Satellite Solar Outage Time Again – October 2021

It is that time of year again when the Sun / Solar Outage can affect the power of satellite signals your satellite dish is receiving, resulting in a loss of some of the more weaker UK TV channels.

This is information for people who may be experiencing this for the first time, and a nice reminder for those that have lived here before

This occurrence happens in March and October for a couple of weeks every year, around the time of the Spring and Autumn equinox. In the northern hemisphere, sun outages occur before the March equinox (February, March) and after the September equinox (September and October).

This “satellite solar outage” happens at around 10.30 – 11.30 am and can last for upto 20 minutes.

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CNN is no longer available on Freesat.

Not only has Freesat not had access to the free to air HD version of CNN for the last few months, but today CNN has been removed from Freesat.

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Sky will be making some changes to their channel portfolio from the 1st September 2021.

As part of this rebrand, Sky One will close after some 39 years, and be replaced by Sky Showcase, and also launching Sky Max.
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Channel Rescan for Ferguson Arvia satellite receivers

A guide to how to scan for channels on a Ferguson Ariva satellite receiver.

This is useful for when channels change frequencies, as this box will NOT automatically update to the new frequencies.

(This is annoying, as some installers sold these Ferguson Ariva boxes as Freesat boxes, which they are not Freesat boxes. If they were Freesat boxes, then they would have the Freesat logo on them, with the Freesat 7 day programme guide, and automatic channel updates!)

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This mornings ITV frequency changes to
ITVBe and ITV2 (from 10.758 V to 10.906 V )
and
CITV (from 10.758 V moved to 10.891 H)

Sky and Freesat boxes will automatically update to the new frequencies.
Users of other satellite receivers will have to rescan to pick up the channels on their new frequencies.

This morning frequency changes to
ITV4 (from 10.758 V to 10.891 H )
and
ITV Meridian SE+1 and ITV Central West (from 10.758 V moved to 10.906 V)

Sky and Freesat boxes will automatically update to the new frequencies.
Users of other satellite receivers will have to rescan to pick up the channels on their new frequencies.

The Six Nations is set to stay on free-to-air television after tournament organisers reached an agreement in principle with existing broadcasters BBC and ITV to continue sharing coverage of the men’s and women’s tournaments.

Six Nations Rugby said it had entered into ‘exclusive discussions’ with the two broadcasters over a four-year deal which will run from 2022 to the end of the 2025 edition of the tournament.

The BBC will broadcast all Scotland and Wales home Six Nations matches. ITV will show all England, Ireland, Italy and France home games.
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Disney has confirmed plans to close down the Fox channel in the UK on the 30th June 2021.

Fox launched as a general entertainment station launched in 2004 as ‘FX’, and transmits such shows as Family Guy, American Dad, The Walking Dead and American Horror Story.

This leaves National Geographic and Nat Geo Wild as the only Disney operated “linear” channels in the UK, after Disney closed all of its UK children’s channels in 2020.

“On 30 June the Fox channel in the UK will close,” a spokesperson confirmed to Broadcast. “Many titles will become available on Star on Disney+ and will be announced in the near future.