BBC Red Button Olympic channels

dxhound2005

https://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/threads/bbc-red-button-streams-back-on-astra-2f.168483/

Johnboy1951

They are there for months

twinklerunner

According to Digital Spy, new feeds of the BBC channels that are carried on Sky's Irish epg have been launched. Looks like these feeds will not carry red button prompts for the Olympics.
They can, of course, be tuned in manually on a Sky box.
I hope that this is just a temporary measure as I imagine the green 'remind me' prompt will be affected too.

lertsnim

Why wouldn't they carry red button prompts? As the normal red button channel is available I have no doubt that when the Olympics start you will be able to access them in Ireland.

fryup

red button on fta effected??

fman

There were issues with the red button during Wimbledon including some info at the time that it wouldn't be available in ROI. It did eventually kick in after a couple of days though. Probably a wait and see (and then maybe complain) for the Olympics.

twinklerunner

fryup wrote: »

red button on fta effected??

No

MenloPete

twinklerunner wrote: »

No

Well.... effected - yes; affected - no. ;-)

dxhound2005

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

They are there for months

They have only been reported on Lyngsat, Flysat and Kingofsat in the last week. As encrypted channels. The link I gave above is the first time they were reported as Free to Air.

I don't think you would have seen them months ago.

http://www.a516digital.com/p/bbc-satellite-frequency-information.html

Johnboy1951

dxhound2005 wrote: »

https://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/threads/bbc-red-button-streams-back-on-astra-2f.168483/

dxhound2005 wrote: »

They have only been reported on Lyngsat, Flysat and Kingofsat in the last week. As encrypted channels. The link I gave above is the first time they were reported as Free to Air.

I don't think you would have seen them months ago.

http://www.a516digital.com/p/bbc-satellite-frequency-information.html

I have no idea what you mean to say.
Your first post provided a link which showed the channels available for months.
As I write Gregory Porter in concert is on RB1 in the clear. So what is this about encryption?
I really do not understand.
Oh yes I have had the channels in my menu since 6th May
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=99629435&postcount=23

decor58

I use a Humax freesat box, on installation it offered satellite red button or Internet red button. Looks like bbc may be trying to cut costs and going the Internet route. The Internet service is not as accessible, some services look as if they are geoblocked and you need Internet access.

Mint Sauce

There was 7 red button channels on freesat during Glastonbury amd Wimbledon, 6 regular and 1 HD. All but one disappeared after the Wimnledon final. Still all there on my FTA box.

Johnboy1951

Mint Sauce wrote: »

There was 7 red button channels on freesat during Glastonbury amd Wimbledon, 6 regular and 1 HD. All but one disappeared after the Wimnledon final. Still all there on my FTA box.

Which just goes to show the channels are still there and have been for months ..... which is why I just do not understand what the OP is saying .... nor understand what encryption has to do with it.

Kristopherus

What frequency(ies) are the red button channels on?

STB.

dxhound2005 wrote: »

They have only been reported on Lyngsat, Flysat and Kingofsat in the last week. As encrypted channels. The link I gave above is the first time they were reported as Free to Air.

I don't think you would have seen them months ago.

http://www.a516digital.com/p/bbc-satellite-frequency-information.html

I stook up the frequency in April for 12422.. These are the ones that have been FTA for months, just the revolving red screens labelled streams 2-6.

Johnyboy didnt read down to the new frequencies. He is assuming that the previous ones are the one and the same where as these ones are new BBC Sport labelled ones!

Nice catch.

dxhound2005

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

I have no idea what you mean to say.
Your first post provided a link which showed the channels available for months.
As I write Gregory Porter in concert is on RB1 in the clear. So what is this about encryption?
I really do not understand.
Oh yes I have had the channels in my menu since 6th May
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=99629435&postcount=23

The title of the thread is "BBC Red Button Olympic channels". The details were on the last post on that link.

They have different names and they are on new frequencies. I thought the information would be useful to anyone with a Free to Air receiver.

STB.

Kristopherus wrote: »

What frequency(ies) are the red button channels on?

All DVB-S2

10744 H 23000: 1081, 1082, 1083
10862 H 23000: 1084, 1085, 1086
10876 V 23000: 1087

Mint Sauce

decor58 wrote: »

I use a Humax freesat box, on installation it offered satellite red button or Internet red button. Looks like bbc may be trying to cut costs and going the Internet route. The Internet service is not as accessible, some services look as if they are geoblocked and you need Internet access.

Generally on my freesat box, the red button would bring me though the satalite route. During Wimbledon it bought me through the internet, as Geo Blocked took another few clicks each time to get back through satalite.

Mint Sauce

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The title of the thread is "BBC Red Button Olympic channels". The details were on the last post on that link.

They have different names and they are on new frequencies. I thought the information would be useful to anyone with a Free to Air receiver.

I'm guessing whilst off the freesat EPG untill the Olympics start, they are encrypted on FTA. Did not try and view them on FTA, so not sure if they are or not.

Johnboy1951

STB. wrote: »

I stook up the frequency in April for 12422.. These are the ones that have been FTA for months, just the revolving red screens labelled streams 2-6.

Johnyboy didnt read down to the new frequencies. He is assuming that the previous ones are the one and the same where as these ones are new BBC Sport labelled ones!

Nice catch.

Indeed you are right, I did not scroll waaay down to the bottom of that page to see the new frequencies.
BTW, that page is badly formatted here ..... huge blank space made it appear like one post only until scrolled.

Thanks for the explanation

STB.

Mint Sauce wrote: »

I'm guessing whilst off the freesat EPG untill the Olympics start, they are encrypted on FTA. Did not try and view them on FTA, so not sure if they are or not.

No they are free right now. Its just a revolving 30-40 second animation saying Rio is coming on each stream.

Tune them in and add the now, they wont move.

Mint Sauce

STB. wrote: »

No they are free right now. Its just a revolving 30-40 second animation saying Rio is coming on each stream.

Tune them in and add the now, they wont move.

Should automatically reappear on Freesat in next days anyway. Came on automatically justbefore Glastonbury and Wimbledon as well.

Johnboy1951

All tuned in now, thanks for the information.
Nice to see them all in 1080.

icdg

merged

mike2084

Does anyone know are the Olympic channels in HD just HD versions of the red button streams are they different streams?

twinklerunner

twinklerunner wrote: »

According to Digital Spy, new feeds of the BBC channels that are carried on Sky's Irish epg have been launched. Looks like these feeds will not carry red button prompts for the Olympics.
They can, of course, be tuned in manually on a Sky box.
I hope that this is just a temporary measure as I imagine the green 'remind me' prompt will be affected too.

http://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Entertainment/Changes-to-BBC-channels-in-the-ROI/td-p/2503362

Johnboy1951

mike2084 wrote: »

Does anyone know are the Olympic channels in HD just HD versions of the red button streams are they different streams?

At present they are different ...... what the intention is I have no idea.

Mint Sauce

15 Red Button Channels appeared on my Freesat EPG, mostly SD, several showing the BBC Olympics Trailer.

Johnboy1951

I noticed a change last night ....... the channels are now properly named for me as

BBC Olym 1 HD to BBC Olym 8 HD

and

BBC Olympics 1 to BBC Olympics 8 for the SD channels.

There is one further channel simply named

BBC Olympics

on 11,426 H SID 10531

which does not map on my FTA system although not marked as encrypted. Maybe Red Button selection screen related? Anyone know?

fryup

so each channel will show a different sport?

Chris_Bradley

They only became active in HD a week ago.

Wonderful stuff from the BBC

lertsnim

First event about to kick off. Womens football to start the show

fryup

can someone clarify something...

are these red button channels an internet feed ??

cause today i tuned in some of the HD channels and the picture quality is crap, very shaky??

lertsnim

fryup wrote: »

can someone clarify something...

are these red button channels an internet feed ??

cause today i tuned in some of the HD channels and the picture quality is crap, very shaky??

They're not an internet feed. The PQ has mostly been excellent for me.

icdg

Watched some of the field hockey there on BBC Olympics 2 HD and picture quality was excellent.

fryup

well i was watching it on bbc 7 and 8 today and the PQ was dreadful, a constant shake in the picture

irishdeej

fryup wrote: »

well i was watching it on bbc 7 and 8 today and the PQ was dreadful, a constant shake in the picture

BBC Olympics 7 & 8 HD - picture quality are excellent for me

Tigerandahalf

I have noticed the same with some bbc channels - looks like it is being streamed.

PabloAndRoy

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

I have noticed the same with some bbc channels - looks like it is being streamed.

I have picked these up on freesat EPG, but I am getting nothing on the channels. Think my dish needs an elevation tweak.

fryup

update: tuned in the SD channels today and they're all fine, so i'm content with that

...the HD channels had a constant judder, don't know why

byte

fryup wrote: »

update: tuned in the SD channels today and they're all fine, so i'm content with that

...the HD channels had a constant judder, don't know why

Could very well be something wrong with your setup, or settings therein. Haven't noticed any judder on anything I've watched.

Tigerandahalf

My channels are much better tonight - like normal.

fryup

quick question -

when someone in the UK presses the red button what do they see? is it various thumbnails of the different sports and they choose which one they want to watch?

and does it only work with the Sky remote??

twinklerunner

fryup wrote: »

quick question -

when someone in the UK presses the red button what do they see? is it various thumbnails of the different sports and they choose which one they want to watch?

and does it only work with the Sky remote??

See attached pic - using my free to view card.

Mint Sauce

fryup wrote: »

quick question -

when someone in the UK presses the red button what do they see? is it various thumbnails of the different sports and they choose which one they want to watch?

and does it only work with the Sky remote??

On Freesat, Red Button brings me into the interactive menu, but becuase of my Irish IP address, I cant access many if any of the services.

The Text Button brings me into their text service menu, where I select Rio 2016, amd I can select either RB1-8 and/or BBC1/2/4 coverage all in HD, via the bluebutton.

Or I can go in the the EPG and can view all either in SD or HD.

mirrorwall14

Can you tune in these channels on a horizon box? And are they just the sports? I'm losing my mind with the amount of rubbish talking going on!

icdg

Do you mean on Virgin Media Horizon? No, Virgin is a closed system, there are no channels that are not on the EPG

shmeee

fryup wrote: »

update: tuned in the SD channels today and they're all fine, so i'm content with that

...the HD channels had a constant judder, don't know why

Never had any problems with the HD channels since I tuned them in. They make the olympics 100 times more enjoyable, not having to stick through some of the muck RTE shows.

philstar

whats this Olympic channel that was mentioned during the closing ceremony??

is it available FTA on sat?

mike2084

It's an online/mobile device service to start with, it's a project that is supposed to keep interest in the Olympic sports outside of Games time. They may try to make a linear channel out of it eventually when the new TV deals start next year.

https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/