CAS offers 24-hour programming showing titled clips of ballet, opera, modern dance, classical music, choral and chamber music, sculpture, painting, classic film, musical theater and much more. The clips are arranged in an eclectic order, so you’ll never know what’s coming next. Our hope is to inspire and delight our audience with the clips, to create greater interest in the classic arts. We show no commercials – just the world’s greatest performances.
CAS is free to any broadcast, cable company or PEG channel, unencrypted, available 24 hours a day. We come to you via satellite (from SES-18, Transponder #22). You can do an air check of your show now.
Classic Arts Showcase HDTV Program Feed as of August 1, 2023:
| Service name: | Classic Arts HD |
| Satellite: | SES-18- 103º WL |
| Polarization: | Vertical Downlink |
| Transponder: | 22C |
| Frequency: | 4140 MHz Vertical |
| Symbol Rate: | 30.00 MS/s |
| Service Data Rate: | 5.0 Mbps |
| FEC: | 5/6 FEC |
| Net ID: | 1 |
| Video PID/PCR PID: | 211 (OxD3) (H.264, ES descriptor type Ox1B) |
| Audio PID: | 212 (OxD4) (MPEG1L2, ES descriptor type 0x03) |
| Format: | DVB-S2, 8PSK |
| Service ID: | 210 |
Recommendations:
Cisco/Synamedia Receivers Unable to Acquire Signal
– If signal lock fails using the new parameters, consider changing the SAT tuning mode to AUTO (from BASIC or STD modes) in the satellite configuration.
– Double check that the NetID value is set to 1 (if a value of 3 was used previously)
– The new uplink will be using different audio/video PID’s and a different service ID (SID) from the current uplink. Affiliates using the compressed outputs (ASI and/or IP) may need additional configurations downstream with these new PID assignments.
Most any DVB-S2 H.264 IRD should be able to capture the Classic Arts Showcase signal.
Recommended IRD’s as follows:
– Ericsson/Mediakind Rx8000 series
– Cisco/Synamedia D9800 series
– Harmonic PV-series
– Ateme DR series
If you have any technical questions, the Globecast TOC can be contacted 24 hours per day at 310.845.3800.
