It appears to be High Definiton channels that are affected. Dish Network satellite 129 outage knocks out HD channels nationwide
I just ran a test and transponder 129 is not working. 110, 118 and 119 are working fine. I do not have HD channels on this receiver, so that is probably the reason I am not effected.
I have got Starz, and it is working, so I assume that all SD channels are working fine just the HD feeds of those channels are not working. If the satellite has malfunctioned it will takes days to fix the problem.