RTP International Joins PowerVu on Telstar 12V Nov 7, 2026

RTP International Joins PowerVu on Telstar 12V: November 7, 2026 Update

One transponder, three changes in three days. TV Asia left Telstar 12V on November 4, Colors took its place on November 5, and late on November 6 a second new service arrived on the same frequency: RTP International, Portugal's international channel, has started in DVB-S2 PowerVu on 12666.50H. This article gives you the full fingerprint, shows how to add the new service to your receiver, and explains how to spot a new PowerVu start in a bulletin the moment it appears.

Short version: RTP International started in DVB-S2 PowerVu on Telstar 12V 12666.50H, SR 30000, FEC 3/4, SID 137, video PID 5393, audio PID 5394, in Portuguese. It sits beside Colors on SID 114 on the same transponder — it does not replace it. Rescan only 12666H to pick it up, and check the SID and PIDs before concluding you received the right service. No keys are published here, and the SatBeams 6-Nov-26 bulletin contains zero PowerVu rows.

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Quick answer

RTP International is the newest PowerVu service on Telstar 12V. KingOfSat logged it on Friday 6 November 2026 at 23:53 UTC: Anuvu, DVB-S2 PowerVu, 12666.50 MHz, horizontal polarisation, symbol rate 30000, FEC 3/4, SID 137, video PID 5393 (MPEG-4), audio PID 5394 (AAC), language Portuguese. It is the second named service on 12666H alongside Colors on SID 114. Because the start was logged late on November 6 — after this blog's November 6 slot had already run — most receivers scanned before that time will not list it. A single-transponder rescan of 12666H fixes that. Like every PowerVu row in these bulletins, the service is encrypted and needs legitimate authorisation from the bouquet operator; a correct scan without authorisation gives a black screen, not a fault.

The November 7 status check

Checked November 7, 2026 at 09:00 UTC, KingOfSat's most-recent-updates page has no Saturday 7 November section yet — its latest section is Friday 6 November. That section contains exactly one PowerVu row, the RTP International start, and the rest of the day's rows sit on other satellites in other encryptions: StarzPlay-Movies in Irdeto 2 on Badr 8, Canal+ rows in Nagravision 3 and Viaccess on Hot Bird 13G, and free-to-air Ukrainian channels on the same satellite. The SatBeams 6-Nov-26 bulletin is published and covers five orbital positions — 13°E, 19°E, 39°E, 51°E and 113°E — with zero PowerVu rows anywhere in it; its encryption column reads FTA, BISS, Conax and Nagravision only, and it has no 15°W section at all. The SatBeams 7-Nov-26 bulletin had not been published at check time: the page returns 404, confirmed in the live browser. So the RTP International start is the only new PowerVu fact in the window, and it is a real one — a new channel, on a known transponder, with a complete fingerprint.

The 12666H table as it stands now

Here is the current state of the one transponder that keeps changing. Both rows are Anuvu, both are DVB-S2 PowerVu, and both share the same frequency, polarisation, symbol rate and FEC — only the service identity differs.

Service	SID	Video PID	Audio PID	Language	Status
Colors (India)	114	7713 (MPEG-4)	7714 (AAC)	Hindi	Started Nov 5, 02:57 UTC
RTP International (Portugal)	137	5393 (MPEG-4)	5394 (AAC)	Portuguese	Started Nov 6, 23:53 UTC

Transponder for both rows: Telstar 12V at 15°W, 12666.50 MHz, horizontal, SR 30000, FEC 3/4, DVB-S2, PowerVu, bouquet Anuvu. The wider Anuvu bouquet on 12640H — BBC HD, BBC News, Bloomberg TV, Fox News Channel, CNN International Europe — and the MTN Worldwide TV bouquet on 12681H are unchanged: the November 2 bulletin listed 43 PowerVu rows across those two transponders, and nothing in the November 7 window changes that count.

Three changes in three days on one transponder

Read the three rows together and a pattern appears. On November 4 at 23:30 UTC, TV Asia left 12666.50H — the bulletin logged it as gone from SID 114, PIDs 7713 and 7714. Barely three hours later, on November 5 at 02:57 UTC, Colors started on the exact same SID and PIDs: a straight swap, one service out and another in on identical parameters. Then on November 6 at 23:53 UTC, RTP International started on the same transponder but on a fresh SID, 137, with its own PIDs 5393 and 5394: an addition, not a swap. Three days, three different kinds of bulletin event — a leave, a replacement, and a new start — all on one transponder. That is why 12666H is worth watching daily at the moment: the Anuvu bouquet is clearly being reworked, and a reader who scans this transponder once a week will miss the sequence entirely. Keep the table above as your baseline. The next change, whenever it comes, will be visible only against it.

How to add RTP International to your receiver

You do not need a full satellite rescan, and you should not do one — a blind scan of the whole of Telstar 12V can create duplicate entries from the simulcast rows on 12640H and 12681H. Scan only the single transponder:

• Step 1 — Open the transponder list for Telstar 12V at 15°W. Confirm the 12666H entry exists with frequency 12666.50 MHz, horizontal polarisation, symbol rate 30000, FEC 3/4, DVB-S2. If your receiver stored it with an older symbol rate or as DVB-S, correct those fields first — a wrong SR or modulation locks nothing.
• Step 2 — Scan only 12666H. Use the single-transponder or manual scan option, not blind scan and not a full satellite scan. The scan should return at least two services: Colors and RTP International.
• Step 3 — Check the new entry by its fingerprint. Open the service information for the new channel and confirm SID 137, video PID 5393, audio PID 5394. If the numbers do not match, you have locked a different service or a stale entry — do not rename it by hand and move on.
• Step 4 — Confirm Colors is still there. SID 114 with PIDs 7713 and 7714 should still be listed beside the new entry. If Colors is missing after the scan, the scan replaced rather than added — rescan the transponder once more rather than editing entries by hand.
• Step 5 — Delete any stale TV Asia entry. If your receiver still lists TV Asia on SID 114, delete it. It left the transponder on November 4, and a stale name over a live service is the most common source of confusion on this transponder — see our November 6 receiver guide linked below for the full checklist.
• Step 6 — Read the black screen correctly. Signal lock plus SID 137 and PIDs 5393 and 5394 plus a black screen means the authorisation is missing, not that the scan failed. Do not rescan in circles and do not move the dish; see our November 2 black-screen guide linked below.

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How to spot a new PowerVu start in a bulletin

The RTP row is a good specimen for learning the method, because it is a textbook new start. Work through any bulletin row in this order:

• Start with the verb. "A new channel has started" is different from "broadcasts in" (an existing service restated) and "has left" (gone). Only a start changes what your receiver should find.
• Read the encryption before the channel name. "DVB-S2 PowerVu" tells you the service is encrypted in PowerVu before you learn it is RTP International. A reader who reads the name first and the encryption second wastes time on channels they cannot open.
• Take the fingerprint as one unit. Frequency 12666.50, horizontal, SR 30000, FEC 3/4, SID 137, video PID 5393, audio PID 5394. A fingerprint is only useful complete — a frequency without a SID cannot prove which service you locked, and a SID without PIDs cannot prove it is the right one.
• Note the bouquet. "Anuvu" tells you which operator's package the service belongs to, and therefore which authorisation route applies. Two services in the same bouquet on the same transponder usually share the same authorisation story.
• Check the date and time. 23:53 UTC on November 6 explains why a receiver scanned on the morning of November 6 does not list the channel. Bulletin time is the difference between "missing" and "not yet started".
• Cross-check the second bulletin. SatBeams 6-Nov-26 covers five positions and has no 15°W section and no PowerVu rows — consistent, not contradictory. KingOfSat and SatBeams publish on different schedules, so a row in one and silence in the other is normal on the same day.
• Ignore the lookalikes. "Amazing Power TV" appeared in a recent bulletin as a new free-to-air channel on Astra 2F — the word "Power" in a name is not PowerVu. Only the encryption column decides.

What RTP International is

RTP International is the international channel of RTP, Portugal's public broadcaster, carrying Portuguese-language programming for Portuguese communities living abroad — news, entertainment and cultural programming from Portugal, aimed at viewers outside the country. That is why it sits naturally in the Anuvu bouquet: Anuvu serves maritime, aviation and remote-site audiences, and an international channel for a diaspora audience is exactly the kind of service such a bouquet carries. The audio PID is AAC, matching the bulletin row, and the language is Portuguese, matching the channel's remit. Nothing about this start is unusual for the bouquet — what is worth noting is only that the bouquet keeps growing on 12666H while the rest of the Telstar 12V PowerVu rows stay still.

Beam honesty: can a reader in Pakistan receive this?

Be direct. Telstar 12V at 15°W serves Atlantic and European coverage with beams aimed at maritime and aviation routes, not at South Asia. The Anuvu bouquet is professional distribution, not a direct-to-home service for Pakistan. A reader in Pakistan can verify every row in this article, practise the fingerprint method on it, and apply the receiver steps to satellites they can receive — but moving a dish to 15°W for RTP International on 12666H is not a realistic home-reception plan. The method in this article is the portable part: the same verb-first, fingerprint-complete, cross-checked reading works on every bulletin row for every satellite within reach.

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Frequently asked questions

Is RTP International free to air on Telstar 12V?

No. The bulletin lists it as DVB-S2 PowerVu, which is encrypted. It needs legitimate authorisation from the bouquet operator, the same as Colors on the same transponder.

I scanned 12666H yesterday and only see Colors. Why is RTP International missing?

Because the start was logged at 23:53 UTC on November 6. Any scan made before that time cannot contain the channel. Rescan only 12666H and check for SID 137.

Does RTP International replace Colors?

No. Colors stays on SID 114 with PIDs 7713 and 7714. RTP International is an addition on a different SID, 137, with its own PIDs 5393 and 5394. Both services share the transponder.

What exactly do I type to add it manually?

Frequency 12666.50 MHz, horizontal polarisation, symbol rate 30000, FEC 3/4, DVB-S2 — then scan that transponder only, and verify SID 137 with video PID 5393 and audio PID 5394.

I scanned it and the screen is black. Is my dish wrong?

Almost certainly not, if the meter shows quality and the PIDs read 5393 and 5394 on SID 137. A black screen after a correct scan means the authorisation is missing. Do not move the dish — see our November 2 black-screen guide linked below.

Is there a key for RTP International?

No key appears in any source checked for this article, and this blog does not publish keys. PowerVu bouquets are professionally authorised; an encrypted row without authorisation stays black.

Where can I verify this row myself?

KingOfSat's most-recent-updates page, linked under Sources below — the Friday 6 November section, Telstar 12 Vantage, logged 23h53 UTC. The SatBeams 6-Nov-26 bulletin, also linked, confirms there were no further PowerVu rows in that bulletin.

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Sources

• KingOfSat — Most recent updates, checked November 7, 2026 at 09:00 UTC: Friday 6 November section (Anuvu RTP International started in DVB-S2 PowerVu on Telstar 12 Vantage 12666.50H, 23h53 UTC); Thursday 5 November section (Colors started in DVB-S2 PowerVu on 12666.50H, 02h57 UTC); Wednesday 4 November section (Anuvu TV Asia left 12666.50H, 23h30 UTC). No Saturday 7 November section yet: https://en.kingofsat.net/news.php
• SatBeams — Transponder news 6-Nov-26 (positions 13°E, 19°E, 39°E, 51°E, 113°E; zero PowerVu rows — the word PowerVu appears nowhere on the page): https://satbeams.com/news/transponder-news-6-nov-26
• SatBeams — Transponder news 7-Nov-26: not yet published at check time (09:00 UTC, November 7, 2026); page returned 404, confirmed in the live browser: https://satbeams.com/news/transponder-news-7-nov-26
• SatBeams — Transponder news 2-Nov-26 (Telstar 12V 43 PowerVu rows, 12681H and 12640H): https://www.satbeams.com/news/transponder-news-2-nov-26

Disclaimer: Frequencies, PIDs and SIDs change without notice. Verify a row in the live bulletins before moving a dish or rescanning. This article publishes no keys and no authorisation codes; PowerVu bouquets require legitimate authorisation from the bouquet operator.