Sky Digital Dead

**Blairos** · 30th March 2006, 21:57

What a classic! - the poor person who posted that auction cannot keep up with the questions!
Dont know how Sky are going to get out of this one without forking out some credits for loss of service...

**Streetwise** · 30th March 2006, 22:03

Yup dead here to,,,Bugger.. what am i going to do,

**Hawkeye** · 30th March 2006, 22:04

Never mind Sky being dead... I've got a bike that is dead.
Tried to get onto the Sky website. That's even slower than my dead 250.
Tried ringing the help line... answer machine telling me I can't get through due to overloading.

I want my money back.....

**Madmax** · 30th March 2006, 22:20

Originally Posted by Riff Raff

Thank goodness I was rescued by Mrs MrMe from a solitary night of boredom and forced to drink alcimahol, otherwise who knows what state I would have been in without the telemevision.

I dont need to be forced to drink!
just going to work every morning works for me

**limbimtimwim** · 30th March 2006, 22:23

From mid last year:

http://www.telecomasia.net/telecomas....jsp?id=165803

Good luck with "Oh yea, we have a plan guv, don't worry!"

**Blairos** · 30th March 2006, 22:24

Originally Posted by SWIFT ONE

Tried to get onto the Sky website.

It took forever to load, but here is what they say at this time...

Due to an outage of SKY’s Optus B1 there are no satellite services at this time.
We regret any inconvenience this may be causing you. We are working with Optus, the service provider, to restore service as soon as possible.

We expect that the phone lines will be extremely busy during this time so to be able to keep you informed we will be placing updates and information on this website.

**limbimtimwim** · 30th March 2006, 22:28

Hah, even though I don't have sky, I find this is a pretty interesting story. More retarded googling. This from http://unlimited.co.nz/unlimited.nsf...257013007BBEC9 last year

Sky Network TV (SKY)
SATELLITE PROBLEMS OVERCOME

Key points
* SKY's primary satellite control process (SCP) failed last Wednesday, causing it to switch its service to the back-up SCP, which was completed successfully.
* We believe there is a low risk that the back-up SCP will fail but this has increased SKY's vulnerability.
* Under a worst case scenario the failure of the back-up SCP could cost SKY up to $40m or 11cps. Our fair value for SKY is unchanged at $7.02 and re-iterate our BUY recommendation.

Our Analysis

Optus B1 SCP Fails, Changeover to Back-up SCP Successfully Implemented

* SKY advised the market today that the primary satellite control processor (SCP) on the Optus B1 Satellite failed on
Wednesday, which caused it to implement its backup SCP.
* The backup SCP was implemented without any problems and we understand the downtime for the changeover was only 7 minutes.
* The key issue from here is that SKY does not have a contingent plan in place if the current SCP was to fail in the near-term. We believe this is a low probability outcome but still an uncomfortable position to be in.
* There are 36 identical Boeing 601 series satellites around the globe. Over the past few years there have been 7 instances where the primary SCP failed. In all but 1 case (Direct TV) the back-up SCP was implemented successfully. Of the 6 successful backup SCPs, the shortest period the backup SCP failed was 16 months, with the average life of the back-up SCP being around 4 years. This highlights low risk of failure for SKY's back-up SCP in the near-term.
* SKY is currently negotiating with Optus to secure a further back-up satellite to bridge the risk between now and the launch of the new Optus D1 satellite due to be completed in January/February 2006.
* The most likely contingent plan would be for Optus to identify a satellite that has spare capacity, which if required could be moved into the same location as the existing B1 Satellite. We understand moving a satellite would take about one week and SKY would incur the costs to move the existing clients from the replacement satellite plus the lost revenue from its subscribers and peripheral revenue.
* Realigning the dish on the houses is not an option, given it would take at least a year to implement the change and the new D1 satellite is due to be installed within 9 months.
* In an absolute worst case scenario, we believe the total cost to SKY would be a maximum of 1-month of lost revenue, equivalent to $40m or 11cps. Based on the experience to date of the other 6 examples where a back-up SCP has been implemented we believe this is a very low probability outcome.
* While the failure of the primary SCP has heighten the risk of SKY incurring a major disruption to its digital service given the potential delay and cost to implement a back-up service, we believe this risk can be managed to reduce the cost to less than $40m. SKY is exposed to this heighten risk until the new Optus D1 satellite is installed in early 2006.

**Finn** · 30th March 2006, 22:42

It looks like we'll be without Sky for several months - I'm serious. The satelite has gone missing...

http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_art...d=8&cname=News

Update: May not be that bad after all. Fingers crossed.

UPDATE: Sky TV Satellite Outage In NZ And Australia
10:10 PM, 30 Mar 2006

Sky television has been knocked off the air throughout New Zealand and Australia by what has been described as a satellite position problem.

Sky channels have been off the air since about 7 o'clock.

A spokesperson for Sky, Tony O'Brien, says the Optus B satellite which sits above New Zealand and Australia suffered an outage after a routine manouevre.

“The satellite is communicating correctly with Optus ground stations,” he said.

Optus has commenced a "re-pointing" manoeuvre to correct the signal, a procedure likely to be completed by about midnight New Zealand time.

Mr O’Brien says satellite programming would be restored as soon as Optus had realigned the signal.

UHF services are unaffected.

About 550,000 customers in New Zealand are affected by the outage.

Sky TV says it apologises to its viewers and is posting updates on the outage on the its website www.skytv.co.nz.

There are also unconfirmed reports that The Radio Network has been knocked off the air by the satellite outage.

**kickingzebra** · 30th March 2006, 23:01

That just proves that you Can't leave anything not nailed down when the bros finally hit space.

Edited to cover my lack of prereading on the thread!

**Indiana_Jones** · 30th March 2006, 23:25

and I f*cking booked the playboy channel too lol

-Indy

**MadDuck** · 30th March 2006, 23:27

Originally Posted by Indiana_Jones

and I f*cking booked the playboy channel too lol

-Indy

Indy ask for a refund

**onearmedbandit** · 30th March 2006, 23:51

Originally Posted by kickingzebra

That just proves that you Can't leave anything not nailed down when the bros finally hit space.
Just keep an eye out on trademe, for someone trying to flog it off cheap

Dude, you missed the previous post.

Check this out. Fucking funny read too!

**Big Dave** · 31st March 2006, 00:14

Originally Posted by Finn

It looks like we'll be without Sky for several months - I'm serious. The satelite has gone missing...

Update: May not be that bad after all. Fingers crossed.

thanks a lot - I just re-plumbed my office for VHF you barsteward.

**Brian d marge** · 31st March 2006, 00:50

internet telly, lets look at the current line up ...young ones . lovejoy , simpsons Super motard , a program about farming in the deep south of the us of a, Irainian news .... yup even ,,,,err p@#N ,,, french and all!!

the picture quality depends on the server , but most of it is watchable !!

Oh and its free, except super motard 29 us unlimited for a year

yup bye bye sky ....bye bye tv nz ,,,oh no its ,,,,Telescum ,,,sorry little boy we are telescum ,,,no pleasures in life for you ,,( if we could licience that rabbit you are playing with Boy ,,,we would sell it back to you and it would be , but made of polyester,and made in china ,,,we have shareholders dont yer know !

Stephen