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    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 4/17/2024

    AFAIK they nudged 99/103 slightly inward to 99.25/102.75 to reduce potential interference with other Ka users at 97/105, but I figure if they wanted to use 101 they could move those satellites to 99/103 and it would work though perhaps at a slightly worse SNR. FWIW, Directv filed a couple...
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    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 4/17/2024

    According to D15/D16's original documents it was designed to power a lot of transponders at once. I can't remember the number, but powering all 32 Ku tpns is well within its capability. It would still have the capacity to light up some of its Ka transponders, if they had any dishes out there...
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    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 4/17/2024

    I wonder if the FCC is getting pressure from Dish to free up those transponder slots since Directv is no longer using them. They can provide a signal the US dishes can receive for a bit, then go back to an inclined orbit, then re-orient it again every time Dish complains. I mean honestly, the...
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    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 4/17/2024

    After it happens please check back with us and let us know how many customers you had to upgrade because despite all the warnings from Directv they were still caught out by it. I'm sure I'm not the only one who is curious about how many SD customers remain!
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    Real DirecTV Subscriber numbers

    You think YTTV doesn't have any infrastructure costs? Directv's infrastructure costs don't scale with subscribers - it doesn't cost them anything to serve one additional customer. They are broadcasting a signal into your backyard whether or not you have a dish up to receive it. But even though...
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    D11 outage 2/27/2024 (Resolved on 2/28)

    They'd also have to replace all the HR34/H44/HR44 out there.
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    D11 outage 2/27/2024 (Resolved on 2/28)

    D11 & D12 have identical spot beam configurations, so worst case if one of them completely failed I suppose they could double up the channels on every beam. That would mean halving the bit rate for each channel, so quality would take a hit, but MPEG4 compressors have improved since those...
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    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 4/17/2024

    Is ECUF still in use? Maybe if there are some LRFs that are dependent on it (i.e. they have fiber links only going there) and all the 101 markets that use it will soon be gone they will want to at least get rid of any 119 markets that use it as well so they can close ECUF to save a few bucks...
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    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 4/17/2024

    But will they keep all five? Wouldn't it make more sense to get rid of them all, except for the NYC/LA channels also used for DNS? Then they could add more HD channels to 101. If they were going to keep SD markets beyond NYC and LA I guess Chicago as #3 in size might make sense, but Atlanta...
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    How to Modify Firmware on Hotel Receivers for Full Access to Channels and Settings?

    You don't need to activate the box on your account to connect it and force the software download.
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    DirecTV5 FCC filing

    D5 is not providing service to Alaska/Hawaii, or anywhere else. It says they're doing this for "compliance with the Commission's geographic service rules". In other words, to keep Dish from trying to claim those 3 transponders for itself.
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    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 4/17/2024

    Well Chicago is #3 in DMA size and Philly is #4 so that seems like it would be an odd place to make the cutoff of MPEG2 DMAs that will survive vs those that will be cut. WPHL-D2 looks like an Antenna TV subchannel, or at least that's what Wikipedia and rabbitears say. Maybe that's why it was...
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    Help Identifying Transponder Numbers and Transmit Frequencies on Spectrum Analyzer

    Without a connection to a working LNB it can't do any sort of autoconfiguration to figure out it is an SL3, or download the NIT from the satellite. It probably uses some old copy from a dark corner of the firmware that hasn't been updated in a decade and that's why you saw 110/119.
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    Help Identifying Transponder Numbers and Transmit Frequencies on Spectrum Analyzer

    I believe I read somewhere that the SL3 duplicates 101 where the 110/119 would be in an SL5.
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    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 4/17/2024

    I'm pretty sure we will not see much more 4K coming via linear - definitely never see a full time 4K channel from anyone. Not worth the trouble to the networks, who know that linear is a ticking time bomb waiting for ESPN to make a full DTC offering. When that happens it'll be the starting gun...
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