After reading through the thread I was wondering why no one has called Sky Technical to ask where the channels have gone! Anyway I have just called them to ask where 912 and 959 have gone from the Sky EPG, they stated that "they are both Freesat channels from the same broadcaster which are no longer broadcasting", I replied "yes I know that I'm asking why aren't they available on the EPG" and they replied "It is not a problem with Sky and you would have to speak to the broadcaster to ask why they are no longer broadcasting the channels", so unfortunately it seems the fault is with Bang Media and unless we find out from them we are all still guessing.
(21-11-2010 15:41 )mr williams Wrote: [ -> ]This has been posted as a possible explanation in another forum where this subject has been discussed, and I thought you might like to see it
"I suspect that non payment of the £157,250 fine has caught up with them ie Ofcon puts the London company Bang Media (London) Ltd into liquidation for non-payment. They can't revoke the licence because it is issued in the Netherlands. No UK platform or transmission operator will allow a company in liquidation to broadcast. No doubt Ofcon will make an announcement. That would explain why the channels are being uplinked but not appearing on any EPG."
The person who wrote that isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer is he? If Bang Media were in liquidation, they wouldn't be broadcasting at all would they, not on 902, not on 915, not the 2 manually tuned channels and not on the web either? The person who wrote the above even uses the words "no doubt", which shows that he's deluded enough to regard his crackpot opinions as fact.
(21-11-2010 18:18 )admiral decker Wrote: [ -> ]The person who wrote that isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer is he? If Bang Media were in liquidation, they wouldn't be broadcasting at all would they, not on 912, not on 915, not the 2 manually tuned channels and not on the web either? The person who wrote the above even uses the words "no doubt", which shows that he's deluded enough to regard his crackpot opinions as fact.
Give that man a Cigar.
It's almost certainly an EPG issue, either technical or finance related.
It must have a taken a lot of balls to phone sky I don't know if I would have, I remember once when I lost a signal on all of my 900's and phoning sky about my lack of signal and they were asking me which channels had gone I managed to avoid any mention of these channels as for 912 and 959 still no official statement Issued by Bangbabes which is nothing short of disgraceful. They certainly know how to treat the fans like shit.
(21-11-2010 18:22 )Scottishbloke Wrote: [ -> ]It must have a taken a lot of balls to phone sky I don't know if I would have, I remember once when I lost a signal on all of my 900's and phoning sky about my lack of signal and they were asking me which channels had gone I managed to avoid any mention of these channels as for 912 and 959 still no official statement Issued by Bangbabes which is nothing short of disgraceful. They certainly know how to treat the fans like shit.
Maybe the "big chiefs" have all pissed off somewhere for the weekend.
Maybe we'll get an answer on Monday.
It must be costing them quite a bit in lost revenue.
Also, it seems a strange time to start charging for a higher quality web stream than the new lower grade one they have now. You think they would be keen to get as many customers as they can at this time. This tends to make me think its a more technical than a financial problem. We know from past experience that they are not brilliant on the technical front.
(21-11-2010 18:22 )Scottishbloke Wrote: [ -> ]still no official statement Issued by Bangbabes which is nothing short of disgraceful.
Incorrect, as an official statement has been issued. The statement from Bang Babes which you can read in post 64 of this thread is an official one.
also im nit picking fiber is americanism proper spelling is fibre.
FURTHER STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF BANG MEDIA
We are trying to locate the problem. We will update you when it is possible to do so.
This statement is official.
