Verified sports frequency desk · October 18, 2026 · Illustration: sports broadcast carried by satellite
Sports Satellite Channels — Daily Update: October 18, 2026
Verification: 18 October 2026 at ~1:00 PM PKT (Asia/Karachi) · Sources: KingOfSat, SatBeams, LyngSat
✅ Quick answer
0 new sports-channel changes verified in the last 24 hours (Oct 17 12:30 → Oct 18 12:30 PKT) · 2 sports items covered in today's 08:00 slot · 11 noted / watch items · 0 new official BISS keys.
No new permanent sports-channel launches, departures or frequency moves were verified on KingOfSat, SatBeams or LyngSat in this window. KingOfSat's Saturday and Sunday news sections are both still empty — the tracker is migrating to a new blind-scanning database, which can delay listings — and the only SatBeams October 18 bulletin entry is a non-sports US service. The week's real sports moves (QSport's 52°E move, the Uzbekistan bouquet, the Sky Sports service IDs, Premier Sports 1 HD's departure, the two Thor 6 / 52°E updates below) were all captured by earlier slots and are recapped here with their labels intact — never re-labeled new. The standing October 2026 sports channels overview remains the current sports map.
Sports records: October 16–18, 2026
Sports channels are the most restless services on any satellite: pop-up event channels appear for a single tournament, subscription bouquets reshuffle transponders overnight, and free-to-air (FTA) sports feeds encrypt without warning when rights windows change. This daily edition records only sports-channel changes verified in the last 24–48 hours against the KingOfSat, SatBeams and LyngSat monitoring pages checked this morning. Items already published in today's 08:00 slot or in yesterday's slots are shown below with their labels — they are not presented as new here.
| Channel / Feed | Satellite | Status | Frequency | Parameters / Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quiet 24-hour window. No new permanent sports-channel records were verified Oct 17–18, 2026 on KingOfSat, SatBeams or LyngSat. Below: the sports items reported in today's 08:00 slot or yesterday's slots (clearly labeled, never re-labeled new) plus recent sports records outside the window — none are presented as new. | ||||
| Tennis Channel (USA) | 52°E · TurkmenΓlem | Covered today 08:00 | 12475 H | DVB-S · SR 27500 · SD MPEG-4 · SID 715 · UPDATED (Conax) |
| Auto Motor Ε port | 0.8°W · Thor 6 | Covered today 08:00 | 11977 H | DVB-S2 · SR 30000 · FEC 3/4 · SID 2026 · UPDATED (Nagravision 3) |
| Premier Sports 1 HD | 28.2°E · Astra 2G | Covered Oct 17 | 11671.10 H | DVB-S2 · SID 50251 · PID 2309/2310 · LEFT — no longer transmitted by satellite in Europe |
| Megogo Sport | 5°E · Astra 4A | Covered Oct 17 | 12073 H | DVB-S2 · SR 30000 · FEC 2/3 · SID 3 · PID update (mux repack) · BISS-encrypted, no official keys |
| Ohotnik i Ribolov | 51.5°E · Belintersat 1 | Covered Oct 16 | 11250.70 H | DVB-S2 · SR 10830 · FEC 5/6 · SID 2148 · now DRE-Crypt · hunting/fishing (borderline sports) |
| QSport | 52°E · TurkmenΓlem | Covered Oct 16 | 12379.40 V | DVB-S2 · SR 28000 · FEC Auto · SID 743 · MOVED from 10887.40 H · Cryptoguard |
| Sport UZ / Futbol TV | 52°E · TurkmenΓlem | Covered Oct 16 | 10929.50 H | DVB-S2 8PSK · SR 30000 · FEC 8/9 · SIDs 52611/52612 · new Uzbekistan bouquet entries · Cryptoguard |
| Sky Sports Mix/NFL/F1/Cricket HD | 28.2°E · Astra | Covered Oct 16 | 12109.70 H | DVB-S2 · SIDs 3273/3822/3835/3878 · new service IDs · VideoGuard |
| Sky placeholder SIDs 2117/2118/2119 | 28.2°E · Astra 2F | Covered Oct 17 | 11305.30 H | SIDs 2117/2118/2119 · still unnamed · not confirmed sports · watch item |
| Eleven Sports 1/2/3 HD | 13°E · Hot Bird 13G | NOTED · 2026-10-08 | 11116.70 V | DVB-S2 · SR 27500 · FEC 3/4 · SIDs 1803/1804/1808 · Polsat Box · Irdeto 2 + Nagravision 3 |
| Tring Sport 5 HD | 39°E · Hellas Sat 4 | NOTED · 2026-10-08 | 10890 H | SR 29999 · FEC 5/6 · SID 3210 · now encrypted · Conax |
| RMC Sport 1 HD | 19.2°E · Astra | NOTED · 2026-10-06 | 12402 V | New launch · Canal+ France |
| Mir Basketbola | 55°E · Yamal 402 | NOTED · 2026-10-10 | 12700.60 H | DVB-S2 · SID 55524 · LEFT · NTV+ Vostok |
| Hey Play Sports / MRTV Sports | 78.5°E · Thaicom 6 | WATCH · 2026-10-12 | 3730 H | SIDs 56/66 · LyngSat mux flags from 2026-10-12 · outside window · awaiting KingOfSat confirmation |
Illustration: how sports channels reach your dish
What the quiet window tells us
Trackers are in transition, not the sky. KingOfSat's Saturday and Sunday news sections were empty at check time, and its scanning system is mid-migration to a new blind-scanning database — a known cause of delayed listings. A quiet tracker page is not proof of a quiet sky; it is one reason this column checks three independent sources (KingOfSat, SatBeams, LyngSat) instead of one.
The week's sports moves all landed early. The October 15–17 sports activity — QSport's 52°E move, the new Uzbekistan bouquet entries, the four Sky Sports service IDs on 28.2°E, Premier Sports 1 HD's departure, Megogo Sport's mux repack, and today's Tennis Channel (USA) and Auto Motor Ε port parameter refreshes — was captured by the morning slots as it happened. Sports transponder news tends to arrive in clusters around bouquet repacks and rights-window changes; between clusters, a quiet day is the honest read.
Watch list stays the same. The 78.5°E Thai bouquet (Hey Play Sports SID 56, MRTV Sports SID 66 on 3730 H) still carries LyngSat flags from 2026-10-12 — outside this window, so not labeled new, but MRTV Sports may be the arrival side of an earlier 79°E departure. The unnamed Sky placeholder SIDs 2117/2118/2119 on 11305.30 H still have no name resolution. Both are unresolved watch items, not verified changes.
How to read a sports transponder update
Monitoring bulletins use a terse shorthand. Here is how to decode it — using today's two in-window sports updates, already reported in the 08:00 slot, as worked examples.
What "updated" actually means
"Updated" means the service is still on air but one or more of its technical descriptors changed: new PIDs, a package move, a modulation tweak, or an encryption-flag change. Tennis Channel (USA) on TurkmenΓlem (52°E, 12475 H) was flagged "updated" on October 17 — same SD MPEG-4 service under Conax, refreshed descriptors (VPID 7151, SID 715). Auto Motor Ε port on Thor 6 (0.8°W, 11977 H) was likewise refreshed under Nagravision 3 for Magenta TV Sat, Slovak Telekom and Telly. In both cases the fix on your end is the same: rescan the transponder so the receiver picks up the new PIDs.
The four fields that decide whether it tunes
When a sports service stops playing after an "updated" flag, check these four before touching the dish: frequency + polarization (did the service move transponders, like QSport's 10887.40 H → 12379.40 V move?), symbol rate / FEC (a DVB-S-only receiver cannot lock a DVB-S2 transponder), SID (the service ID distinguishes services sharing one frequency), and encryption status (a service that scanned in clear during testing can be encrypted for the actual event).
Carriage is not the same as rights
A sports channel being present on your satellite does not mean every match is watchable. Broadcasters routinely encrypt individual events or black out regions — the channel stays on the transponder, but the picture goes dark for rights-restricted fixtures. That is why a monitoring page lists carriage (the signal exists) and never a programme schedule. No temporary match feed with an official announcement and a reliable validity window was verified in this window, so none is listed here — a listed service verifies satellite carriage, not a live match.
Keeping your sports services tuned
π Rescan after any "updated" flag. An "updated" listing almost always means new PIDs — a manual transponder rescan recovers the service faster than a full-satellite scan.
π§Ή Delete orphaned entries after departures. Premier Sports 1 HD's exit left dead entries on 11671.10 H — clear them so the receiver does not stop on a black screen.
π Check encryption status before matchday, not on it. Services like Eleven Sports and Tring Sport 5 are subscription-encrypted; confirm your authorization the day before, not five minutes before kickoff.
π️ Do not trust a clear test feed. Sports services sometimes appear unencrypted during testing and encrypt for the event. If a channel scans in FTA today, rescan before relying on it.
Illustration: judge signal quality, not just strength
⚠️ Access note. Encrypted services need the broadcaster's authorized subscription, CAM or receiver. This page publishes monitoring parameters only — no decryption keys or bypass methods. No officially issued BISS/PowerVu keys for sports channels exist in this window; none are printed here.
Frequently asked questions
Were any new sports channel launches verified on October 17–18, 2026?
No. No new permanent sports-channel launches, departures or frequency moves were verified on KingOfSat, SatBeams or LyngSat in this window. The dated in-window sports items — Tennis Channel (USA)'s 52°E parameter refresh and Auto Motor Ε port's Thor 6 update — were reported in today's 08:00 slot and are shown above with their labels.
What changed on Tennis Channel (USA) and Auto Motor Ε port?
Both were flagged "updated" on October 17, meaning refreshed technical descriptors rather than a move: Tennis Channel (USA) on TurkmenΓlem (52°E, 12475 H) stays SD MPEG-4 under Conax (VPID 7151, SID 715); Auto Motor Ε port on Thor 6 (0.8°W, 11977 H) stays SD MPEG-4 under Nagravision 3 for Magenta TV Sat, Slovak Telekom and Telly (SID 2026). Rescan the transponder to recover playback.
Where did Premier Sports 1 HD go?
It left Astra 2G (28.2°E, 11671.10 H) on October 16, 2026 — KingOfSat lists it as "no longer transmitted by satellite in Europe." The 28.2°E line-up keeps reshuffling: the new Sky Sports service IDs on 12109.70 H and the still-unnamed placeholders 2117/2118/2119 on 11305.30 H are part of that shake-up. See our October 2026 sports overview for the full map.
Is it safe to enter a BISS key I saw posted online?
Only use keys provided by the broadcaster or your equipment maker for feeds you are authorized to receive. Entering keys to decrypt signals without authorization is unlawful in most countries, and 1BissKey never publishes invented keys — no officially issued sports-channel keys exist in this window.
Why does a sports channel scan in FTA and then go dark?
Services sometimes transmit unencrypted during testing and encrypt when the event starts or a rights window changes. A clear scan is a snapshot, not a promise — rescan close to the event and confirm the encryption column before relying on it.
Are the Sky placeholder SIDs (2117, 2118, 2119) new sports channels?
Not confirmed. The 2117/2118/2119 group on 11305.30 H at 28.2°E is still unnamed and not confirmed as sports; the 3273/3822/3835/3878 group on 12109.70 H mirrors the permanent Mix/NFL/F1/Cricket services and looks like test or seasonal duplicates. Treat all of them as unresolved placeholders, not new channels.
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Sources
- KingOfSat — Most recent updates (news.php) — Saturday 17 Oct and Sunday 18 Oct sections empty at check time; Friday 16 Oct items already covered. Checked 18 October 2026. en.kingofsat.net/news.php
- KingOfSat — Most recent additions / changes (new.php) — 110 records scanned end-to-end, newest batch 2026-10-18 03:19 CET; all sports rows dated 2026-10-15 and already reported. Checked 18 October 2026. en.kingofsat.net/new.php
- SatBeams — Transponder news 18-Oct-26 — published 2026-10-18T04:42:02Z; single non-sports entry (DISH Scapes, 119°W). satbeams.com/news/transponder-news-18-oct-26
- SatBeams — Transponder news 17-Oct-26 — re-checked; not updated since 2026-10-17T19:15:44Z; all content consumed by today's 08:00 slot. satbeams.com/news/transponder-news-17-oct-26
- LyngSat — home-page ticker; no dated in-window sports additions. Checked 18 October 2026. www.lyngsat.com
- Blog dedup — today's 08:00 BISS post and yesterday's 12:30 sports post read in full to prevent re-labeling covered items as new.
Note: flysat.com is permanently shut down (since ~June 2026) and was not used as a source.
Disclaimer: All channel parameters are reported from the sources above as of October 18, 2026, and can change without notice. Satellite reception depends on your location, dish size, and the satellite's footprint. 1BissKey does not publish unauthorized decryption keys; this article is for reception and tuning information only.
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