I have the same problem with International (South Asian) Channels
98 Zee TV ,243 TV Asia , 244 ITV Gold, 245 Zee TV , 246 SET Asia .
I got new install in July and it was working fine, all of a sudden about 15th July I started noticing this problem. I have called more than 10 time, each time they check the signal and everything is OK, they send the tech to swap the 8300 HD DVR, still the problem persist. They have open a trouble ticket with the Engineers but still nothing.
Its one month now and the problem is still there. It dose not matter what time the recording is. I have tried afternoons, and past midnight recordings, all the same, The recordings would be either BLACK screen, or it would not record at all. I am not even talking about two simultaneous recording.
If you are watching a LIVE tv show and you have a recording to start while you are watching the current TV, you get the message NOT AUTHORIZ... same as everyone on this thread. The only way to get rid of the message is to go into DVR menu and stop the recording. If I stop the recording and manually record the show (which was scheduled) now (as its the current time for the scheduled recording) it will record fine without any error message.
So the problem is international channel scheduled recording. You can record international channel programming going on at the current time without problem. So it dose not make sense.
Any help appreciated.