DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 5/13/2026

[lordodogg]

DIRECTV Expands Apple TV’s Live Sports to Homes, Bars, Restaurants - The TV Answer Man! - Phillip Swann

By Phillip SwannThe TV Answer Man – Buy Me a Coffee! DIRECTV will provide Apple TV’s 24-race F1 broadcasts, which begin the weekend of March 5-7, 2026, to bars and restaurants which subscribe to the company’s business plan. The TV provider also will offer Apple TV’s Major League Soccer and Major...

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[KyL416]

The MLS channels are now in the guide on channels 480-494 for residential customers and 9475-9489 for commercial customers. F1 and Friday Night Baseball will also be available. For residential customers it requires you to subscribe to Apple TV through DIRECTV. For commercial customers it looks like it's going to be like Friday Night Baseball and only require a qualifying base package.

https://www.directv.com/insider/news/apple-tv-formula-1/

DIRECTV's agreement also renews the same customers' access to Apple TV's live sports with Major League Baseball's "Friday Night Baseball" doubleheaders throughout the 2026 campaign, as well as with a new season of Major League Soccer, starting this Saturday, Feb. 21. Starting this season, Apple is also including all MLS matches in its standard Apple TV subscription at no extra cost. Anyone who subscribes to Apple TV through DIRECTV will now be able to discover and watch Apple TV's live sports directly within their DIRECTV experience, without having to exit to a separate app.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/02/major-league-soccer-kicks-off-2026-season-on-apple-tv/

DIRECTV customers will now have access to Apple TV's live sports programming — including MLS matches, F1 in the U.S., and "Friday Night Baseball" — all available directly inside their homes, on the go, or at any of the 300,000-plus sports bars, restaurants, hotels, and other commercial venues served by DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS. Anyone who subscribes to Apple TV through DIRECTV will now be able to discover and watch Apple TV's live sports, including all MLS matches, directly within their DIRECTV experience.

 

[KyL416]

The Olympic mixes have been removed, Center Ice mix is back

The BNP/Indian Wells channels are now listed in the 900s and 205s

 

[doctor J]

DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Feb 25 2026

Comparison of Transponder Data for Feb 25 2026 vs Feb 18 2026:


No changes in system tables for any transponder tuning parameters.

Changes to the use of defined transponders:


1 Previously unused Transponder with current APG records::
Net 15 TID 8 Beam NAT is a National Transponder on D12@103ca, TPN 9

Stream (PID) counts:

LIVE Streams​	National​		Spot Beams​
	Count​	Change​	Count​	Change​
4K​	3​	-1​	​	​
HD​	272​	​	1446​	​
SD mpeg4​	140​	​	195​	​
SD mpeg2​	444​	-1​	​	​
RB​	​	​	​	​
Audio​	89​	​	​	​
Push​	25​	​	​	​
Slate​	19​	​	1​	​
​

TEST Streams​	National​		Spot Beams​
	Count​	Change​	Count​	Change​
4K​	​	​	​	​
HD​	​	​	1​	​
SD mpeg4​	​	​	1​	​
SD mpeg2​	​	​	​	​
RB​	​	​	​	​
Engr Work​	38​	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
Increasing activity
Hopefully those more knowledgable can sort out.
Weekly Analysis soon
Enjoy
DataDigesters

 

[doctor J]

Weekly analysis for 2/25/2026:

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[KyL416]

PADRES is now on 694 instead of 694-3

*F1ATV is now testing on channel 930

Some TPN shuffles, and prep for another shuffle

Prep to bring IFC and WE to Puerto Rico

 

[KyL416]

640-1 MASN2 has been discontinued now that the Nationals left MASN

 

[TheRatPatrol]

Just curious, have all the MLB teams that have moved off of Fan Duel come to terms with DirecTV yet?

 

[KyL416]

They're listed in the updated RSN insider article, but outside of BravesVision on 645, no channel numbers are listed.

 

[dtv757]

Yea the victory + confuses me. I guess they have TX Rangers for MLB but also NWSL games ... the Washington Spirit list Victory+ for some matches...

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[KyL416]

The TX Rangers on Victory+ requires a paid subscription or provider authentication (currently only DTV and UVerse are supported), the Ducks and Stars are free, all 3 teams are only available to those in their respective territories. The rest of their content, including the NWSL and WHL are available for free nationally

 

[dtv757]

Thank you for your amazing knowledge

 

[doctor J]

DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Mar 04 2026

Comparison of Transponder Data for Mar 04 2026 vs Feb 25 2026:


No changes in system tables for any transponder tuning parameters.

Stream (PID) counts:

LIVE Streams​	National​		Spot Beams​
	Count​	Change​	Count​	Change​
4K​	3​	​	​	​
HD​	267​	-5​	1446​	​
SD mpeg4​	140​	​	195​	​
SD mpeg2​	443​	-1​	​	​
RB​	​	​	​	​
Audio​	89​	​	​	​
Push​	25​	​	​	​
Slate​	19​	​	1​	​
​

TEST Streams​	National​		Spot Beams​
	Count​	Change​	Count​	Change​
4K​	​	​	​	​
HD​	1​	1​	1​	​
SD mpeg4​	​	​	1​	​
SD mpeg2​	​	​	​	​
RB​	​	​	​	​
Engr Work​	44​	6​	​	​
​

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

Some sports Ch shifts
Weekly Analysis soon
Enjoy
DataDigesters

 

[doctor J]

Weekly Analysis for 3/04/2026:

 

[KyL416]

F1ATV is now live on channels 205-7, 930 and 9526

More BNP/Indian Wells Prep, including a satellite simulcast of the coverage from Tennis Channel 2

HD Feeds of 83 Great (fka Get) and 561 Lionsgate Collection are testing

FOX Tulsa is now KTUL-D2

Updating the TMSIDs for The Filipino Channel and Cinema One Global

9751 THANKS (HBO Max Basic with Ads on us) is now live
9753 *APPLE is testing

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[yetimizer361]

HD Feeds of 83 Great (fka Get)

Is this for Stream as well or is it already in HD there?

 

[lordodogg]

HD on both services I'm guessing. It was SD on both when it was GETTV.

 

[KyL416]

As of this morning the stream feed is still SD

 

[KyL416]

They updated the RSN article to include channel numbers for most of the MLB teams:
MLB Nationals - 641
BravesVision - 645
MLB Rays - 652
MLB Marlins - 655
MLB Reds - 661
MLB Guardians - 662
MLB Tigers - 663
MLB Twins - 668-3
MLB Brewers - 670
MLB Royals - 671
MLB Cardinals - 672
Rangers Sports Network - 677
MLB Rockies - 683
MLB Diamondbacks - 686
MLB Mariners - 687
MLB Padres - 694

MLB Angels is still TBD

 

[dishrich]

5 locals owned by Morgan Murphy Media are blacked out, on satellite/stream/Uverse, per this:

DIRECTV Loses 5 Local Stations In Carriage Fight With Morgan Murphy - The TV Answer Man!

By Phillip SwannThe TV Answer Man – Buy Me a Coffee! DIRECTV this morning lost carriage of three CBS and two ABC network

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KXLY-ABC (Spokane, WA); WISC-CBS/MNT (Madison, WI); APP-ABC (Yakima-Pasco-Richland, WA); WKBT-CBS (La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI); KOAM-CBS (Joplin-Pittsburg, KS)

My question for KyL416 - if the stream's agreement with ALL network affiliates is with the network's themselves, then why would a local agreement with the satellite override this?

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