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Lew 15-05-2011 20:52

ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Can anyone else tune to ESPN America on channel 531? It was working fine here but a few minutes ago it stopped working on both our TiVo and V+ box.

stuwolves 15-05-2011 20:55

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Its off here aswell (Wolverhampton)

ahardie 15-05-2011 20:55

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Lew (Post 35237197)
Can anyone else tune to ESPN America on channel 531? It was working fine here but a few minutes ago it stopped working on both our TiVo and V+ box.

Not working in Northants either.

devilincarnate 15-05-2011 20:56

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Lew (Post 35237197)
Can anyone else tune to ESPN America on channel 531? It was working fine here but a few minutes ago it stopped working on both our TiVo and V+ box.

Not working for me as well :confused: In Barnsley

Lew 15-05-2011 20:56

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Crap! Just when I was wanting to watch the ball game! :(

devilincarnate 15-05-2011 20:57

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Lew (Post 35237210)
Crap! Just when I was wanting to watch the ball game! :(

Hey Swear filter:erm::D:D:D:D:D

muppetman11 15-05-2011 20:58

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Lew (Post 35237197)
Can anyone else tune to ESPN America on channel 531? It was working fine here but a few minutes ago it stopped working on both our TiVo and V+ box.

Don't know whether this is significant but on Sky the SD channel says No sat signal being received but ESPNA HD is working fine.

devilincarnate 15-05-2011 21:02

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35237215)
Don't know whether this is significant but on Sky the SD channel says No sat signal being received but ESPNA HD is working fine.

Do not forget there is a delay with the HD and SD channels So i would try again:erm:

Lew 15-05-2011 21:03

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35237215)
Don't know whether this is significant but on Sky the SD channel says No sat signal being received but ESPNA HD is working fine.

If only we got ESPNA HD on VM…

muppetman11 15-05-2011 21:04

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by devilincarnate (Post 35237217)
Do not forget there is a delay with the HD and SD channels So i would try again:erm:

Trust me ESPNA HD is working fine , the SD isn't .

Lew 15-05-2011 21:05

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
So it looks like the problem's at ESPN's end then.

muppetman11 15-05-2011 21:05

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Lew (Post 35237220)
If only we got ESPNA HD on VM…

Trust me for all you US sports fans I hope you do the PQ is great.

devilincarnate 15-05-2011 21:08

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35237221)
Trust me ESPNA HD is working fine , the SD isn't .

I just thought about the delay between the SD and HD channels that is all:D

Lew 15-05-2011 21:09

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
The delay is usually a second at the most.

muppetman11 15-05-2011 21:24

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Lew (Post 35237229)
The delay is usually a second at the most.

Update its a hot day in Texas , top of the 1st and the score is 0-0 with 1 out LOL :D

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Update 1-0 Angels

Lew 15-05-2011 21:31

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
At least I can listen in to the Phillies @ Braves on 5Live Sports Extra while I wait for the problem to be fixed.

Apparently Universal is down as well.

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http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...ir/td-p/497201

Quote:

Lew,
Issue Replicated in the Office. Seems we have a loss of multiple channels will post back Fault Ticket shortly.

Engineers are aware.

Cheers


Darren E
Help & Support Forum Team

muppetman11 15-05-2011 21:31

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Lew (Post 35237249)
At least I can listen in to the Phillies @ Braves on 5Live Sports Extra while I wait for the problem to be fixed.

Apparently Universal is down as well.

Are they both on the same satellite transponders ?

Affecting these channels on satellite

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1476732

AndyTSJ 15-05-2011 22:12

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
I can't get ESPN HD but I can get ESPN fine. No ESPNAmerica either. Frustrating...

Lew 15-05-2011 22:44

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Quote:

Lew,
Apologies for delay Our Fault Ref:1605352



Seems a major Transponder used by us is having issues. We have contacted the 3rd party company who are aware and investigating.


Cheers
Darren E
Help & Support Forum Team


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Quote:

Originally Posted by AndyTSJ (Post 35237284)
I can't get ESPN HD but I can get ESPN fine. No ESPNAmerica either. Frustrating...

ESPN, ESPN HD and ESPN Classic are all fine here, it's just ESPN America that's down.

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Looks like there's some progress. ESPN America's back, although there's no sound.

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And now the sound's back. :)

AndyTSJ 15-05-2011 22:44

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
I can get them all now. Maybe they fixed it.

Lew 15-05-2011 22:48

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
They're still having a few problems. ESPN America is currently showing ESPN's dead-air loop instead of their own one.

muppetman11 15-05-2011 22:50

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Lew (Post 35237312)
They're still having a few problems. ESPN America is currently showing ESPN's dead-air loop instead of their own one.

It is a transponder problem , not VM fault.

Hom3r 15-05-2011 22:50

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
531 is OK here in CM20.

I never enjoyed playing rounders, well baseball :D

Lew 15-05-2011 22:53

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35237313)
It is a transponder problem , not VM fault.

I never said it was VM's fault. The post you quoted was referring to a hiccup at ESPN's end. ;)

muppetman11 15-05-2011 22:54

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Sky are also aware of the issue

http://www.sky.com/helpcentre/servic...ky+TV?DCMP=SNT

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Lew (Post 35237316)
I never said it was VM's fault. The post you quoted was referring to a hiccup at ESPN's end. ;)

I know you didn't mate I was just reiterating it was a Satellite issue :)

Lew 15-05-2011 23:04

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hom3r (Post 35237314)
531 is OK here in CM20.

I never enjoyed playing rounders, well baseball :D

I wish I'd got the chance to play baseball when I was at school. All we got to play was crappy rounders at juniors and 1 game of softball at seniors (although I did hit a home run).

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Looks like we've been switched to the Middle East feed while they sort the problem. The SportsCenter ad just had the time listed in GMT and KSA (Saudi time). Nice work-around. :)

Ken Jude 16-05-2011 14:48

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35237224)
Trust me for all you US sports fans I hope you do the PQ is great.

Isn't it just.

I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that ESPN's HD pictures are generally better than Sky Sports HD pictures, but don't really understand why it should be. Even their Premier League football pictures often seem to look better than Sky's.

ESPNA HD looks fantastic, NBA (which I really can't stand) and college football pictures look great.

muppetman11 16-05-2011 15:12

Re: ESPN America gone off-air?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Ken Jude (Post 35237674)
Isn't it just.

I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that ESPN's HD pictures are generally better than Sky Sports HD pictures, but don't really understand why it should be. Even their Premier League football pictures often seem to look better than Sky's.

ESPNA HD looks fantastic, NBA (which I really can't stand) and college football pictures look great.

The other good thing with ESPNA HD is that 90% of the content is actually in HD as well.


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