DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 1/21/2026

[KyL416]

1341 CleoTV On Demand is now live

9753 SAVE (No locals) and 9754 GEMINI are now live

Prep for 220 *PERKS and 797 *DTV (Order Sports Pack) to go live

Some D10 TPN swaps to give Universo HD more bandwidth for the Olympics

 

[KyL416]

The slates for 431 Peru Magico, 468 GolTV and 687 Root Sports have been removed from the guide

 

[KyL416]

PERKS is now live on channel 201

 

[doctor J]

DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Jan 21 2026

Comparison of Transponder Data for Jan 21 2026 vs Jan 14 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​	272​	​	1446​	​
SD mpeg4​	140​	-2​	196​	​
SD mpeg2​	443​	-1​	​	​
RB​	​	​	​	​
Audio​	89​	​	​	​
Push​	25​	​	​	​
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​	4​	​	​
​

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 cleanup on higher # RSNs
UFEACA channels in que
Weekly Analysis soon
Enjoy
DataDigestsers

 

[doctor J]

Weekly Analysis for 1/21/2026:

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[KyL416]

The rest of the UEFA Champions League channels are now testing on 9463-9473, and they finally fixed the "EUFACL" typos on the labels for 3 & 6

9759 ESPNUL has been removed
Prep for 9760 *OFFER - $10 off P+Showtime for 3 months

Cleanup of the Olympic prep

 

[Tom Speer]

Anything in the weekly data and TPN Map that refers to channels on D10 103cb, should instead show D15 103cb on the same transponder and TID numbers. The switch occurred back on December 9, 2025. Gary and I are working on the necessary software changes now. Our data collection procedures have no way of distinguishing between two satellites at 103 degrees with transponders on the same frequency.

D10 has failed in such a way that DirecTV is asking permission to remove it from Geostationsry orbit and boost it to a disposal orbit ASAP. See this thread.

 

[TheRatPatrol]

I forgot about the D10 issues. When did D15 launch and take over?

The good old days of the D satellite launches with the anticipation of new HD channel additions.

 

[Tom Speer]

I don't have the launch dates handy, but I do have a record of the dates it was placed into service. D15 has been located at 103 since September 2019, when it was moved from 101 after D16 was placed into service at 101. D15 started service at 101 in November 2018.

At 103, it has been providing the transponders for 103ca, and occasionally a specific transponder on 103cb, when they wanted that signal to reach Puerto Rico. It has been an in orbit spare for D10 national transponders on 103cb during that time. 103cb transponders were the only thing left on D10 after they lost spot beam capability on D10 early in its life.