General Various channels went off air tonight on multiple platforms - Page 2

Richardr · 26-09-2021, 12:21

The S4C issues were on Freeview in Wales, where their signal replaces E4. It appears that E4 was restored everywhere, including incorrectly Wales initially, knocking out the terrestrial version of S4C. This didn't affect their other main platforms - i.e. Cable and Satellite.

epsilon · 26-09-2021, 13:22

This is quite good for a blow-by-blow account of events:
https://tvliveforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=753

**Paul** · 26-09-2021, 14:12

Im curious why simply evacuating a building caused so many channels to die.

Do they really need someone in the room to work ?

ozsat · 26-09-2021, 14:39

Mains power removal is often done in a real fire situation.

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Originally Posted by Paul

Im curious why simply evacuating a building caused so many channels to die.

Do they really need someone in the room to work ?

cheekyangus · 26-09-2021, 14:46

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Originally Posted by Paul

Im curious why simply evacuating a building caused so many channels to die.

Do they really need someone in the room to work ?

Something triggered the fire suppression systems...which I'd imagine doesn't play well with electronic equipment.

epsilon · 26-09-2021, 15:39

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Originally Posted by cheekyangus

Something triggered the fire suppression systems...which I'd imagine doesn't play well with electronic equipment.

Gas fire suppression systems released at very high pressure can destroy electronic equipment, especially harddrives. Depending on the gas used some of the by-products can also be quite destructive. If a number of harddrives have been destroyed it could take a while to get everything back up and running.

Hom3r · 26-09-2021, 15:53

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Originally Posted by cheekyangus

Something triggered the fire suppression systems...which I'd imagine doesn't play well with electronic equipment.

Modern fire suppression systems used to use Halon, most use a CO2 based, so unlikely to have any "mess" to clean up.

epsilon · 26-09-2021, 18:30

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Originally Posted by Hom3r

Modern fire suppression systems used to use Halon, most use a CO2 based, so unlikely to have any "mess" to clean up.

Inergen is possibly the safest modern fire suppressant.

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It seems the fire suppression system has, indeed, caused damage to the servers.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/s...mmes-j2dqfx8ln

ozsat · 26-09-2021, 18:43

BT Sport Ultimate still affected on both VM and BT.

RichardCoulter · 26-09-2021, 18:59

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BT Sport Ultimate still affected on both VM and BT.

It's making a rather strange noise too on Virgin.

epsilon · 26-09-2021, 19:06

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BT Sport Ultimate still affected on both VM and BT.

It won't be a priority until scheduled content is due to be shown. Even then, BT could possibly playout from their gallery as they did with the main channels at the start of the incident. Just a guess, I don't know the actual setup at BT Sport.

ultimate · 26-09-2021, 22:48

Film 4 HD #429 has no audio during movies, during adverts some adverts have sound and some don't, really puzzling.

Media Boy UK · 26-09-2021, 22:50

Magic TV (Channel 340) and Kerrang! TV (Channel 342) are both broadcasting The Box (Channel 335).

epsilon · 27-09-2021, 00:27

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Magic TV (Channel 340) and Kerrang! TV (Channel 342) are both broadcasting The Box (Channel 335).

I guess they got tired of having the "emergency tape" repeating on a loop on Magic and the same 2 songs repeating on Kerrang!. There's still a lot of issues, no subtitles or AD on C4 channels. C5 using the DR feeds for most channels and VM being locked in 16:9 resolution for 5USA, even when it is showing 4:3 content (Columbo).

peanut · 27-09-2021, 11:42

Anyone else not getting subtitles on Channel 4, E4 etc?