ESPN America gone off-air? - Page 2

Lew · 15-05-2011, 21:31

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

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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

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Originally Posted by Lew

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

I can't get ESPN HD but I can get ESPN fine. No ESPNAmerica either. Frustrating...

Lew · 15-05-2011, 22:44

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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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Originally Posted by AndyTSJ

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

I can get them all now. Maybe they fixed it.

Lew · 15-05-2011, 22:48

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

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Originally Posted by Lew

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

531 is OK here in CM20.

I never enjoyed playing rounders, well baseball

Lew · 15-05-2011, 22:53

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

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

Sky are also aware of the issue

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

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Originally Posted by Lew

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

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Originally Posted by Hom3r

531 is OK here in CM20.

I never enjoyed playing rounders, well baseball

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

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

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

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Originally Posted by Ken Jude

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.