DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 12/18/2024

[KyL416]

Nothing much new to report since Sunday's grab besides VISION moving to the TPN slot formerly occupied by Audience SD, 9753 FOMO being replaced by 9757 OFFER and the previously mentioned Monumental rebrand.

 

[lordodogg]

77 MeTV needs to be added to the HD list. It is still treated as an MPEG4-SD channel (Green channel name & grouped with all other SD feeds). Sorry for not noticing sooner!

 

[Tom Speer]

77 MeTV needs to be added to the HD list. It is still treated as an MPEG4-SD channel (Green channel name & grouped with all other SD feeds). Sorry for not noticing sooner!

It is shown correctly as HD in the TPN Grids, based on the Toc fields.

 

[Gary Toma]

77 MeTV needs to be added to the HD list. It is still treated as an MPEG4-SD channel (Green channel name & grouped with all other SD feeds). Sorry for not noticing sooner!

Thanks for catching this. It will be correct beginning with today’s TPN Map.

 

[PioneerDJ]

So they turned on the Amazon TNF commercial feed (repurposing CINEHD 138) a day early with the matchup slate until pregame 7 PM tomorrow

 

[lordodogg]

It is shown correctly as HD in the TPN Grids, based on the Toc fields.

I just took a look at the TPN Grid and the Nexstar dispute slate (identified as NewsNation on the grid, which also happens to be on 99cb just like MeTV) is incorrectly MPEG4-SD (Ch# in green):

 

[Tom Speer]

I just took a look at the TPN Grid and the Nexstar dispute slate (identified as NewsNation on the grid, which also happens to be on 99cb just like MeTV) is incorrectly MPEG4-SD (Ch# in green):
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You may have found a flaw in the logic of the analysis phase 0f our Capture4 program. But I am not sure. The T0C field just tells us that the digital stram is Mpeg4. It doesn't tell us whether it is SD or HD. The problem is classifying a single digital stream on a specific PID to be HD or SD based on all of the channels assigned to that digital stream. In this case, there are a lot of channels that are explicitly labelled as SD. Since my receiver upconverts everything, I have trouble distinguishing those slides.

 

[lordodogg]

Some of the Nexstar dispute stations mapped to that slate used to be A3 SD though when they were on their spotbeam TPNs (ex. WNAC's CW sub-channel)

 

[Tom Speer]

Some of the Nexstar dispute stations mapped to that slate used to be A3 SD though when they were on their spotbeam TPNs (ex. WNAC's CW sub-channel)

Many of them were SD. Changing the logic would create havoc for the classification of many other local channels. I won't code a specific exception for this dispute slide, which may or may not be in HD. It is a small problem.

 

[lordodogg]

I can tell the difference between an HD and SD feed (upscaled or not), and the Nexstar slate is definitely HD. There is already an SD slate on 101 national beam, used by all Nexstar SD locals no matter if they were on 101 spotbeam or 119 before the dispute.

 

[Tom Speer]

The assumption is made that any Mpeg4 PID stream is HD, unless it is specifically labelled as SD. If any chennel assigned to that PID is labelled as SD, then the PID is classified as SD. That works for almost every other PID stream. Consider this a footnote to the TPNGrid: The Nexstar dispute slide on Net 10 (T11@99W), TID 135, PID 1060 is probably misclassified as Mpeg4 SD.

 

[PioneerDJ]

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

I also need to add week 8 (Oct 29) will also use 13 ST game channels, because there are no teams on bye and no international games for that week

 

[KyL416]

The Nexstar owned stations including NewsNation returned this morning as part of a temporary agreement while they strike a final deal. They're now pointing to the same TID/PIDs they had prior to the takedown.

 

[jamieh1]

DTV stream not back yet. NewsNation and my CBS still off.

 

[lordodogg]

They’re back on stream for me. You might need to exit out of your Stream app and return to it on whatever device you’re using for it.

 

[jamieh1]

They’re back on stream for me. You might need to exit out of your Stream app and return to it on whatever device you’re using for it.

Yea rebooted device and then the local came on.

 

[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.

Per here, the Rockets filed a trademark for the name "Space City Home Network". That may be the new name for ATTSNSW:

Warner Bros. Discovery May Have Just Sold AT&T SportsNet Southwest, Saving The Astros & Rockets TV Network | Cord Cutters News

Earlier this month, Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed it planned to shut down all of its regional sports networks or RSNs. It has been known for some time now that they have been in talks to sell a few of them. Earlier this month we learned a deal had been reached to sell AT&T SportsNet...

cordcuttersnews.com

 

[doctor J]

Analysis 9/18/2023 Nexstar back online! :

 

[KyL416]

In addition to the Nexstar owned stations going live, they finally updated the entry for KARZ's Shreveport DMA mirror to reflect their 2009 callsign change, but they also reverted the callsign for WTRF's MNT subchannel.

Targetted Offer channel updates:
9750 *DTV PP (Protection Plan Offer) - Replacing 9755 GIFT ($200 off Sunday Ticket)
9752 *MORE (Choice Upgrade Offer) - Replacing 9757 OFFER (Showtime for $1.99 a month)

1212 NFL Network On Demand is now live

Tweaks to the names of POP TV, Crime + Investigation, Mega TV, HBO2 and ShortsTV

After having their shadow records in test mode since the week of 7/6/22, they finally moved the 99ca TPN 19 channels to 99cb TPN 13 (DFCHD, ACCNHD, FDTVHD, SBSHD, UKIDSH)

 

[lordodogg]

Analysis 9/18/2023 Nexstar back online! :

Will there be a new TPN Map for today that reflects these changes, or will we have to wait until Wednesday?