DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 5/13/2026

[KyL416]

They need both for stream, a deal with the network and an agreement with the station owner.

 

[dishrich]

They need both for stream, a deal with the network and an agreement with the station owner.

Sorry for being obtuse, but I thought when all the streamers (D-Stream, YTTV, Hulu Live, etc.) made their "bulk deals" with the major OTA nets, the whole idea was the networks made the entire deal...& basically cut out all the local affiliates, other than having them supply their local feeds to the streamers - which I also understood the affiliate groups were NOT happy about doing, but basically had no choice.

 

[KyL416]

DTV Stream operates in an inbetween area because its contracts are also tied to satellite and U-Verse retrans deals. So they need the networks' permission to stream, and a deal with the affiliates

 

[dishrich]

DTV Stream operates in an inbetween area because its contracts are also tied to satellite and U-Verse retrans deals. So they need the networks' permission to stream, and a deal with the affiliates

OK, that makes sense for DTV Stream...thank you for clarifying

 

[KyL416]

NATIONLS, TIGERS, ROYALS, REDS, RAYS, MARLINS, BREWERS, CARDINLS and MARINERS are now testing on the stream server

The Angels have bought out FanDuel West instead of going with MLB distribution. They will also have the LA Kings next season.

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[doctor J]

Traveling and remote today
Massive errors on attempt at data collection this AM
Will have to let rest of team sort thia out
Doctor j for DataDigesters

 

[Tom Speer]

DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Mar 11 2026

Comparison of Transponder Data for Mar 11 2026 vs Mar 04 2026:


No changes in system tables for any transponder tuning parameters.

Changes to the use of defined transponders:

1 Transponder cleared of all Streams::
Net 15 TID 137 Beam NAT is a National Transponder on D15@103cb, TPN 14


Stream (PID) counts:

LIVE Streams​	National​		Spot Beams​
	Count​	Change​	Count​	Change​
4K​	3​	​	​	​
HD​	267​	​	1441​	-5​
SD mpeg4​	141​	1​	194​	-1​
SD mpeg2​	444​	1​	​	​
RB​	​	​	​	​
Audio​	89​	​	​	​
Push​	25​	​	​	​
Slate​	19​	​	1​	​
​

TEST Streams​	National​		Spot Beams​
	Count​	Change​	Count​	Change​
4K​	​	​	​	​
HD​	1​	​	1​	​
SD mpeg4​	​	​	1​	​
SD mpeg2​	​	​	​	​
RB​	​	​	​	​
Engr Work​	31​	-13​	​	​
​

This mornings data collection problems have cleared up. - Tom
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

 

[Tom Speer]

Weekly Analysis for 3/11/2026:

 

[KyL416]

Friday Night Baseball is now testing on channels 928 and 929, along with duplicates on 213-2 and 213-3

Prime Video Sports Alternate2 is testing on channel 9548

The Morgan Murphy dispute is repurposing Drop Slide Channel 9221


March Madness prep by moving TNT and TBS to transponders with only 5 HD channels

The TPN swaps that were testing are now live

 

[lordodogg]

Traveling and remote today
Massive errors on attempt at data collection this AM
Will have to let rest of team sort thia out
Doctor j for DataDigesters

This mornings data collection problems have cleared up. - Tom

A very interesting turn of events this morning. Wonder when the last time something like this happened was. Can't recall anything similar over my nearly 4 years of following.

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[Tom Speer]

A very interesting turn of events this morning. Wonder when the last time something like this happened was. Can't recall anything similar over my nearly 4 years of following.

It has happened occasionally, but were short-lived, and we didn't tell you about it. I will be analyzing what happened when I have time, but my guess is that we were trying to collect the APG data at a time they were modifying it, and some of the data was not up on the satellite when we tried to grab it. Jimmy made one try, and I did two others, and each had massive numbers of missing channels, but different each time. Then it was OK on the next two runs.

 

[KyL416]

83 Great HD is now live on satellite and stream

561 Lionsgate Collection is also now HD on satellite, but 4200 is still pointing to the MPEG-4/SD feed


The March Madness Bracket is now live on channel 205-2

 

[doctor J]

DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Mar 18 2026

Comparison of Transponder Data for Mar 18 2026 vs Mar 11 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 137 Beam NAT is a National Transponder on D15@103cb, TPN 14

Stream (PID) counts:

LIVE Streams​	National​		Spot Beams​
	Count​	Change​	Count​	Change​
4K​	4​	1​	​	​
HD​	273​	6​	1441​	​
SD mpeg4​	140​	-1​	194​	​
SD mpeg2​	444​	​	​	​
RB​	​	​	​	​
Audio​	89​	​	​	​
Push​	25​	​	​	​
Slate​	19​	​	1​	​
​

TEST Streams​	National​		Spot Beams​
	Count​	Change​	Count​	Change​
4K​	​	​	​	​
HD​	​	-1​	1​	​
SD mpeg4​	​	​	​	-1​
SD mpeg2​	​	​	​	​
RB​	​	​	​	​
Engr Work​	36​	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
Lots of MLB changes
Weekly Analysis soon
Enjoy
DataDigesters

 

[doctor J]

Weekly Analysis for 3/18/2026:

 

[KyL416]

MLB feeds now testing:
641 *NATION
645 *BRAVES
652 *RAYS
655 *MARLIN
661-2 *REDS
663-3 *DETSPN
670 *BREWER
671-5 *ROYALS
672 *CARDIN
687 *MARINE

745-748 are back to being MLBEI channels instead of NBALP overflow

107 and 108 have been renamed to LIVE4K3 and LIVE4K4

Prep for some more TPN swaps

BNP/Indian Wells out, March Madness in

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[b4pjoe]

107 and 108 have been renamed to LIVE4K3 and LIVE4K4

2 more live sports channels now instead of 4K PPV movie channels?

 

[Tom Speer]

2 more live sports channels now instead of 4K PPV movie channels?

They have the bandwidth to do it, but channel 107 and 108 are both on the same transponder, so they will be somewhat constrained for fast action at 4K. 105 and 106 each have their own transponder.

 

[KyL416]

107 and 108 were already being repurposed whenever they had more than 2 simultaneous 4K events. The regional 4K home games from NESN, Spectrum Sportsnet and CHSN frequently get bumped to those channels, during the Olympics some FS1 events got bumped to 107 too.

105 LIVE4K shares its transponder with the 4K offline slate
106 LIVE4K2 used to share its transponder with 104 DTV4K

 

[mario315]

107 and 108 were already being repurposed whenever they had more than 2 simultaneous 4K events. The regional 4K home games from NESN, Spectrum Sportsnet and CHSN frequently get bumped to those channels, during the Olympics some FS1 events got bumped to 107 too.

105 LIVE4K shares its transponder with the 4K offline slate
106 LIVE4K2 used to share its transponder with 104 DTV4K

On DTV Stream I'm not seeing 107 and 108, only 105 and 106. Is there a reason why satellite gets 2 additional 4K channels (versus Stream) ?

 

[KyL416]

Up until yesterday 107 and 108 were primarily CINE4K (PPV) channels so they are still satellite only.

As of right now they aren't testing them on the stream server. If they start testing them it will be mentioned in the channels on satellite and not on stream thread.

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