SBS HD and SBS One, SBS TWO Channels brodcasting on OPTUS D1 (NOW GONE)

[Freeviewshop Administrator]

SBS has ceased broadcasting on 12648MHz on D1, Sorry about that.

SBS HD and SBS One and SBS TWO started broadcasting on OPTUS D1:



TP on OPTUS D1:
Freq: 12648MHz
Pol: Vertical
SR: 12600

[paulw]

Haven't been able to get SBS since last nite,.  Did a scan on D1 and D1 this morning still nothing.  Anyone in the know??

[hamisht]

SBS has now moved to an encrypted sat apparently.

[almostly]

Anybody else not getting the SBS signal??  I it due to the lunar activity??  Hope like hell we haven't lost it like we did with CH9!!

[Freeviewshop Administrator]

SBS has ceased broadcasting on 12648MHz on D1, Sorry about that.

[tau123]

Was the Tasmanian feed on D1 a backup link for SBS like CH9?
I see SBS is on C1 but encrypted. Bugger.

[almostly]

Well, that's that then! only left with Freeview now....damn shame, just as we were gearing up for the Giro Italia and The Tour de France

[satboy]

SBS is now fibre fed to Tasmania from Melbourne with the ABC mux.  The satellite feed was costing SBS too much and the government is cost cutting.

The story with nine last year was that GTV-9 had moved operations at the beginning of the year to central Melbourne and put up the sat feed on one of the networks leased SNG TPs as a backup while their new fibre feed to their transmission site was being completed.

[Freeviewshop Administrator]

SBS is now fibre fed to Tasmania from Melbourne with the ABC mux.  The satellite feed was costing SBS too much and the government is cost cutting.

The story with nine last year was that GTV-9 had moved operations at the beginning of the year to central Melbourne and put up the sat feed on one of the networks leased SNG TPs as a backup while their new fibre feed to their transmission site was being completed.

Thanks for the info, good to know what has happened.

[ddonalds]

Well I can put my ladder away.... Spent an hour on Sunday trying to figure out what I was doing wrong cos I couldn't get SBS and ended up in a heck of a mood!!!

[PeterA]

I have just received an email from SBS technical transmission. They say that the closing down of SBS on D1 is not due to any fibre transmission to Tasmania. They did not enlighten me of the reason.

[PeterA]

Another email from the techs at SBS said that they advised that SBS Services are confined to Australian Boundaries. It was really good while it lasted.

[paulw]

Another email from the techs at SBS said that they advised that SBS Services are confined to Australian Boundaries. It was really good while it lasted.

I wonder how you confine a satellite service to the Australian boundaries??

[Freeviewshop Administrator]

I wonder how you confine a satellite service to the Australian boundaries??

I think the Aussies encrypt most things i.e. OPTUS AUROA and VAST are both encrypted, also they try to broadcast on AUS beams so if you are outside of Australia the size of dish you need to receive the transmission is unfeasibly large for the general public to be interested in receiving it.

[spider]

Hi Guys
Like How big a dish are we talking about, Also realise we have the encoding problem as well

Spider