[Merged]Sky One fault 25/2/07.
 

Don't know how long it'll last, but Sky One's bitrate has been turned right down at the headend and audio descript enabled.

Edit: There's a semi-national TV fault, see page 2.

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pardon my less knowledge but what does this mean for people lol

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Looks like NTL's feed is okay, Telewest is foobarred.

It means it looks blocky, and there's audio description of events in 24 in effected areas.

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I have no sound on all channels. Do you thing Rupert pulled the plug at headend? (I am in the Guildford area)

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No problem here in Woking

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Problems here in Wirral - Sky one just keeps locking up, going to a blank screen, then coming back on a few mins later

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Yeah, it looks like some kind of fault at the Knowsley 'head end' (Telewest's distribution point in Liverpool) with Sky channels. Worst timing ever, though, as it will start the rumour mongering.

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commpletely lost Sky One in Stockport SK2

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Sky1 in birmingham is very pixelated with a narrator talking over 24...perhaps its the nail in the coffin from sky!

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Nope - the Telewest and NTL head ends both obtain the Sky feeds by sat. It's some kind of semi-national fault, as it's effecting multiple Sky channels now.

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just lost sky one in leeds

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My teenager is going nuts!! Right in the middle of 24 - the only thing he commandeers the telly for all week

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No problems in South Yorkshire, ex-tw.

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It's pretty messed up on ex-NTHell Derby. - not watchable at all.

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thats teenagers for you - give him a slap ;)

anybody know when 24 gets repeated?

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all fine in sunny essex

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Sky one and all sky channels ok here in cheshire.
I am with sky.

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BBC news 24 and BBC 2/3/4 are experiencing problems, along with some of the Sky channels.

Not all regions. They have a serious fault.

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Sky One down in NW Leeds - ex-NTL, now VM.

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We have no channels at all here in SK11! I've checked the cable connections, as suggested by the helpful message that popped up.....

Virgin Media

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rochdale area:

old NTL no Sky one and no Virgin central

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can't slap him - he's bigger than me!!!

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Loads of channels out here in Stockport SK6 - no BBC3 or 4, Sky 1 etc.

Error log says no signal.

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:rofl:

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lol, how childish is that of Sky?????

Screw it then, I'm downloading my programs instead!

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Mine working fine in bournemouth...:)

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Whats up?
I was not attempting to rub anyones noses, please dont try suggesting it by that smiley.
Thanks.

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anyone know what episodes of 24 and Lost we are on?

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BBC and Sky channels down in Bolton! :mad:

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In all seriousness I dont think it is what you are suggesting.

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just checked for grimsby fine here but seems its spreading. So anybody think theres been a alledged sabortage of virgin media system.

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Sunny at 21:40? something is wrong mate!

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Then order him to sit down first, as my mum used to do with me ;)

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sky advert has just been on saying how much they have invested in there channels and said virgin media will take them okk if u dont want to lose these channels contact virgin or join sky....:Yikes: :mad:

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SK10 Problems galore !!

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Other options are?

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Methinks the FooFoo valve on the end of the giggling stick has gone all wonky at VM (Then again, it may well be the dilithium chamber is about to blow)

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Bury BL9 without Sky One. So instead of watching 24, we've got the Vicar of Dibley on. I'm just waiting for Jack Bauer to show up and start breaking Hugo Hortons fingers.......

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just LOST sky one.

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24 and lost are both on episode 9 i believe

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Yes, problems here in sk1 area too. Living tv has been off since around 9-30PM, came up saying i wasn't subscribed to the channels!:Yikes: I know i've paid the bill.

How come faults happen when it's weekend and there's no-one there at the other end to sort it out???

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well well how strange. Sky One reappeared a few minutes after 24 finished.. Stayed on air for the first few minutes of Lost and has now gone again. Must be a coincidence...

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That happened here as well. I have got sound now, but no picture...

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It'll be the Illuminati, I expect....

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A quick flick sorted it out and Sky is back...there was no conspiracy...

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Looks like it's fixed.. (?)

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seems to be fine here in runcorn, but not been watching tonight but have just checked, although it may have been playing up while i was making my hundredth brew of the day

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we have problems here to - it has frozen no LOST! i think it is on purpose..

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ARRG 15 mins into lost and iv lost it, in the esher/claygate area (KT10)
Other sky channels seen to be ok, the picture on sky one was scrambling a few mins before it went down though
YAY ITS BACK

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So blame sky anyway? :erm:

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we ar nearish to you but it is back now. just!

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No problems with Sky One on VM in Cambridge.

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SK2 : Sky One came back during the first ad break in Lost. Just in time to see the Sky ad about the amount invested in programmes etc and how Virgin Media want to take it away from their viewers,

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Sky News new look:

BSkyB/Sky have giving an new look to Sky News [ Fox News UK ] tonight

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Just seen the sky one advert at the end - that is really naughty!! It makes me want to stay with virgin media, even though virgin have taken over my gym and are propbably going to make it Red and horrible :(

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Yeh noticed its now a black look just like Virgin Medias new menu system on the STB's

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it is all messed up here at kt12 as well .

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has yours just messed up? mines been back for a bit now and im only a few miles from you.

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ummmm, yeah. It's not particularly practical for me to get a dish and being they are trying to force me to go sky, I really have no choice but to gain the programs by other means. Ultimately, it's the producer that loses out and it is Sky that has caused it.

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We had 2 fifteen to twenty second glitches during 24 last night, we're in Surrey. As that's all I watch I can't comment on anything else. The VM oriented ads came through OK though ;)

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Everything taped fine for me in Leicester

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It is sky who have caused what exactly?
They have caused the problem with the picture and sounds?
Can you prove that?
You have no choice but to gain the channels by other means?
Sorry, you have every choice to watch something legitimate, you either stay with VM or you go with sky, tell me, why is it not practical? not liking the look of a dish on the side of your house is one thing, but to say it is not practical without a reason is not really sound reasoning is it?
Sky have a product just as any company, what they sell it at is upto them, they are entitled to do that, if VM do not want to pay what they view as excessive then that is their right.
But to say " NO CHOICE " do me a favour ;)

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I can't have a dish due to the building restrictions on this house.
Maybe it was an entire coinsidence that SkyOne went wrong just during it's heaviest rating - but maybe it wasn't, who are we to know.
I've been perfectly happy with the service I've had over the last few years. I've paid for all I have but now it seems that Sky and VM spat is going to rob me of two of my programs.
I'm perfectly willing to pay-my-way, but I won't be held to ransom. I hope the day comes soon when we can buy the shows from the independant.

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Sorry to hear about the restrictions, but you have atleast explained ;)
Totally agree, I dont know why all these packages cannot be broken down into just programmes you would buy seperately, it must be technically possible.

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We checked the feed comming in, it was distorted there. Can't prove it but you know it...

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Checked the feed coming in where?
Cant prove it but you know it?
Can you explain that thought?
If I saw a group of lads around my car one night and the following morning I discovered four slashed tyres does that mean that I know it was them?

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They've started doing it over the pond but it seems to only be available over there at the moment.

I hope you understand now that I'm not the **** that wants steal everything. I own over 400 genuine DVD's and my entire music collection is genuine :)

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No but when you check the feed comming into the TW network and it is distorted is sort of sets of alarm bells. The distortion was not down to us.

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Hey ;) I never suggested otherwise, if you thought I did then sorry.
All my collection is genuine, my music collection is my pride, having a real good system that I have makes it nonsense to buy copies.

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Is this the first time this has happened?
It could well be coincidence, as I pointed out last night mine was ok, but then I am with sky for the tv.

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Whats the legal implication afterall they are under contract for at least 3 days;) . Can Virgin media take action if they make the service so poor if not do it to SKY on there sole owned channels like Brovo and see if they like it.

SKY just getting petty.

ps checked mine today and yes ours is very poor so its definate someing up.

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Well the sky feed to sky customers was fine, but the sky feed into the TW headend was degraded and carrying the audio descriptors.

We wouldn't purposefully distort the content on Sky, we feel no need to sink that low. If Sky are so scared they can always just give in and accept a reasonable price for their channels. They're gona loose out bit over this too.

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But again, not wanting to sound pro sky because I have their equipment, but without solid proof?
Can VM not take it up with a particular body?

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How would SKy react to these (as yet unproven) allegations on this forum? ;)

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I don't understand why BBC2 would have been affected? As I understand it, it wasn't just a problem with Sky last night (all of our channels went off in the end).

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:tu: . Just hope its sorted and they both just get there heads examined. Just checked my sky one and its fine again. The feed seems strong though I am not looking at it more than 5 mins to be fair.

Mal for legal reason alledgedly;) we have keep legal eagles happy:p:

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Because 24 was originally from BBC2 :D

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I never said it was deliberate just that the feed was distorted. ;)

BBC2? Got no reports of that being a problem yesterday myself.

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Several of us on this thread lost BBC channels last night too....I lost all channels once I rebooted the box :Yikes: This was in the Stockport area.

usualsuspect - now if I was really paranoid I'd believe that, LOL :D :D :D

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I can't believe that only 400 people were affected last night with disrupted channels. Mine were off for quite a while, even Lost had a big gap in it!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6397967.stm

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not sure if my area was involved as I was watching movies on my dvd player all night.

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Maybe that all who watches Sky One:shocked: Who knows mine might have been affected but the fact I just checked for 5mins. I don't tend to watch Sky One. so did not experience issues. Was it a regional thing or across the board.

Saying that the feed has a slight shake(jump) to it right now. yet the sky one logo does not move. Is this normal during simpsons. I don't watch it

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If ex-TW and both ex-ntl feeds were affected (which seems likely, ex-TW here in London was wonky during Lost until I threatened the STB with remote violence) then it has to be something upstream (I'm presuming that a simultaneous identical snag in Bromley, Langley and Knowsley is near-impossible). We may have a shiny logo and a shiny name but it's still three platforms for us at the coalface.

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I'm sorry mate, we shouldn't have to explain things to you, especially the dish thing. In some places Satellite dishes are banned which is why usualsuspect cannot have Sky - I know this anyway. People should NOT be forced to have a dish installed to get a damn channel.

As for the above quote I find that quite rude. A Virgin Media employee has told you that the feed coming into the Telewest network was distorted. He can't prove it because there is no way to get screen captures and audio captures from the equipment, but when you know that the Sky broadcast to the headend was distorted with AD I would be pretty damn sure that Sky were to blame. Why should a Virgin Media employee have to "explain themselves" to you? Why should a general member of the public have to "explain themselves" to you?

As for the slashed tyres comment, yes, you may see some kids around the car, but there is only one feed, one secure feed from Sky to Virgin Media - so because the feed is coming in from Sky, that would be the source, no?

On a side note and a last paragraph to try and wrench this thread back on topic, I'm ex-ntl Bromley and saw no problems with Sky One. There was slight distortion but was not really noticeable as I was watching on a 21" CRT, which is pretty good at hiding the distortion, but funny that it all went when the "Virgin Media is Crap" adverts came on...

Now arcamalpha, It's a bit of a large coincidence, don't you agree? Especially as the distortion was most noticeable during 24 and Lost.

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Dont go off one at me pal!
I was asking genuine questions.
With regard the dish, the op stated that it was not practical for them to have a dish, in some people's opinion " not being practical " means " I dont like the look of "
The op had no problem with my questioning, and he/she explained about the planning permission, which explained it, as I said they had no issues with me asking, do not put your nose in.
Secondly, If VM personally feel there was some sabotage, there are avenues I am sure that they can take in complaining, otherwise they should put up or shut up.
Down the years NTL/VM have been plagued with problems, with regard the tv, but suddenly it all becomes someone else's fault.
So dont be going off on one at me pal.

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Were NTL really that bad? I'm on the TW side and they've been nothing but gold with me for 4 years now. DSL, 100%, never failed. I think the TV went wrong once for a few hours a year or so back. But that's it.
Helpful tech support geeks too!

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Chill mate. Is it worth having a stroke over? :)

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Iv'e been with NTL/C&W/Nynex for thirteen years and had very few problems.

Our Sky 1 etc (Bromley) was OK Sun.

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Not practical to "some people" may mean "don't like the look of", but to the majority of the population "Not Practical" means it's impossible, or at least VERY difficult!!

I put my nose in because the OP felt forced with your 3rd degree!!

Down the years, you should actually try using NTL/Telewest. I have been a cable customer for OVER 9 YEARS and have had ONE problem, which was sorted same day by the customer service.

I still think you are rude. Two posts and your replies are full of question marks.

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Two posts? I suggest the following:

1..... Get those eyes checked, for one it will aid you to see how many posts I have made.

2..... If you checked my posts you would see that I have tried NTL/VM for tv, and it was not practical, in that money was going from my bank account under false pretences ;)

Am I rude because I place a question mark after a question?
Funny how I was taught to always place one after a question.
You know very little about me, and in reality I about you, but to suggest I am rude, I think I will treat that one as it deserves.

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Me have a stroke over an 18 year old whipper snapper Kaychsea? come on now ;)

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What you do in your "quiet time" is your own business!:erm:

:)

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As max from max and paddy would say kaychsea, " How dare you, How dare you Kaychsea ! " ;) :D