DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 1/15/2025

[KyL416]

They likely date back to at least the mid 2000s, since the SD feeds for TruTV (ex-CourtTV) and Pop (ex-TV Guide) have CCIDs 203 and 224, which match channel numbers they last had in 2007.

 

[Tom Speer]

They likely date back to at least the mid 2000s, since the SD feeds for TruTV (ex-CourtTV) and Pop (ex-TV Guide) have CCIDs 203 and 224, which match channel numbers they last had in 2007.

They conceivably could go back to before DIRECTV implemented their Advanced Program Guide (APG) structure.

 

[slice1900]

They conceivably could go back to before DIRECTV implemented their Advanced Program Guide (APG) structure.

CCID = "classic channel ID"?

 

[KyL416]

Several of DTV's patents say it stands for "control channel identifier"

 

[lordodogg]

That's...very interesting.
I thought it would have stood for "Connected Channel ID", based on my theory that it had to do with the SignalSaver feature.

 

[KyL416]

The patents that reference the CCID predate the existence of the Apple App Store and Google Play's original Android Market incarnation.

They use it to identify the records wherever they are used internally (i.e. signal monitoring and automation) or externally (i.e. online guides and apps)

 

[Tom Speer]

I suspect they are used to configure your receiver as to what channels you are authorized for. We have not found anything in the APG records that links an individual channel to a package. And some LIL channels are only available in some narrow geographic areas. So they have to have a way to store a list of subscribed channels to your STB, perhaps on the access card.

 

[Tom Speer]

While the CCID may be used by the apps, signal saver, and streaming, the CCID existed before any of those things.

 

[Tom Speer]

DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Jan 15 2025

Comparison of Transponder Data for Jan 15 2025 vs Jan 08 2025:


No changes in system tables for any transponder tuning parameters.

Stream (PID) counts:

LIVE Streams​	National​		Spot Beams​
	Count​	Change​	Count​	Change​
4K​	4​	​	​	​
HD​	276​	-1​	1450​	​
SD mpeg4​	138​	​	196​	​
SD mpeg2​	448​	​	​	​
RB​	​	​	​	​
Audio​	89​	​	​	​
Push​	30​	​	​	​
Slate​	21​	​	1​	​
​

TEST Streams​	National​		Spot Beams​
	Count​	Change​	Count​	Change​
4K​	​	​	​	​
HD​	​	​	1​	​
SD mpeg4​	​	​	1​	​
SD mpeg2​	​	​	​	​
RB​	​	​	​	​
Engr Work​	34​	​	​	​
​

Doctor J's Internet provider is down. I am posting for him.

The PID count Excel workbook provides much more count detail.

Newly updated tables of Streams on each transponder are available in the DataDigesters TPN Grids

More details of changes in individual channels will follow in the Weekly Analysis
and Gary Toma's Domestic TPN Map Excel files

 

[Tom Speer]

Weekly Analysis for January 15, 2025:

 

[KyL416]

A mostly quiet week

KWHY/22 Los Angeles was sold to the Church of Scientology and is now KSCN

9755 ACCESS - P+ Showtime info is now live

MGM+ and The First swapped TPNs slots and sats, FLIX also switched transponders

 

[KyL416]

Spectrum and some other providers are sending out notices saying that Universal Kids is shutting down on 3/6