia provides a unique and affordable service that lets you stand up your own temporary Freeview TV channel – whether it be for one hour, one day, or one week – and beam your news or event to viewers located around New Zealand. Ideal for events such as product launches, sporting events, festivals, cultural celebrations and more.

Doesn't seem great when it could not be tuned in correctly

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# 2239499 16-May-2019 19:56

You probably find it via the LCN channel number? if it has one

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# 2239501 16-May-2019 20:02

Apsattv:
You probably find it via the LCN channel number? if it has one

We tried both a Panasonic and Sony tv
Both didn’t list the channel at all when doing a manual scan of UHF46, just all the other channels on the frequency

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# 2239507 16-May-2019 20:17

skewt: Doesn't seem great when it could not be tuned in correctly

I suspect the fact that you couldn't tune it with the Sony equipment is because Kordia are intentionally hiding the channel from Freeview-compatible equipment. After all, the channel is only intended to be a pop-up channel, not a full-time broadcast channel.

If a customer pays to broadcast an event on the channel and that customer wants the broadcast to be exposed to the public, I suppose Kordia would do whatever is necessary to "un-hide" the channel for the duration of the event. After the event it would go back to how it is now.

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# 2239509 16-May-2019 20:21

Apsattv: You probably find it via the LCN channel number? if it has one

It doesn't have an LCN (or an SDT entry) at present. From a technical perspective, all it has is the bare minimum (PAT entry, PMT, video and audio stream) for advanced hardware/software to find and/or play it.