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skewt

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#250554 16-May-2019 10:24
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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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wellygary
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  #2238911 16-May-2019 10:41
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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
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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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    Details

     

  • 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
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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

 

 

 

     

 

 

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

 

 

 

 


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  #2239499 16-May-2019 19:56
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You probably find  it via the LCN channel number? if it has one

 

 

 

 


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  #2239501 16-May-2019 20:02
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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
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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
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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.

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  #2239564 16-May-2019 21:46
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My HD HomeRun picks up the channel

 

 





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  #2239593 16-May-2019 23:33
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ANglEAUT: My HD HomeRun picks up the channel

 

Interesting that you get a channel name and number. Those details definitely aren't available here in the Manawatu.

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  #2243134 22-May-2019 14:19
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ANglEAUT:

 

My HD HomeRun picks up the channel

 

 

Mine too, but it doesn't show up in tvheadend (which otherwise picks up bloody everything). It's certainly well hidden...


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  #2249185 31-May-2019 16:02
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My LG TV is picking up this up on Channel 200 (from Fitzherbert transmitter), no EPG however.


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  #2249242 31-May-2019 17:22
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DjShadow:

My LG TV is picking up this up on Channel 200 (from Fitzherbert transmitter), no EPG however.



Looks like a "rent me" channel in SD.




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  #2249561 1-Jun-2019 14:51
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Showing up on Plex for me, Forest Hill transmitter (JDA). The EPG on the freeview website simply says Kordia TV, so not much more information there.

 

 

 

Edit: Looks like there's a news item on the Freeview Forum about it: https://freeviewforum.co.nz/forum/topics/kordia-tv. Doesn't look like there's much more information on there either.


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