Satellite TV Channel Lineups

Comparing the different satellite Tv Channel Lineups

Local Channels - Directv and Dish Network both have local programming offerings. You should make sure they provide local content for your area since they each have different coverage areas.
Music Channels - They both provide a wide variety of music channels. If you like a certain type of music you should see if Direct TV or Dish Network has channel specific to it.
Adult Channels - If adult programming is important you should compare the different packages they have and also the different ways Dish NEtwork and Directv provides in blocking this access to children.

Movie Channels - They both offer a great selection of different movie and premium content channels. However the pricing for these movie channels can vary from Direct Tv and Dish Network systems.

Here are sample channel lineups from Directv and Dish Network:

DIRECT TV Channel Lineups:

OVER 110 BASIC CHANNELS! ABC Family
All News Channel
American Movie Classics
Animal Planet
BBC America
Black Entertainment Television
Bloomberg Television
Bravo
Cartoon Network
The Church Channel
CNBC
CNN
CNN/Sports Illustrated
CNNfn/CNN International
Comedy Central
Country Music Television
Court TV
C-SPAN
C-SPAN 2
Daystar
Discovery Channel
Discovery Health Channel
Disney Channel East
Disney Channel West
E! Entertainment Television
ESPN
ESPN Classic
ESPN2
ESPNEWS
Food Network
Fox Movie Channel
Fox News Channel
FX
Galavision
Game Show Network
Headline News
The Health Network
The History Channel
Home & Garden Television
Home Shopping Network
The Independent Film Channel
The Learning Channel
Lifetime
Lifetime Movie Network
MSNBC
MTV
MTV2
MuchMusic
Music Choice: 30 selections
National Geographic Channel
The National Network
Newsworld International
Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite (East)
Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite (West)
Noggin
Outdoor Life Network
Oxygen
PAX
PBS YOU
QVC
Regional Sports Network* (1 in-market)
SCI FI Channel
Shop At Home
ShopNBC
Speed Channel
TBS Superstation
TechTV
TNT
Toon Disney
Travel Channel
Trinity Broadcasting Network
TRIO
Turner Classic Movies
Turner South**
TV Land
Univision
USA Network
VH1
WE: Women's Entertainment
The Weather Channel
WGN Superstation
Word Network
WorldLink TV

GET LOCAL CHANNELS* ON DIRECTV!
Now serving the following areas:
Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX
Baltimore, MD
Birmingham, AL
Boston, MA
Charlotte, NC
Chicago, IL
Cincinnati, OH
Cleveland, OH
Columbus, OH
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
Denver, CO
Detroit, MI
Greensboro, NC
Greenville, SC
Houston, TX
Indianapolis, IN
Kansas City, MO
Los Angeles, CA
Memphis, TN
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, FL Milwaukee, WI
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
Nashville, TN
New York, NY
Orlando/Daytona, FL
Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix, AZ
Pittsburgh, PA
Portland, OR
Raleigh/Durham, NC
Sacramento/Stockton, CA
Salt Lake City, UT
San Antonio, TX
San Diego, CA
San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, CA
Seattle/Tacoma, WA
St. Louis, MO
Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL
Washington, D.C.
West Palm Beach, FL

*Local channels are available in limited areas at this time. Eligibility for local channels based on service address within the qualifying designated market area as defined by Nielson Media Research, Inc. Programming, pricing, terms and conditions subject to change. Local Channel Package where available: only $5.99/month. Hardware and programming sold separately. In some areas served by members or affiliates of the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative, local channels may be available from DIRECTV rather than the NRTC member or affiliate. DIRECTV is a trademark of DIRECTV, Inc. a unit of Hughes Electronics Corp. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners.

Premium Services
HBO® — 7 HBO® channels.
STARZ Super PakSM — 4 STARZ!® channels, 2 EncoreSM channels and 6 EncoreSM theme channels.
SHOWTIME UNLIMITED® — 5 SHOWTIME® channels, 2 channels of The Movie Channel®, 1 FLIX® channel and 1 Sundance Channel®.
Cinemax® — 3 Cinemax® channels.
SPORTS Pack — Up to 20 regional sports networks, plus NBA.com TV, Fox Sports World and The Golf Channel. (Blackout restrictions apply. Professional and collegiate sports subscriptions sold separately.)

About YES Network

The YES Network launched on March 19 as a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week premier sports and entertainment television network featuring the 26-time World Champion New York Yankees Major League Baseball team. The YES Network will be available to viewers in New York, Connecticut, and parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In addition to 130 Yankees games, YES will broadcast other professional and collegiate sports teams as well as classic sports footage. The YES schedule will also include original biography, interview, and magazine programs.

YES is on DIRECTV® channel 622 as follows:

In the Footprint -- Entire YES Network schedule is part of DIRECTV® TOTAL CHOICE® monthly programming service to residential customers.

Nationally -- Portions of the YES Network will also be carried in the DIRECTV® SPORTS Pack monthly programming service outside of the YES Network territory. The SPORTS Pack programming features more than 20 specialty sports networks from around the country.

Nationally -- Yankees Games. A substantial portion of Yankee games will be available nationally with MLB EXTRA INNINGS™, the out-of-market sports subscription service, offering up to 35 out-of-market professional baseball

DISH NETWORK Channel Lineups:

THE DISNEY CHANNEL (2 CHANNELS)
NICK AT NIGHT (2 CHANNELS)
NICKELODEON (2 CHANNELS)
TV LAND
COMEDY CENTRAL
THE HISTORY CHANNEL
COURT TV
CNN
HEADLINE NEWS
HGTV (HOME & GARDEN TV)
FOX FAMILY CHANNEL
TNT
TNN
TBN
FOOD NETWORK
THE HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
QVC
CNBC
CARTOON NETWORK
CMT (COUNTRY MUSIC TELEVISION)
LIFETIME
USA NETWORK
TLC (THE LEARNING CHANNEL)
DISCOVERY CHANNEL
DISCOVERY HEALTH
PBS YOU
TRAVEL CHANNEL
THE WEATHER CHANNEL
C-SPAN
C-SPAN2
TBS SUPERSTATION
ESPN
ESPN2
ESPN NEWS
MTV
VHI
E! ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION
SCI-FI CHANNEL
ANGEL ONE
AMERICA'S VOICE
EWTN (GLOBAL CATHOLIC NETWORK)
BYU TV
A&E
TOON DISNEY
FOX SPORTS NETWORK
UNIVISION
GALAVISION
ESPN CLASSIC
INDEPENDENT FILM CHANNEL
ROMANCE CLASSICS
CBS EYE ON PEOPLE
TCM (TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES)
M2 (MTV 2)
TECH TV
MSNBC (MICROSOFT NBC)
FX
PAX TV
TV GAMES NETWORK
GAME SHOW NETWORK
BET
AMC (AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS)
BRAVO
BBC AMERICA
NOGGIN

PLUS! You get over 30 CD quality music channels, commercial free which will turn your television into a digital jukebox!

You do not need to order programming at this time. After your system is installed you will simply call a toll-free number to activate your programming.

Nielson's top 50 channels - great programming for the family, sports lovers and news!

Add on channels

THE DISNEY CHANNEL (2 CHANNELS)
NICK AT NIGHT (2 CHANNELS)
NICKELODEON (2 CHANNELS)
TV LAND
COMEDY CENTRAL
THE HISTORY CHANNEL
COURT TV
CNN
HEADLINE NEWS
HGTV (HOME & GARDEN TV)
FOX FAMILY CHANNEL
TNT
TNN
TBN
FOOD NETWORK
THE HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
QVC
CNBC
CARTOON NETWORK
CMT (COUNTRY MUSIC TELEVISION)
LIFETIME
USA NETWORK
TLC (THE LEARNING CHANNEL)
DISCOVERY CHANNEL
TRAVEL CHANNEL
THE WEATHER CHANNEL
C-SPAN
C-SPAN2
TBS SUPERSTATION
ESPN
ESPN2
ESPN NEWS
MTV
VHI
E! ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION
SCI-FI CHANNEL
ANGEL ONE
AMERICA'S VOICE
EWTN (GLOBAL CATHOLIC NETWORK)
BYU TV
A&E
NASA CHANNEL

Premium Channels
HBO (2 CHANNELS)
HBO PLUS (2 CHANNELS)
HBO COMEDY (1 CHANNEL)
HBO HDTV (1 CHANNEL)
HBO SIGNATURE (1 CHANNEL)
HBO FAMILY (1 CHANNEL)

CINEMAX (2 CHANNELS)
MOREMAX (2 CHANNELS)

SHOWTIME HDTV (1 CHANNEL)
SHOWTIME (4 CHANNELS)
SHOWTIME EXTREME (1 CHANNEL)
SHOWTIME BEYOND (1 CHANNEL)

THE MOVIE CHANNEL (2 CHANNELS)
FLIX (1 CHANNEL)
SUNDANCE CHANNEL (1 CHANNEL)

STARZ! (2 CHANNELS)
STARZ! CINEMA (2 CHANNELS)
STARZ! THEATER (1 CHANNEL)
STARZ! FAMILY (1 CHANNEL)
BET MOVIES STARZ! (1 CHANNEL)

ENCORE (1 CHANNEL)
You do not need to order programming at this time. After your system is installed you will simply call a toll-free number to activate your programming.

Adult Channels:
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The Erotic Network (TeN) offers a creative alternative to traditional adult entertainment programming. Each month, TeN delivers a wide variety of feature films and videos from the most internationally recognized brand names in the adult entertainment industry.

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All this for only $19.99/month for 24 hours a day of quality adult programming!

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Extasy features more different and new movies every month, and features only 4 and 5 star premium movies. Unlike the competition Extasy licenses their movies from more than 2 or 3 sources, and deals with award winning studios like Metro, Wicked, Sin City and Klimaxxx!

Find out why Extasy is America's favorite unedited adult network for 5 years running!

Get both Extasy and The Erotic Network for only $34.99/month!

Playboy TV is available on DISH Network for only $12.99/month.