Xpanded tv - General Chat & Discussion

(11-05-2023 20:59 )ShandyHand Wrote:  Okay. So they are not fulfilling their contract with XP atm then. Doesn't this all seem a bit amateurish? Can't recall days long blackouts at any of their main rivals in the past. Still as others have said we must be thankful there are still two operators afloat right now.

Pretty sure bs a while ago was off sky for a few days at least, possibly even a week. Can't remember exactly when

(11-05-2023 17:36 )crankshaft Wrote:  

(11-05-2023 14:14 )vampire555 Wrote:  Heard a whisper via one of the girls on Babestation that the channel was going to fold. Anyone else heard anything?

(11-05-2023 17:22 )Rammyrascal Wrote:  Nope. Just that they're having tech issues due to a studio move. Plus nothing on my tv listing to indicate Xpanded is finishing anytime soon. Listing wouldn't say "no longer broadcasting" or "this is Xpanded" with no info

Ironically it is Babestation not transmitting on tv right now on Sky. Presumably they are also having technical issues and haven’t suddenly imploded

Nope. Bs back on air

The maintenance message was gone at around 8.00 this evening and a no signal message showing on the stream. I'm guessing there was a test going on.

It’s ominous.

(11-05-2023 20:51 )bigglesworth Wrote:  

(11-05-2023 16:01 )ShandyHand Wrote:  ^ How long would you expect fixing such a fault to take do you think?

Xpanded don't handle their own streaming. Just as Firestorm do the streaming for Babestation, there is a streaming company that do it for Xpanded. I don't know who it is, but that company is the one that needs a new encoder. As for how long to fix such a fault, it shouldn't take much time to configure a new encoder, as they aren't that complicated, so timescale would really depend on how long it takes them to get the right hardware sourced and delivered.

maybe they are implementing some sort of geoblocking like s66 did or some DRM system, paywall ,...

(11-05-2023 21:56 )dominar rygel xvi Wrote:  The maintenance message was gone at around 8.00 this evening and a no signal message showing on the stream. I'm guessing there was a test going on.

Yes must have been a test. Someone on twitter reported seeing this too.

With some babes leaving to go to BS and their current tech issues, I fear it is the beginning of the end of XP, and I hope I'm wrong.

I've posted a lot about my mixed feelings about Xpanded, and won't repeat or link previous comments here.. but although I wasn't watching much of anything, my current 'dream team' at Xpanded were on last night.
Apart from those two, there are eight others in my Xpanded account 'favourites', which includes no other women currently appearing on tv at night, and three women who have effectively left, varying lengths of time ago, and with varying degrees of finality.

There was an eleventh, Sophiaxx AKA Sophia Diamond, who sadly never appeared on TV at all, who I discovered on Twitter interacting with another Xpanded woman I was following.
However, when I was just looking, I found that she was absent, and looking at my email notifications, I've had none for her since March, and her Twitter account seems to have gone!?
Apart from anything else, I've rarely looked at my Twitter timeline this year!

^I’m not sure what the situation is at Xpanded, but bringing Gracie Gold back would be one hell of a statement. I’d love to see her back on tv

^GG is one of the "....three women who have effectively left, varying lengths of time ago, and with varying degrees of finality.", but I think she has chosen to give up appearing on tv.*
I do follow her on Twitter, and her sister Georgia Foxx, who still appears on Xpanded, but not at night for some time.
As GG has tweeted, and about which there have been forum posts, she has continued doing webcam work.

*Addendum: As have the other two: Alicia, and Rhea Rose, to the best of my knowledge.