DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 4/17/2024

[Gary Toma]

The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:

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National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)​

Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)​

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Additional tabs provide​

OTA the (Over-The-Air) Database​

On_Demand Listings​

Offline Records​

Engr Records​

Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders​

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Domestic Satellites​

@99W...... D11, D14​

@101W.... D9S, D16​

@103W.... D10, D12, D15​

@110W.... D5​

@119W.... D8​

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See also​

Understanding the TPN Map

Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions

 

[Gary Toma]

Understanding the TPN Map​

There are seven tabs at the bottom of the Domestic Excel:

NATIONAL 50-State and NAT+PR channels, grouping first 4K, then HD, then SD channels in channel number sequence

LOCAL Local-Into-Local channels in DMA Market Name sequence, grouping first HD, then SD channels in channel number sequence. Puerto Rico's Market Number sorts it to the bottom of this tab, as if it were a Domestic DMA

OTA the Directv supported database of Over-The-Air channels in DMA Market Name then channel number sequence. The OTA database was not expanded from November, 2009 to May, 2018. Then, beginning 5/23/18, new records and updates resumed

On-Demand On-Demand Service channels, followed by On-Demand Engineering records in channel number sequence

Offline Ka and Ku Offline records in National, Local, Test and Puerto Rico groupings. A large number of part-time, seasonal, RSN Alternate and ‘Game-Only’ sports channels appear in this tab since they are typically Offline at the time of day the TPN Map is assembled

Engr Engineering and Test Records for National, Local, Slate and 'Push' channels - each grouping in channel number sequence. This listing also includes 'Zombie' records - dead records which still refer to satellites no longer in service

Domestic Network Decoder illustrates all active satellites and their TPN's graphically to explain the receiver's signal strength presentation

 

[Gary Toma]

Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions

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MPEG4 Channel Compression​	channel NAME colored Blue
MPEG4/H265 stream transporting 4K payload	channel NUMBER colored Red
MPEG4/H264 stream transporting HD payload	channel NUMBER colored Blue
MPEG4/H264 stream transporting SD payload	channel NUMBER colored Green, NAME and NUMBER in smaller font
MPEG2/H262 stream transporting SD payload	channel NAME and NUMBER both un-shaded, smaller font
Audio Only Music/Radio Channel	channel NUMBER colored Yellow
Virtual Local Channels	channel NAME and NUMBER both italic Virtuals present a stream with a local channel number, but are not a local source
Virtual National Channels	channel NAME and NUMBER both italic Virtuals present multiple iterations of the same stream with different channel numbers
Type of Compression { ToC }	ToC values indicate the Video and Audio compression used
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Puerto Rico	migrated 12/17/12 from Directv Latin America (DLA) to Domestic now administered as if it were a domestic DMA; in the Local sheet
Test Channels	National and Local records in *Test status are at the top of the Engr sheet
ENGR Active Streams	ENGR tab records with active streams display the VPID in red text
Offline Channels	Offline records often appear in the Guide as 'To Be Announced'
Slate Channels	static display presents a slate or slide of text
Mix Channels	Mix or Mosaic displays are multiple picture displays within a screen
Zombie Records​	outdated database records for satellites no longer in service

 

[Tom Speer]

DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Apr 26 2023

Comparison of Transponder Data for Apr 26 2023 vs Apr 19 2023:


No changes in system tables for any transponder tuning parameters.

Stream (PID) counts:

LIVE Streams	National	Spot Beam
	Count	Change	Count	Change
4K	4
HD	278	-1	1444
SD mpeg4	137		198
SD mpeg2	403	1	440
RB
Audio	89
Push	31
Slate	20		1

TEST Streams	National	Spot Beam
	Count	Change	Count	Change
4K
HD
SD mpeg4	2	1
SD mpeg2
RB
Engr Work	48	-1

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
Weekly Analysis soon
Not much new
Ch314 *FMC in TEST
A few local name changes

The Loon has migrated North!

Stay Safe
Enjoy
DataDigesters

 

[Tom Speer]

Weekly Analysis for 4/26/2023 :

 

[Tom Speer]

OK, now you can add posts here. Copy over your comments from the other forum if you want.

 

[DirecTVFanSince2016]

Weekly Analysis for 4/26/2023 :

Changes include:
Family Movie Classics in test
9579 targetted offer gone
NBCS Chicago test feed gone
9582 targetted offer live, as previously stated on the other forum.
Sub-channels renamed in Quincy and Rapid City (fun fact: a friend of mine has previously been to the Rapid City DMA!)

 

[KyL416]

If Diamond Sports doesn't make a payment by the end of the grace period next week, a Cincinnati Reds channel will go live on 5/6 for next week's series against the White Sox. (The 5/5 game is an AppleTV+ game)

Their payment issues with the Guardians, Twins and now Rangers and Diamondbacks are still working their way through the court where a decision should be made by the end of May.

 

[DirecTVFanSince2016]

These are all of the HD/SD MPEG4 channels on T14/15 that are not carried in Puerto Rico, but because they are on those satellites, can be carried if DirecTV chooses. This does not include RSNs, International package, and Cinema channels.

T14:
294 DFCHD
295 UKIDSH
322/2049 NHKWJ
388 JBS
456 ESNE
563 YUM
602 FDTVHD
612 ACCNHD
2095 ARANG

T15:
80 COZI
83 getTV
221 CBSSNHD
267 EARTHX
279-1 OWNW
288 PBS KIDS
314 *FMC
347 TheFirst
403 UNIw
405 MEGA (Local channel already carried)
405 MEGAHD (Local channel already carried, albeit in SD)
406 TELe (Local channel already carried, albeit in HD)
407 TELw
408 UMas (Local channel already carried)
408 UMasHD (Local channel already carried, albeit in SD)
409 VPLUS
410 UVSO
411 TLFI
412 MMTV
414 WAPA (Local channel already carried, albeit in HD)
415 VROLA
416 NTEL
417 CARA
418 NTN
420 ATRES
422 CIES
423 CILA
424 CINO
426 STZES
428 CATV
429 TLCN
431 PMTV
432 ZooMoo
433 BDMX
434 HHG
436 DFAM
438 ECUA
439 PERU
443 HISE (LatAm version already carried)
445 MTV3
446 MEX
447 ONCE
449 SONYCN
450 VMOV
452 DEPC
453 FORO
457 ECTV
459 A3CINE
462 CINEMX
463 DSTESP
466 ESPDR (HD already carried)
468 GOL
469 TYC
472 NVTV
473 ENews
474 MNMXUS
511 HBOL (HD already carried)
568 SONYHD
570 SMTHHD
571 CIHD
578 PTVE
807 MCSW
824 MCLO
852 MCJZ
853 MCEL
855 MCJV
861 MCKP
865 MCCM
870 MCRM
876 MCMX
877 MCBP
880 MCPF
881 MCTI
882 MCIT
883 MCIR
884 MCNS
9577 BSN
9581 BARVAN

 

[KyL416]

Puerto Rico doesn't get as many channels so they only need 6 P/I channels to reach their 4% quota.

Most of the missing spanish channels target expats from specific countries or carry programming PR gets via the pan-regional Latin American feeds, so they're not needed in Puerto Rico. There's also some conflicting rights issues because Puerto Rico has a lot of locally programmed OTA channels that have Spanish dub rights to certain shows, movies and sports. Like a lot of the sports Universo has airs locally on Telemundo Puerto Rico or their Punto2 subchannel.

The bulk of the Music Choice channels that they are missing are the former commercial customer exclusives.

BSN and Barvana are private business channels, if Anheuser-Busch or Barvana ever need to deliver their channels to Puerto Rico, they can be added.

 

[KyL416]

Yesterday 698 NSCAHD switched to logo_id 233 which has the vertically stacked NBC Sports California logo instead of the horizontal style logo_id 361 that the SD feed is still pointing to. logo_id 233 used to be the LMN logo. (Meanwhile 696 NBCS Bay Area is still showing the highly outdated pre-2016 Comcast SportsNet Bay Area logo)

 

[DirecTVFanSince2016]

There’s lots of LMN logo_ids. logo_id 233 in the old Android apps’ files was specifically the 2009-2011 LMN logo.

 

[KyL416]

Their payment issues with the Guardians, Twins and now Rangers and Diamondbacks are still working their way through the court where a decision should be made by the end of May.

Arizona's NBA and WNBA teams struck a deal with Gray to have every game air OTA on their independent stations KTVK and KPHE, so if they lose the Diamondbacks next month, what's left of Bally Arizona will only have the Coyotes. The games will still be available nationally via League Pass, although on busy nights their feeds could get bumped like what happens with the 76ers and Raptors.

 

[DirecTVFanSince2016]

I think you mean KPHO. KPHE does exist, and it’s even a Phoenix station as well, but it’s low power and not carried on the Phoenix LIL lineup.

 

[Tom Speer]

Kyle is right. The deal is with KPHE-LD.

 

[KyL416]

I think you mean KPHO.

The press release flat out says the games will be on KTVK and KPHE:

The Suns and Mercury will have all non-national exclusive games broadcast between KTVK and KPHE. The Suns will have a minimum of 70 games broadcast, with at least 40 regular-season games on KTVK and the remaining on KPHE.

KPHE-LD is the AZ Family Sports Network, which will also be simulcasted on the new construction permits Gray won during last year's auction: KAZF Flagstaff (Phoenix DMA) and KAZS Yuma, along with a subchannel of KOLD in the Tucson DMA. Since this will have in market NBA games and Gray is a major broadcaster, they have enough clout to force LIL carriage of their new channels after they build them out later this year.

 

[DirecTVFanSince2016]

Friend of mine who used to live in Vegas DMA and has been to Phoenix DMA in the past sent me this earlier today:

BREAKING: Diamond Sports threatens lawsuit over Phoenix Suns TV deal

Diamond Sports said the deal between the Phoenix Suns and Gray Television violates its broadcast agreement.

thedesk.net

 

[DirecTVFanSince2016]

The press release flat out says the games will be on KTVK and KPHE:


KPHE-LD is the AZ Family Sports Network, which will also be simulcasted on the new construction permits Gray won during last year's auction: KAZF Flagstaff (Phoenix DMA) and KAZS Yuma, along with a subchannel of KOLD in the Tucson DMA. Since this will have in market NBA games and Gray is a major broadcaster, they have enough clout to force LIL carriage of their new channels after they build them out later this year.

Sorry for that fuss, the last time I searched KPHE was when it was still a cheap independent station that probably almost little to no area residents knew about.

 

[savarese04]

Arizona's NBA and WNBA teams struck a deal with Gray to have every game air OTA on their independent stations KTVK and KPHE, so if they lose the Diamondbacks next month, what's left of Bally Arizona will only have the Coyotes. The games will still be available nationally via League Pass, although on busy nights their feeds could get bumped like what happens with the 76ers and Raptors.

this is exactly where we need to get back to. Sports was getting crowded out of OTA so RSNs became necessary. Now there's so much capacity on OTA that sports just makes sense.

 

[PioneerDJ]

Tonight’s UFC Fight Night was supposed to air on ESPN+ Business channel 9522 but now it was taken off the program guide… is the Apple MLS package, MLB EI fox feeds and any RSN overflows for NHL playoff games have anything to do with DTV not having enough CINEHD feeds available to air UFC fight night?