DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 12/17/2025

[TheRatPatrol]

Cowboy Channel has been testing on stream for about a month

The HD feed appeared in the sat APG data this week, although right now it's just mapped to the Ka offline slate.

As of now it's not pay to play, which is why it's Ultimate+ on sat. The pay to play channels like Racer and Pursuit are in all English, Spanish and international base packages.

Why isn't it available in the Sports Pack?

 

[KyL416]

Cowboy Channel's HD feed has been removed from satellite, it is still available via the app. It was using one of the designated part time TPN slots and was just a special 10 day HD carriage for the National Finals Rodeo.

 

[savarese04]

Cowboy Channel's HD feed has been removed from satellite, it is still available via the app. It was using one of the designated part time TPN slots and was just a special 10 day HD carriage for the National Finals Rodeo.

I don't get this. if you have access to broadcast HD feed contractually, why not just keep it up? it's no tike there's a shortage of TPN slots

 

[KyL416]

It isn't just the CINEHD channels that they repurpose, they also keep a set of feeds reserved for part time events, one of which was used for Cowboy Channel's HD feed for the past 10 days. They have to do it strategically to make sure events also available in Puerto Rico get priority on D14 and D15.

Between the 7 ESPN+ channels, Peacock Games which will expand to 5 channels by the Winter Olympics, the 9 Paramount+ UEFA channels which could expand to 20 for next year's qualifying rounds and any other sports they strike a deal for, 2 Prime Video sports channels, Apple TV's sports (2 MLB + 16 MLS, and potentially the addition of their F1 coverage next year), NFL Sunday Ticket, PPV Events including commercial only events like WWE and UFC, the private business feeds, Canadian feeds for Center Ice, along with the expanding list of game only RSNs, they need as many part time TPN slots as possible available.

 

[TheRatPatrol]

KyL416 - why isn't the Cowboy channel available in the Sports Pack? Thanks

 

[nascarrocks]

KyL416 - why isn't the Cowboy channel available in the Sports Pack? Thanks

Looks like stream doesn't have it at all anymore sadly

 

[KyL416]

There was a 10 day free preview for the finals, normally it's in Ultimate and higher. It's still listed in the stream package API:

    {
      "displayName": "COWBOY CHANNEL",
      "marketType": "national",
      "message": "",
      "packages": [
        "DTVN_Ultimate",
        "DTVN_Premier"
      ]
    }

 

[KyL416]

The Peacock Games channels have been renamed to "NBC Sports"

 

[doctor J]

DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Dec 17 2025

Comparison of Transponder Data for Dec 17 2025 vs Dec 10 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​	​	​	​
HD​	273​	-1​	1448​	​
SD mpeg4​	142​	​	196​	​
SD mpeg2​	442​	-2​	​	​
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​	​	​	​	​
RB​	​	​	​	​
Engr Work​	41​	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
MLS Changes
"PRIME" in test
Weekly Analysis soon
Enjoy
DataDigesters

 

[doctor J]

Weekly Analysis for 12/17/2025:

 

[KyL416]

MLS channels put into test mode for the off season

Extra NBA League Pass channels on 747-748

Cleanup of the Prime channels leftover from the free Black Friday Golf

Gainesville and Flint NBC affiliate changes

RIP Anime Network