SUNDAY 29th @1400BST. The satellite feed for the Encore relay is now available and stable. As last night, there will be the same switch from Test to Content at 1445BST

UPDATE@1755BST. The Test feed is now up and stable on IS-1002. At 1845BST there will be a hot-switch to the Andre Rieu material. Some IRDs have objected to this previously, so please pay close attntion at this time.

The Test period ahead of Saturday night’s satellite relay begins at 18:00BST/1900CEST. The Countdown clock is at 1845BST and the Concert commences at 1900BST, throught to ~2145

The Test ahead of this weekend’s satellite broadcast is from 0930-1100BST. The feed is carried on IS-1002. All usual support resources should be available. The service name is “ANDRÉ RIEU” (no surprise there!) and the content is the Arqiva “Digital Cinema Delivered” Test loop. The feed was up and stable at 0920BST.