DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 3/12/2025

[lordodogg]

SHOPHQ channels are gone from the guide entirely.

 

[doctor J]

DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Feb 19 2025

Comparison of Transponder Data for Feb 19 2025 vs Feb 12 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​	​	1450​	​
SD mpeg4​	138​	-1​	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​	​	1​	​
SD mpeg2​	​	​	​	​
RB​	​	​	​	​
Engr Work​	33​	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

NFL sports channels removed
A few other changes
Weekly Analysis soon

Enjoy
DataDigesters

 

[doctor J]

Weekly Analysis for 2/19/2025:

 

[KyL416]

In addition to the NFL cleanup and other stuff mentioned over the past week

CINE 182 has been repurposed for the MLS auth slide on channel 9475.1

Willow Xtra has been relabeled to Willow 2

 

[KyL416]

662 FanDuel Sports Network Great Lakes will be ceasing programming on 3/1

 

[doctor J]

DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Feb 26 2025

Comparison of Transponder Data for Feb 26 2025 vs Feb 19 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​	​	1450​	​
SD mpeg4​	139​	1​	196​	​
SD mpeg2​	446​	-2​	​	​
RB​	​	​	​	​
Audio​	89​	​	​	​
Push​	30​	​	​	​
Slate​	21​	​	1​	​
​

TEST Streams​	National​		Spot Beams​
	Count​	Change​	Count​	Change​
4K​	​	​	​	​
HD​	​	​	1​	​
SD mpeg4​	​	-1​	1​	​
SD mpeg2​	1​	1​	​	​
RB​	​	​	​	​
Engr Work​	35​	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

Temporary Bad Data this AM
After good collection Not a lot to report
Weekly Analysis soon
Enjoy
DataDigesters

 

[doctor J]

Weekly Analysis for 2/26/2025:

 

[KyL416]

In addition to the upcoming shutdown of FanDuel Great Lakes

American Crimes went live on channel 85 yesterday

MLBEI ordering channel testing

Some transponder swaps

Passing along Gracenote's RF update for KJTVDT

Updating the network affiliation for KDMD-D2 Anchorage

9757 *SWITCH - Save $12/mo with no locals

 

[lordodogg]

662 FanDuel Sports Network Great Lakes will be ceasing programming on 3/1

What time exactly? Zap2It shows a midnight shutdown for the SD listing and a 6am shutdown for the HD listing.

 

[KyL416]

Whenever Main Street decides to pull the plug on its feed. For the past month or so it's just been a 24/7 simulcast of the base feed that's used as filler for the extra channels.

When Arizona shutdown the feed switched to a Bally slate at the start of the next programming day. San Diego was a little more complicated, providers were switched over to a market specific edit of SoCal while the master San Diego feed continued for a few days until it switched to a test pattern.

 

[KyL416]

The Rangers Sports Network is now testing on the stream server

EDIT: Since they don't have anything to show yet, it's currently just a bunch of slides simulating shows, ad breaks and local avails

 

[KyL416]

What time exactly? Zap2It shows a midnight shutdown for the SD listing and a 6am shutdown for the HD listing.

The streaming feed and 662 SD on satellite cut to a slate at midnight ET, but 662 HD is still showing programming from the base feed.

There's also an info slate testing on the server

EDIT: 662 HD finally switched to the slate at some point after 1pm ET

 

[lordodogg]

The HD slate is repurposing "Dispute Slide 2 Test 9110" on 103ca TPN 8, PID 1150
The SD slate is repurposing "Slide Test SD 9402" on 101 TPN 25, PID 003C

Is this the same setup for the "Looking for the Guardians?" slates on FDGL/662?
I can't check myself since SHEF data retrieval isn't available for Gemini clients.

 

[KyL416]

662 HD is using "Dispute Slide 1 Test 9109" on 103ca TPN 8, PID 1160
662 SD is using "Slide Channel 9220" on 101 TPN 32, PID 000A

The streaming Great Lakes feed still has the FanDuel no longer in operation slate

 

[KyL416]

The infomercial channel 324 RENEW has been replaced by In Touch+.

The duplicate on 98-3 is gone

 

[doctor J]

DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Mar 05 2025

Comparison of Transponder Data for Mar 05 2025 vs Feb 26 2025:


No changes in system tables for any transponder tuning parameters.

Stream (PID) counts:

LIVE Streams​	National​		Spot Beams​
	Count​	Change​	Count​	Change​
4K​	3​	-1​	​	​
HD​	269​	-7​	1450​	​
SD mpeg4​	140​	1​	196​	​
SD mpeg2​	446​	​	​	​
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​	​	-1​	​	​
RB​	​	​	​	​
Engr Work​	40​	5​	​	​
​

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
No major updates

Enjoy
DataDigesters

 

[doctor J]

Weekly Analysis for 3/05/2025:

 

[KyL416]

Some more MLBEI and Indian Wells prep. The Indian Wells Mix will be using 103ca TPN 19 1FC0, so no NCAA Mix this weekend.

9757 SWITCH (no locals) is now live, 9755 *GIFT (League Pass on Us) is testing

Passing along Gracenote's RF update for KCRGDT

RIP DTV4K and FanDuel Great Lakes

 

[KyL416]

It looks like another station group's affiliation agreement with NBC is on the verge of expiration.

The national NBC East and West feeds are testing again on the streaming server along with a slate about a "temporary NBC service" being available next to their usual NBC station.

 

[Tom Speer]

It looks like another station group's affiliation agreement with NBC is on the verge of expiration.

The national NBC East and West feeds are testing again on the streaming server along with a slate about a "temporary NBC service" being available next to their usual NBC station.

That hasn't shown up in the satellite APG data as of tonight (Friday).