What is your source JBar ?
A reliable technical source.
Yeh! - I love retunes - anyone else sick or retuning their multiple TVs, PVRs, PC tuner cards TV dongles etc etc etc?
It’s well worth keeping in mind that sometimes, a good media enthusiast may need to protect his/her sources on info about a new channel or a relaunch just like how a political reporter sometimes needs to protect his/her sources on the latest scoop from parliament! 
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Interesting if true, and if so, I wonder if they’ll reuse the old Ten HD Package. (idents logo) - I remember them pretty awesome back in 2008…
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Chances of that happening: 0% I reckon.
If/when Ten HD returns, I’d be willing to predict that we’ll most likely just have “HD” text alongside the main blue & white circle as a logo.
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That old TEN HD logo was amazing loved the colour and effect they got out of it. That means SC Ten will launch HD in September 2018 
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Yeah well it was just a thought , but yeah I doubt it will happen. But you never know.
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i’m assuming it will be MPEG4? 
Or is ONE being made SD and this channel MPEG2?
Id assume it would be MPEG4 otherwise as they are going to need One to become SD to make way for it.
Really 3PM? Why that date? That sounds sus, but I would love to be proved wrong.
Doesn’t Ten usually do their technical testing about once a month (where One usually becomes an SD channel for a brief period) around the middle of the day?
I remember they used to do it on a Thursday night around midnight or just before midnight? Definetly it was around the middle of the week.
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So if Ten HD is in MPEG4 this means One can remain in HD ?
Does One show many native HD tv shows/sport ?
Possibly, although I would not be surprised if One does switch to SD if it’s indeed true that Ten is planning to switch on Ten HD on Channel 13 on March 2.
I think One shows some movies/documentaries and occasionally some sport (whether or not that’s a hangover of the old “One HD” days is quite debatable), but for the most part One is a waste of a HD broadcast IMO!
Lots of One’s programming is in native HD from movies, to US programming to even the adverts.
My sources confirm 2nd March and Channel 13, but the time is still TBA.
Yes, it’ll be MP4 and One will become SD.
That ‘technical testing’ is to check that the Melbourne recovery operation works and allows Sydney to do any maintenance as required. They do it weekly, but in preparation for the HD simulcast there have been a few extra.
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There was one on Tuesday morning IIRC where One switch to SD
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week.
If Ten HD on Channel 13 is launching on March 2, then I wonder when the network will make a formal announcement and start airing some promos for the new channel.
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