The Sky has fallen?
Was Chicken Little right all along? Not quite but New Zealand’s main satellite TV service is off the air thanks to an errant satellite. It’s still up there and our signal is going somewhere, just not here!
Hope it’s back for the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday!
Sky TV Media Release
Thursday, 30 March 2006
OUTAGE ON SKY SATELLITE SERVICE
SKY apologises for loss of SKY satellite services resulting from an outage on the Optus B1 Satellite that provides SKY’s signal.
The satellite signal was lost after a routine positioning procedure to the satellite by Optus. This effectively meant that the SKY transmission signal was lost to New Zealand and to Australian customers. Optus immediately acknowledged the problem and set about its correction. The satellite is communicating correctly with Optus ground stations. Optus has commenced a “re-pointing” manoeuvre to correct the signal.
SKY satellite customers can continue to access SKY Sport 1 on UHF service. Other satellite programming will be restored as soon as Optus has realigned the signal. UHF services are unaffected.
Updates will be posted on www.skytv.co.nz
Sky TV Media Release
Thursday, 30 March 2006
OUTAGE ON SKY SATELLITE SERVICE
SKY apologises for loss of SKY satellite services resulting from an outage on the Optus B1 Satellite that provides SKY’s signal.
The satellite signal was lost after a routine positioning procedure to the satellite by Optus. This effectively meant that the SKY transmission signal was lost to New Zealand and to Australian customers. Optus immediately acknowledged the problem and set about its correction. The satellite is communicating correctly with Optus ground stations. Optus has commenced a “re-pointing” manoeuvre to correct the signal.
SKY satellite customers can continue to access SKY Sport 1 on UHF service. Other satellite programming will be restored as soon as Optus has realigned the signal. UHF services are unaffected.
Updates will be posted on www.skytv.co.nz
