DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 12/18/2024

[doctor J]

Sunday Ticket Analysis 9/10/2023:

 

[KyL416]

In addition to the Sunday Ticket changes

Sports Experience cleanup/prep

Further CW/MNT/Ind updates for the taken down Nexstar stations and Montana subchannels

9753 FOMO was removed

KCEB is now live in Tyler

 

[lordodogg]

Sports Experience cleanup/prep

Could that be related to the “Sports Central” portal that I always see in their ads?

 

[KyL416]

Here's how the Sunday Ticket bandwidth is allocated:

HD Feeds:
211/703/9551 NFLNRZ -> CINEHD 126
9552 MIXHD -> KIDSMIX 199
9553 MIXHD -> Reserved space on 103ca TPN 19
9554 NFLHD -> CINEHD 147
9555 NFLHD -> CINEHD 138
9556 NFLHD -> CINEHD 137
9557 NFLHD -> CINEHD 134
9558 NFLHD -> CINEHD 140
9559 NFLHD -> CINEHD 128
9560 NFLHD -> CINEHD 153
9561 NFLHD -> CINEHD 152
9562 NFLHD -> CINEHD 151
9563 NFLHD -> CINEHD 150
9564 NFLHD -> CINEHD 149
9565 NFLHD -> CINEHD 148
9566 NFLHD -> CINEHD 155

SD Feeds:
9551 NFLNRZ -> FRESH (TPN 8)
9554 NFL -> Reserved space on TPN 8
9555 NFL -> Reserved space on TPN 8
9556 NFL -> Reserved space on TPN 8
9557 NFL -> Reserved space on TPN 8
9558 NFL -> Reserved space on TPN 8
9559 NFL -> Reserved space on TPN 8
9560 NFL -> Reserved space on TPN 17
9561 NFL -> Reserved space on TPN 17
9562 NFL -> Reserved space on TPN 17
9563 NFL -> Reserved space on TPN 17
9564 NFL -> Reserved space on TPN 8
9565 NFL -> Reserved space on TPN 17
9566 NFL -> RENEW (TPN 17)

The MIX channels on 9552/9553 weren't live at the time of the grab, but one of them will be repurposing the Kids Mix and the other will likely be repurposing the bandwidth of CINEHD 142 and 143

EDIT: Added the MIX channels that showed up in the afternoon grab

 

[PioneerDJ]

The MIX channels on 9552/9553 weren't live at the time of the grab, but one of them will be repurposing the Kids Mix and the other will likely be repurposing the bandwidth of CINEHD 142 and 143

They usually repurpose MLB Mix 720 to one of the NFLST Mix channels but I guess not for this year?

This will be the first time in DirecTV Business history there are mix channels exclusively for commercial accounts

 

[PioneerDJ]

There are a lot of other events going on today outside of Sunday Ticket, including 213-1
Nationals, Diamondbacks, Padres both for in-market and for MLB EI
2 ESPN+ Business events
UEFA European Qualifier PPV on channel 123 HD.
No room for Phillies feed on MLB EI today

 

[lordodogg]

MASN2 (where the Nationals game will be on today), D-backs and Padres are the same feeds for both in-market and MLB EI, they are both repurposed CINEHD feeds.
Also, if there ever is a busy day/night like this, the event(s) you mentioned (Phillies home feed) will usually be in SD only via a repurposed infomercial channel feed(s). For situations like that, make sure SD duplicates on all your boxes, or at least the box you are using to show the Phils game, are enabled. Also try to change the picture format setting to Crop. That will usually at least make the stretched letterboxed 4:3 picture 16:9 so you don’t get a lot of complaints from your customers, and it also does not apply to HD channels.

 

[KyL416]

Also, if there ever is a busy day/night like this, the event(s) you mentioned (Phillies home feed) will usually be in SD only via a repurposed infomercial channel

Today's Phillies feed isn't available at all with Extra Innings, only the Marlins feed via Bally Florida is available on channel 721.

 

[KyL416]

We did another afternoon grab that picked up the mix channels:
9552 MIXHD -> KIDSMIX 199
9553 MIXHD -> Reserved space on 103ca TPN 19


Also, a LOT of the alternate feeds are HD only this afternoon:
213.1 MLBaHD (No SD feed of MLBN's Marlins @ Phillies for people blacked out of MLBN's Padres @ Astros)
628.1 NSN+HD (No SD feed of NCAA Soccer)
668.1 BSNOeHD (No Lynx SD feed of WNBA Lynx @ Fever)
671.4 BSINHD (No Fever SD feed of WNBA Lynx @ Fever)
674.1 ATSWHDa (No Spanish Astros SD feed of Padres @ Astros)
676.1 BSSWeHD (No Wings SD feed of WNBA Wings @ Dream)
694.3 PADRES (No Padres SD feed of Padres @ Astros)

Only 4 Part Time RSN feeds are also available in SD:
640.1 MASN2 -> Reserved space on TPN 17 (Dodgers @ Nationals)
669 BSWI -> Reserved space on TPN 8 (Brewers @ Yankees)
671.5 BSKC -> XTRA (TPN 8) (Royals @ Blue Jays) - The Blue Jays feed is not available at all on Extra Innings
686.3 DBACKS -> NEW (TPN 17) (Diamondbacks @ Cubs)

 

[KyL416]

For the opposite view, here's how all of the offline channels are currently being repurposed since this is one of the few days where every designated part time feed will be in use:
126 CINEHD -> 211/703/9551 NFLNRZ
128 CINEHD -> 9559 NFLHD
131 CINEHD -> 668.1 BSNOeHD
132 CINEHD -> 671.4 BSINHD
133 CINEHD -> College Field Hockey on 9522 PPVHD, was also used for FIBA Basketball World Cup on 9521 PPVHD earlier this morning
134 CINEHD -> 9557 NFLHD
135 CINEHD -> 213.1 MLBaHD
136 CINEHD -> 676.1 BSSWeHD (Repurposed for PLL Lacrosse on 9521 PPVHD after Wings @ Dream finished)
137 CINEHD -> 9556 NFLHD
138 CINEHD -> 9555 NFLHD
139 CINEHD -> 9524 PPVHD (Repurposed for Duke vs. UNC Greensboro on 9522 PPVHD after Notre Dame vs. Bowling Green finished)
140 CINEHD -> 9558 NFLHD
141 CINEHD -> 628.1 NSN+HD
142 CINEHD -> 686.3 DBACKS
143 CINEHD -> 694.3 PADRES
144 CINEHD -> 661 BSCINHD (Repurposed for UCLA @ CSU Northridge on 9523 PPVHD after Cardinals @ Reds finished)
145 CINEHD -> 621.1 FSPHD
146 CINEHD -> 640.1 MASN2HD
147 CINEHD -> 9554 NFLHD
148 CINEHD -> 9565 NFLHD
149 CINEHD -> 9564 NFLHD
150 CINEHD -> 9563 NFLHD
151 CINEHD -> 9562 NFLHD
152 CINEHD -> 9561 NFLHD
153 CINEHD -> 9560 NFLHD
154 CINEHD -> 671.5 BSKCHD (Repurposed for Saint Louis City SC @ Galaxy on 9475 MLS HD after Royals @ Blue Jays finished)
155 CINEHD -> 9566 NFLHD
156 CINEHD -> 123 PPVHD
173 CINE -> 9100 INFO (Looking for Sunday Ticket?)
174 CINE -> 9547 NFLNRZ (RedZone Auth)
175 CINE -> 9549 DTV (Sunday Ticket Auth)
176 CINE -> 9222 *TEST (Slate)
199 KIDSMIX -> 9552 MIXHD
255 XTRA -> 671.5 BSKC
319 NEW -> 686.3 DBACKS
324 RENEW -> 9566 NFL
325 FRESH -> 9551 NFLNRZ
9123 *TEST (Occasional BOC Test) -> 674.1 ATSWHDa
9124 *TEST (Occasional BOC Test) -> In use earlier today for Asia Cup Cricket on 9523 PPVHD

The TID/PIDs that currently have CINEHD 127, 129, 130, 157 and 158 are full time and have never been taken down for part time sports.

The rest of the part time SD channels are coming from reserved space on 101 TPNs 8 (10 feeds available including FRESH and XTRA) and 17 (9 feeds available including RENEW and NEW, the 10th slot is used for the Seasonal Sports Offer slideshow on channels 100 and 113)

 

[Gary Toma]

An additional TPN Map has been added to Post #1 to provide a snapshot of all the gyrations a heavy-usage day generates. This data was acquired on Sunday, 9/10 at 1:42 pm EDT.

This once-a-year Sunday snapshot will be left online for a few weeks.

 

[KyL416]

The next few weeks have double headers for Monday Night Football and eventually the bye weeks and international games start kicking in, so it will be a while before they need 13 Sunday Ticket game channels again. As of right now the 10/1 Wembley Stadium Falcons/Jaguars game is not on the ESPN+ for Business schedule, the rest of the international games are NFL Network telecasts.

A big stress test for the part time feeds will be the upcoming NHL and NBA season where the Golden Knights, Jazz and Suns OTA feeds for Center Ice/League Pass will probably get the NBCS Philly and TSN/Rogers SportsNet treatment on busy nights, with the potential of getting worse next MLB season if the Rockies and Pirates decide to go the Padres/Diamondbacks standalone MLB route instead of signing with Altitude and SportsNet Pittsburgh and if Diamond decides to shed the Rangers, Twins, Guardians and Reds MLB contracts during the off season. As of right now it looks like the Rockets and Astros will be buying out ATTSN Southwest, while the Mariners will keep Root Sports Northwest and its teams.

 

[PioneerDJ]

The next few weeks have double headers for Monday Night Football and eventually the bye weeks and international games start kicking in, so it will be a while before they need 13 Sunday Ticket game channels again.

I stated in the Sunday Ticket thread there won’t be a need for 13 ST game channels again until weeks 17 and 18

 

[TheRatPatrol]

it looks like the Rockets and Astros will be buying out ATTSN Southwest, while the Mariners will keep Root Sports Northwest and its teams.

Do you think they will change the names of the channels?

 

[lordodogg]

I’m guessing they might rename ATTSN Southwest to something like SportsNet Southwest or Houston SportsNet and keep Root Sports’ name unchanged since it’s been the only channel to keep the name after they rebranded all the others to ATTSN from Root Sports back in July 2017.

 

[lordodogg]

An additional TPN Map has been added to Post #1 to provide a snapshot of all the gyrations a heavy-usage day generates. This data was acquired on Sunday, 9/10 at 1:42 pm EDT.

This once-a-year Sunday snapshot will be left online for a few weeks.

Sorry if this sounds bizarre, but is it okay if "Domestic" is dropped from the title of the thread and the file name? I'm asking since I understand you no longer make new TPN Maps for Latin America, SKY Mexico, and SKY Brazil.

 

[KyL416]

642 NBC Sports Washington rebranded to "Monumental Sports Network" today.

 

[Gary Toma]

Sorry if this sounds bizarre, but is it okay if "Domestic" is dropped from the title of the thread and the file name? I'm asking since I understand you no longer make new TPN Maps for Latin America, SKY Mexico, and SKY Brazil.

You are right. We no longer have the need to distinguish the TPN Map as being the Domestic variation.

 

[doctor J]

DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Sep 13 2023

Comparison of Transponder Data for Sep 13 2023 vs Sep 06 2023:


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​	273​	-1​	1290​	1​
SD mpeg4​	140​	​	183​	​
SD mpeg2​	378​	1​	410​	​
RB​	​	​	​	​
Audio​	89​	​	​	​
Push​	31​	​	​	​
Slate​	21​	​	1​	​
​

TEST Streams​	National​		Spot Beams​
	Count​	Change​	Count​	Change​
4K​	​	​	​	​
HD​	​	​	​	​
SD mpeg4​	​	​	​	-1​
SD mpeg2​	​	​	​	​
RB​	​	​	​	​
Engr Work​	49​	2​	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
Weekly Analysis soon
DataDigesters

 

[doctor J]

Weekly Anaysis for 9/13/2023: