DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 1/8/2025

[doctor J]

DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Dec 24 2024

Comparison of Transponder Data for Dec 24 2024 vs Dec 18 2024:


No changes in system tables for any transponder tuning parameters.

Stream (PID) counts:

LIVE Streams​	National​		Spot Beams​
	Count​	Change​	Count​	Change​
4K​	4​	1​	​	​
HD​	276​	1​	1450​	1​
SD mpeg4​	139​	​	196​	-1​
SD mpeg2​	448​	2​	​	​
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​	35​	-1​	​	​
​

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

Weekly Analysis soon
A Day Early to give SANTA a rest
MLS channels lighting up otherwise very little
Enjoy
Merry Christmas
DataDigesters

 

[doctor J]

Weekly Analysis for 12/24/2024:
File name a bit different since it's not our usual Wednesday comparison.

 

[KyL416]

In addition to those MLS channels and i24 and Cheddar switching to internet delivery

LooLoo Kids TV is testing on channel 9308 using the TPN slot that used to have NASA, so it is the replacement P/I channel

WVCY/30 Milwaukee is now in HD

9757 GIFT (League Pass On Us) and 9758 NETFLX (Netflix Premium offer) are live

They finally fixed the TMS_ID for BBC News to use the listing for the North American feed instead of the European feed.

Passing along Gracenote's RF updates for the OTA records of KUNPDT2 and KHQADT3

 

[lordodogg]

For some reason, CHDR/354 is not marked as an Internet channel, unlike I24NEWS/343 and FOXWX/363. It just says its on D15 and where the TPN/TID/VPID would be, it's just empty:

 

[Gary Toma]

For some reason, CHDR/354 is not marked as an Internet channel, unlike I24NEWS/343 and FOXWX/363. It just says its on D15 and where the TPN/TID/VPID would be, it's just empty:
View attachment 177562

Probably my error. I’ll look into it as quickly as I can.

Update 12/27 14:30 PST:
Error is corrected, an updated 'version -B' output file is now in Post #1.

Thank You for catching this problem! Well Done !!

 

[lordodogg]

Thank You for catching this problem! Well Done !!

You're welcome!

 

[KyL416]

LooLoo Kids TV is now live on channel 308

 

[doctor J]

DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Jan 01 2025

Comparison of Transponder Data for Jan 01 2025 vs Dec 25 2024:


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​	-1​	196​	​
SD mpeg2​	445​	-3​	​	​
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​	37​	2​	​	​
​

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

As Kyle has noted
Otherwise not much change
Weekly Analysis soon
Happy New Year
DataDigesters

 

[doctor J]

Weekly Analysis for 1/1/2025:

 

[PioneerDJ]

I'm hearing from industry professionals on Discord that Nexstar owned NBC stations (33 of them) will lose their NBC affiliations beginning at 5 PM EST today unless another short term extension is reached, there have already been 2 short extensions since New Year's

 

[KyL416]

NBC Nightly News is currently airing on their east coast feed affiliates like WFLA, KXAN, WAVY, WWLP, WBGH and WBRE, so it looks like they got another extension.

 

[PioneerDJ]

NBC Nightly News is currently airing on their east coast feed affiliates like WFLA, KXAN, WAVY, WWLP, WBGH and WBRE, so it looks like they got another extension.

WOOD briefly reran a sports year in review program before rejoining Nightly News in progress

 

[lordodogg]

KSNF had a page on their FourStatesHomePage website about the negotiations, but it looks like it got taken down.

 

[KyL416]

801 Music Choice Big Band and 833-1 Classic Rock Ultra have returned

 

[doctor J]

DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Jan 08 2025

Comparison of Transponder Data for Jan 08 2025 vs Jan 01 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​	277​	1​	1450​	​
SD mpeg4​	138​	​	196​	​
SD mpeg2​	448​	3​	​	​
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​	-3​	​	​
​

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

New Processing software so may be a few bugs
Weekly Analysis soon
Enjoy
DataDigesters

 

[doctor J]

Weekly Analysis for 1/08/2025:

 

[KyL416]

In addition to the Music Choice updates, some new Targetted offers:
9573 SWITCH - Save $12/month with No Locals
9754 PPGEM - Protection Plan Gemini Upgrade
9759 GIFT - League Pass on Us

WSFJ/51 Columbus OH, KILM/64 Los Angeles, WDLI/17 Cleveland, WCLJ/42 Indy, and WFPX/62 Raleigh changed their network affiliations to Bounce on Monday

1592 Arouse on Demand is now live

Cleanup of some old test records

 

[lordodogg]

New Processing software so may be a few bugs

If that explains why there is now a "CCID" field in the "TMSID/Logo/CCID" section, I actually appreciate that change.
Hopefully the full map will also have that field.

 

[Tom Speer]

If that explains why there is now a "CCID" field in the "TMSID/Logo/CCID" section, I actually appreciate that change.
Hopefully the full map will also have that field.

The author of the software we use to extract data from the structured binary APG data recently added the ability to extract the CCID. We have been coordinating the rest of our software to handle it consistently. When Gary gets todays TPN map ready, the CCID field should be on the entries, where it exists.
There are currently 10,534 unique CCID values. Every APG object that describes a channel carried by the satellites has a unique CCID. Most, but not all, of the records for OTA channels have unique CCID's. So do all of the regular On Demand objects. Some of the specialized On-Demand and test objects do not have that information. We do not fully understand the significance of the CCID, but we have some hypotheses.