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There's no such thing as FTA - Free to air on cable..
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If you had checked the digitalbitrate link I posted earlier you would be aware that your statement is nonsense, not all channels are encrypted. I won't go into what is and isn't encrypted, it's beyond the scope of what I was trying to discuss.
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Last time I checked, there was still only 48 transport streams in my area. But with the broadband upgrades, VM are no doubt increasing this especially if you are seeing 52. 8-12 streams/channels will be used for downstream broadband and 2-4 for upstream. As you say, the others are VOD services and the rest are tv.
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Again, the link I posted shows that there are the number of transport streams I indicated previously. Feel free to confirm that for yourself.
The TS count doesn't include DOCSIS streams.
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The service information table SI, is just that, a table, a list. All those hidden channels are not tv channels but red button services, information for the stbs etc.
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Right, and that is what TVs (with a cable tuner) load so probably why mediaboy is being told of "tests" which aren't actually active.
The red button and stb support streams are clearly labelled. I don't really think that anyone would mistake DL_Cisco8685_10072 or PVR_EPG for Fox News.
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The only people who can see genuine channel tests now are VM staff with modified stbs that unblock the signals.
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Nevertheless, if the tests were actually happening, there would be encrypted video / audio streams related to them in the actual transport streams. Again, feel free to examine the actual streams present on TSids 10, 20 and 44, where these tests are supposed to be taking place. There is nothing there, nothing for the customer to see, nothing for staff to see either. Not even VM staff can watch streams that simply don't exist. Check the link, check the streams, you won't find these tests.. the channels only exist in the SDT.
Sure, there may be different versions of the transport streams available to staff at, say, the central headend. If there is, that still wouldn't mean that these channels are testing across the whole VM network. They aren't.