[mythtvnz] Sugarloaf restack of DVB-T frequencies next week

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org> wrote:
>> Just a heads up to get ready for a re-scan - its nearly time to sell off
>> some spectrum!!
>>
>> Sometime on the 25th - presumably in the early hours...
>>
>
>
> says 24th here http://www.rsm.govt.nz/cms/policy-and-planning/projects/digital-terrestrial-television-frequency-restacking/timing-and-channel-information
>
> But it may amount to the same thing.

Looks like the early hours of the 24th

http://freeviewnz.tv/help-support/network-status.aspx

"Announcement from MED (Ministry of Economic Development):

Freeview|HD(via UHF aerial) viewers in the CANTERBURY region, there is
a planned outage of up to 6 hours on Tues 24 July between 00:01AM and
06:00AM.

You will need to retune your Freeview|HD digital TV, Freeview|HD
digital receiver or Myfreeview|HD recorder after this outage. For
retune instructions, please visit www.retune.co.nz or call 0508 33 66
33."