[access-uk] Re: Sky Channel move
- From: tony scanlon <turrots@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 12:51:49 +0100
Hi All
Yes Jackie outside the London region we need to go elsewhere for AD on
the main BBC1/2 and ITV1. In my own case i have to go to the other
channels menu where i have the London stations stored as the nine
hundred channel numbers are not available in the Irish Republic.
Here is an item i found on the Sky EpG changes.
Tony.
Today is Sky EPG reshuffle day
Sky customers need to get used to a new set of channel numbers from
today, as channels in some genres move places. While the main channels
largely remain as they were, there will be a few changes -
particularly around channel 200 and in the 400s and 900s.
With the launch of 4seven, Channel 4 is moving its HD channel to Sky
channel 230, freeing up channel 140 for its catch up channel.
Channels that previously sat on channel 450-499 are being moved to sit
under channel 450, with the exception of "Primetime", which moves to
channel 498. This comes ahead of the launch of the BBC Olympic
channels from channel 450 onward later this month.
Some Sky Box Office services in standard definition have been taken
off air to compensate for the standard definition versions of the
Olympic channels. This is because the launch queue for any more SD
services on Sky is frozen. If a new standard definition service
launches, another one has to give way.
Sky has assured its customers that despite the changes, series links
and scheduled recordings on the affected channels should not be
affected.
List of channel changes
Sky has published details of the changes on its website:
http://www.sky.com/helpcentre/tv/finding-and-recording-programmes/july-2012-channel-number-changes/
On 4 July 2012 12:38, Jackie Cairns <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Saqib
>
> Actually this is not always the case. We certainly do not receive AD on
> Ulster when pressing 103, so that is why we go to the London ITV channel to
> ensure AD is provided.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Jackie Cairns
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Saqib Hussain
> Sent: 04 July 2012 12:08
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sky Channel move
>
> I believe AD is provided on the standard channels like 103 and I don't
> understand why people are switching over to 993. In the help menu there is
> an option to turn AD on and once done! you can Audio Described drama on all
> of the channels.
>
> On 04/07/2012, Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Clive,
>>
>> I don't think seeing or not seeing the legend is an issue to be
>> honest. If it doesn't change channel when you go to it, it's pretty
>> obvious it's not available.
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Steve
>>
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: 04 July 2012 11:26
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sky Channel move
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I found that 993 was unavailable too, and contacted the accessibility
>> helpline. They told me that, if I can put it this way, all of the
>> channel numbers formerly sitting between 971 and 994 have now 'moved
>> 20 places up the charts, pop pickers. So 994 (BBC1 AD) has now become 954.
>> Be warned therefore that if you've pre-programmed anything to record
>> BBC1 974, you'll get channel 4 AD instead. They say the moves are an
>> attempt to do housekeeping, to put the channels into more logical
>> groups. I'd have thought it would have made sense to put the channels
>> together so that, for example, Challenge + 1 hour is one number higher
>> than Challenge bog standard version, so that it literally becomes
>> challenge + 1 = challenge + 1.
>>
>> It's a pity they can't set up an accessibility news email list with
>> one-way traffic, where they can give their disabled customers a
>> heads-up of forthcoming changes which will affect AD channels, but
>> they say they have too many customers to do that. Is that real a
>> problem if they wouldn't need to send the update to each individual
>> address, but instead to encourage people to subscribe to a group like
>> this one? After all that's how the weekly news bulletins come out from,
> say, Radio 4 Extra.
>> At present, they say the onus is on the customer to keep re-visiting
>> www.sky.com/accessibility to check for latest news. Therefore, it's
>> inevitable that we'd find out by trying the number and nothing changing.
>> Sighted people see the legend: "Channel number not available".
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Clive
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Clive
>>
>>
>>
>> Clive Lever
>> Diversity and Equality Officer
>> Kent County Council
>>
>> Office: 01622 221163
>> Email: clive.lever@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> Kent County Council
>> Room 2.35A
>> Sessions House
>> Maidstone, Kent.
>> ME14 1XQ
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Jackie Cairns
>> Sent: 04 July 2012 09:16
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sky Channel move
>>
>> Good one Nuttball, thanks for clarifying this as 993 didn't act for me
>> last night using just the original Sky box. I use the ITV London
>> region for AD.
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Jackie Cairns
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Steve Nutt
>> Sent: 03 July 2012 17:15
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Sky Channel move
>>
>> Hi guys and gals.
>>
>>
>>
>> I just received an update to my Sky Plus HD box and noticed that ITV
>> London if you are not in the London region has now been moved from
>> Channel 993, to 973. Please bear this in mind if you are a Sky Plus
>> customer and want to record ITV with audio description, since you can
>> only get that in the London region. 993 no longer exists as a channel.
>>
>>
>>
>> Just thought I'd let you all know.
>>
>>
>>
>> All the best
>>
>>
>>
>> Steve
>>
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>>
>> Computer Room Services
>>
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>>
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>>
>> Hertfordshire
>>
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>>
>> Tel: 01438-742286
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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