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Programming Guide Satellite TV

Satellite TV Programming

With over 375 channels choice, the satellite television programming offers far more TV ads and viewing options that cable-TV or air.

Cable TV also gives you access to music channels, pay-per-view, sports packages, adult channels, and international programming.

DISH Network Satellite TV Programming

DISH Network programming packages start at $ 19.99 per month.

They also offer movies pay-per-view and events, adult programming and sports packages. International programming includes: African, Arabic, Armenian, Asian, Chinese, Persian, French, German, Greek, Israeli, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, South Asian, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu and channels.

DISH Network has the largest variety of movies, music and entertainment and most of HD (high definition) programming of the two TV providers satellite.

Here are current DISH Network satellite TV programming packages:

Dish Family Pak

This package includes the following channels of programs:

Angel One, Animal Planet, Biography Channel, Bloomberg Television, Boomerang, BYUTV, AAC-9, TAC-E & F CNN Headline News, Colors TV, C-SPAN, C-Span2, CSTV, Discovery Kids, Discovery Times, DIY, EWTN, Fine Living, Food Network, FOX News Channel, Great American Country (GAC), Hallmark, Hallmark Movie Channel, HSN, Kids Tunes, NASA, Nickelodeon / Nick at Nite (East), Nickelodeon / Nick at Nite (West) Nicdelodeon Games & Sports, Nicktoons, QVD, Rfdtv, Shop Home, Shop NBC, TBN, The Outdoor Channel, The Science Channel, The Weather Channel, TV Land.

"America's Top 60 ($ 29.99 per month)

This package includes the following program channels:

ABC Family, TV Prevue States United States, an angel, Arts & Entertainment (A & E), Beauty & Fashion Channel, BYUTV, Cable News Network (CNN), Cartoon Network, CCTV-9, sample classical arts, CNBC TV Color, Comedy Central, Country Music Television, Court TV, C-SPAN, C-Span2, Daystar, Discovery Channel, Disney Channel (East) Disney Channel (West) Documentary Channel, TV Drive, E! Entertainment Television, ESPN Alternate, ESPN2 Alternate, ESPNEWS, ESPN, Eternal Word Television Network, FEC / PAEC, Food Network, Free Speech TV Good Samaritan Network, Headline News Association, Healthy Living Channel, The History Channel, HITN, Holistic Television Network, Home & Garden Television, the Home Shopping Network Horse Racing TV, iShop, Jewelry Television, The Learning Channel, Lifetime, Link TV Men's Channel, Music Television (MTV) Music Television 2 (MTV2), NASA, Nickelodeon / Nick at Nite (East), Nickelodeon / Nick at Nite (West), Northern Arizona University and the University House, Pentagon Channel, QVC Shopping Network, Channel Research, Rfdtv, The Sci-Fi Channel, shop at home, shop NBC television, Spike, The Travel Channel Trinity Broadcasting Network, Turner Broadcast System (TBS), the Turner Network Television (TNT), TV Games Network, TV Guide Channel, TV Land, the mall TV Outlet of the University of California, University of Washington, USA Network, VH1, The Weather Channel.

"America's Top 120 ($ 39.99 per month)

This package includes all channels in Top 60 of America's package, in addition to the program following channels:

Altitude Sports & Entertainment, American Movie Classics (AMC), Animal Planet, BBC Latin, Black Entertainment Television (BET), Bravo, Cancionero CD-70S, Crossroads CD-Acoustic, Alternative CD-Adult, CD-Adult Contemporary CD-Adult Favorites era of CD-Big Band, CD-Blues CD-BYU Radio Network, CD-Classic Rock, CD environment classic, contemporary Christian CD, CD-Contemporary Instrumental, Contemporary Jazz Flavors CD, CD-Country Classics CD-Country Currents CD-Easy

Instrumentals CD-Euro Style, CD-Fiesta Mexicana CD-Hawaiian Music, Hot Hits CD, CD-Jazz Traditions, Gold CD-JukeBox, CD-Kid Tunes, CD-Latin Styles CD-Light Alternative Classical CD-Modern Rock, Age CD-New Country, New CD, CD-NuJazz, CD-Power Rock CD-Reggae CD-Urban Beat, College Sports TV, Comcast Sports Net Chicago Comcast Sports Net West, Comcast Sports Net Mid-Atlantic, Discovery Health, ESPN Classic, FOX News Channel, FOX Pittsburgh 2, FOX Sports, Fox Sports Arizona, Fox Sports Bay Area, Sports Cincinnati FOX, FOX Sports Detroit, Fox Sports Florida FOX Sports Midwest, Fox Sports New England, New York FOX Sports, FOX Sports Northwest, Fox Sports North FOX Sports Ohio, Fox Sports Pittsburgh, Fox Sports Rocky Mountain, Fox Sports Southwest, Fox Sports South, Fox Sports West, Fox Sports West 2, Fox Soccer Channel, Fuse, FX, G4, Galavison, Game Show Network, Independent Film Channel, International Music Feed, the Madison Square Garden, MSNBC, New England Sports Network (NESN), NFL Network, Noggin, Oxygen, Pax TV, BBC Radio 1 Sirius, Sirius Boombox, Sirius Elcis, Sirius Love Songs, Garage Sirius Margaritaville, Metro Sirius, Sirius vibration 60 – 60 hits, Nation Sirius Alt – Alternative Rock, Sirius Area 63, Sirius Back Spin – Old Skool Rap, Sirius Big 80's – 80's Hits, Sirius Bluegrass – Bluegrass Music, Sirius Blues – Blues classic, the best of Sirius Broadway – Broadway Musical, Sirius Buzzsaw – Classic Hard Rock, Classic Rewind Sirio – Recent Rock, Classic Vinyl Sirius – Rock early Sirius Classical Voices – Opera, Sirius Disorder – Rock freely, Sirius Faction – Rock / Hip Hop / Punk, Sirius First Wave – Classic Alternative, Hair Nation Sirius – 80 of hair bands, the Sirius Hard Attack – Heavy Metal, Sirius Heart & Soul – R & B Hits, Sirius Hip Hop Nation – Uncut Hip Hop, Sirius Hot Jamz – Bands Jam, Sirius Jazz Cafe – Smooth Jazz, Sirius Left of Center – College Rock, Sirius Mexicana – Mexico Refional, Sirius easy movement – Easy Listening Hits, Sirius Octand – Pure Hard Rock, Outlaw Country Sirius, Sirius Planet Jazz – Contemporary Jazz, Sirius Pops – Classical Favorites, Sirius Praise – Gospel Music, Sirius Prime Classic Jazz Country – 80's & 90's Country, Sirius Pure Jazz – Remiz Sirio – Dance Club Mix, Sirius Revolution – Christian Rock, Runbon Sirius – Reggae & Tropical, Sirius Shade 45, Sirius Gold 50's & 60's Hits, Sirius Hits One – Top 40 Hits, Sirius Soul Revue – Classic Soul, Sirius Spa 73 – New Era, the spectrum of Sirius – Rock Class Worls, Sirius Spirit – Christian Hits, Sirius Standard Time – Rules, Sirius Symphony Hall – Symphonies, Super Shuffle Sirius, Sirius The Bridge – Mellow Rock, Sirius La Casa del Café, Sirius The Globe, Sirius The Pulse – The '90s and now, Sirius El Parador – Country Classic, Sirius The Strobe – Classic Disco, Sirius The Vault – Deep Cuts Classic Rock, Sirius Totally 70's – 70 Hits, Sirius Universo Latino Mix – Pop Latino, SiTV, Soap Net, Speed Channel, Sports Sports: Alternative 1, Alternative 2 Sports Alternate 3 Sports Alternate 4, Red Sun, Telefutura East Telefutura West, Toon Disney, Turner Classic Movies, Turner South, Univision, Univision West, WE: Women's Entertainment, WGN Superstation.

Top 180 U.S. ($ 39.99 per month)

This package includes all channels in the America's Top 120 package, plus:

7890-4 decades of music, biography, Bloomberg Television, Boomerang, CNBC World Discovery Health, Discovery Home, Discovery Kids, Discovery Times Channel, Dish Music – 50's & 60's Hits, Dish Music – 70's Hits, Dish Music – 80's Hits, Dish Music-All That Jazz, Dish Music – Beach Party, Dish Music – Classic Soul, Dish Music – Country Music One, Dish Music – Expressions, Dish Music – Hitline, Dish Music – Hot FM, Dish Music – Italy Dish Music – Love Songs, Music Dish – Moodscapes, Dish Music – New Orleans Jazz, Dish Music – Piano & Guitar, Music Dish – Roadhouse, Dish Music – Tropical breezes, Dish Music – Urban Adult, Do It Yourself Network, Encore

(West) Encore Action, Encore Love, Encore Mystery, Encore Wam, Encore Westerns, ESPNNU, Fine Living, FOX movie channel, Fox Reality TV, Fox Soccer Channel, The Golf Channel GOL TV, Great American Country, Hallmark Channel, History Channel International, Red Lifetime movie, Military Channel, The Movie Channel (West), mun2, the National Channel Geographic, Nick Toons, Nickelodeon Games and Sports, Outdoor Channel, The Science Channel, TMC Extra West, VH1 classic television, Wisdom.

Everything is America Pak ($ 74.99)

This package includes all channels in the America's Top 180 package, plus the following channels movies (31 movie channels in total):

Showtime Unlimited Package, Starz! Super Pak, HBO Package, Cinemax package.

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DIRECTV satellite TV programming

Satellite TV DIRECTV programming starts at $ 41.99 per month.

They also offer pay-per-view and events, adult programming and sports packages. International programming includes Chinese, Filipino, Italian, Southern Asian, Spanish, Vietnamese and channels.

DIRECTV has the most sports program packages of the two satellite TV providers, including Ticket popular NFL Sunday.

These are current DIRECTV satellite TV programming packages:

TOTAL CHOICE ($ 41.99 per month)

This package includes the following program channels:

A & E Network, ABC Family, America's Store, American Movie Classics (AMC), Animal Planet, BBC America, Black Entertainment Television (BET) Bloomberg Television Bravo BYU TV, C-SPAN, C-Span2, Cartoon Network, Church Channel, CNBC, CNBC World, CNN, Comedy Central, Country Music Television (CMT), Court TV, Current TV, Daystar, DIRECTV Freeview Events Discovery Channel, Discovery Health Channel Disney Channel (East) Disney Channel (West), E! Entertainment Television, ESPN, ESPN Classic, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, EWTN, live well, Fit TV, Food Network, movie channel Fox, Fox News Channel, Fuse, FX, G4 Videogame TV Galavision, Game Show Network, Hallmark Channel, Headline News, HITN TV, Home and Garden Television, TV I Independent, the Independent Film Channel, Lifetime, Lifetime Movie network, Link TV, MSNBC, MTV, MTV2, National Geographic Channel, NFL Network, Nickelodeon / Nick at Nite (East), Nickelodeon / Nick at Nite (West), Noggin / The N, Network Outdoor Life (OLN), Oxygen, PBS, QVC, RFD TV, SCI FI Channel, Shop at home, ShopNBC, SOAPnet, Speed Channel, Spike TV, Superstation WGN, TBS Superstation, The Church Channel, The History Channel, The Learning Channel, The Weather Channel, The Word, TNT, Toon Disney, Travel Channel, Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) Turner Classic Movies (TCM), Turner South, TV Guide Channel, TV Land, TV One, Univision, USA Network, VH1, WE: Women's Entertainment World Harvest Television, XM: America XM: Audio Visions, XM: Beyond Jazz XM: Bluegrass Junction XM: Bluesville XM,: BPM, XM: Chrome, XM: Cinemagic, XM: Deep Tracks, XM: Ethel XM: Frank's Place XM: Hank's Place, XM: Highway 16 XM: KISS XM: Lucy XM: MIX XM: Nashville!, XM: RAW – XL XM: Real Jazz, XM: Soul Street, XM: Special X XM: Spirit, XM: Squizz – XL XM: Suite 62, XM: Sunny, XM: years 40, XM: The 50s, XM: The 60s XM: The 70s XM: The 80s XM: XM 90: a mixture, XM: The City XM: The Fish, XM: The Flow, XM: the heart, XM: XM Common: The Loft, XM: movement, XM: The Rhyme – XL XM: The System XM: Top 20 on 20, XM: Top Tracks, XM: VOX XM: Watercolors, XM: World Zone, XM: X Country, XM: XM Café, XM: XM Classics, XM: XM Pops

Total Choice Plus (46.99 per month)

This package includes all TOTAL CHOICE programs, plus the following channels:

The Biography Channel, Boomerang, Discovery Home & Leisure Discovery Kids, Discovery Channel, Times, Discovery Wings, DIY – Do It Yourself Network, Fuel, International History, PBS KIDS, The Science Channel, SOAPnet.

Total Choice Premier ($ 96.99 per month)

This package includes all channels in the Total Choice package addition, more channels following program:

Action, BLACK STARZ!, Cinemax (East), Cinemax (West), Comcast SportsNet (Mid-Atlantic), CSTV: College Sports Television, Empire Sports Network, Encore ® (West), Encore ® (East), Flix, Fox Sports World, The Golf Channel, HBO, HBO (West), HBO Family, HBO Family (West), HDTV HBO, HBO Latino, HBO Signature, HBO2, HBO2 (West), love stories, the Madison Square Garden (MSG), MoreMAX, The Movie Channel, The Movie Channel West, Mystery, NBA TV, New England Sports Network, Outdoor Channel, SHOWTIME East, SHOWTIME Extreme, SHOWTIME HDTV, SHOWTIME Showcase, SHOWTIME TOO, SHOWTIME West, STARZ! (East), STARZ! (West), STARZ! Theatre (East), Sundance Channel, Red Sun, True Stories, VH1 Classic, WAM!, Western, YES Network.

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About the Author

Brian Stevens is the senior editor for The Satellite TV Guide and has written extensively on satellite TV programming.