Compare DIRECTV and DISH Channels
To make it easier to compare all the DIRECTV and DISH Network packages and their respective channels, we've put together a side-by-side of the leading plans below. Please note we have not included any of the all-music channels (DishMusic, Sirius, etc) or any other minor/part-time channels. Click twice on any package name to re-sort the list and show only its included channels. If you'd like more information on each plan (including pricing and features), view all the DIRECTV or DISH packages.
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| Channel | Entertain- ment | Choice | XTRA | Ultimate | Premier | Flex Pack* | America's Top 120 | Top 120 Plus | America's Top 200 | America's Top 250 |
| A&E | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| ABC | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| ACC Network | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| AccuWeather | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Almavision Hispanic Network | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Altitude Sports & Entertainment | • | |||||||||
| AMC | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| American Heroes Channel | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| America's Auction Network | • | • | • | |||||||
| Animal Planet | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| Angel One | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Angel Two | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| ASPIRE | • | • | ||||||||
| AXS TV | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| BabyFirst TV | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Bally Sports Arizona | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports Cincinnati | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports Detroit | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports Florida | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports Great Lakes | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports Indiana | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports Kansas City | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports Midwest | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports New Orleans | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports North | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports Ohio | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports Oklahoma | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports San Diego | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports SoCal | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports South | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports Southeast | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports Southwest | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports Sun | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports West | • | |||||||||
| Bally Sports Wisconsin | • | |||||||||
| BBC America | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| BBC World News | • | • | • | |||||||
| beIN Sports | • | • | ||||||||
| beIN Sports en Español | • | • | ||||||||
| BET | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| BET (West) | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| BET Gospel | • | |||||||||
| BET Her | • | • | • | |||||||
| BET Jams | • | |||||||||
| BET Soul | • | |||||||||
| Big Ten Network (BTN) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| Black News Channel | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Bloomberg | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| Boomerang | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| BRAVO | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| BYUtv | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| C-SPAN 1 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| C-SPAN 2 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Cartoon Network (East) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Cartoon Network (West) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| CBS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| CBS Sports Network | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Cheddar News | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Christian Television (CTN) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Cinemax 5StarMAX | • | |||||||||
| Cinemax ActionMAX | • | |||||||||
| Cinemax | • | |||||||||
| Cinemax (East) | • | |||||||||
| Cinemax (West) | • | |||||||||
| Cinemax MoreMax | • | |||||||||
| Cinemax MovieMAX | • | |||||||||
| Cinemax ThrillerMAX | • | |||||||||
| Cleo TV | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| CNBC | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| CNBC World | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| CNN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| CNN en Español | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| CNN International | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Comedy Central | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Comedy TV | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Cooking Channel | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| Country Music TV (CMT) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Cowboy Channel | • | • | • | |||||||
| CMT Music | • | |||||||||
| Crime & Investigation | • | |||||||||
| CW | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Daystar | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Deal | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Destination America | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| DIRECTV SportsMix | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Discovery | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Discovery Family | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Discovery Life | • | • | • | |||||||
| DISH Home | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| DISH Info | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| DISH Studio | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Disney Channel (East) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Disney Channel (West) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Disney Jr | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| Disney XD | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| E! Entertainment TV | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| El Rey | • | • | ||||||||
| Enlace | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Epic | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| ESNE | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| ESPN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| ESPN2 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| ESPN College Extra | • | |||||||||
| ESPNews | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| ESPNU | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| Estrella TV | • | • | ||||||||
| EVINE Live | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| EWTN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Family Entertainment TV | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Family Movie Classics | • | • | • | |||||||
| FamilyNet | • | |||||||||
| FLiX | • | |||||||||
| FM | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Food Network | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Fox | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Fox Business Network | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Fox News Channel | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Fox Sports 1 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Fox Sports 2 | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Free Speech TV | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Freeform | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Fuse | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| FX | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| FX Movie (FXM) | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| FXX | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| fyi | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| GAC Family | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Galavisión | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| Gallery | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Game Show Network (GSN) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| GEB Network | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Gem Shopping Network | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| getTV | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| God TV | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Golf Channel | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Grit | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Hallmark Channel | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| Hallmark Movies & Mysteries | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| HBO (East) | • | |||||||||
| HBO (West) | • | |||||||||
| HBO 2 (East) | • | |||||||||
| HBO 2 (West) | • | |||||||||
| HBO Comedy | • | |||||||||
| HBO Family (East) | • | |||||||||
| HBO Family (West) | • | |||||||||
| HBO Latino | • | |||||||||
| HBO Signature | • | |||||||||
| HBO Zone | • | |||||||||
| Headline News (HLN) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| HDNet Movies | • | |||||||||
| History | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| HITN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Home and Garden TV (HGTV) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| HSN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| HSN2 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Hope Channel | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Hopper Insider | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| i24 News | • | • | ||||||||
| IMPACT | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| In Country Television | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| IFC | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Inspiration Channel (INSP) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Investigation Discovery | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| ION TV (East) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| ION TV (West) | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| JBS | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Jewelry Television | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Jewish Life TV | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Justice Central | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| Justice Network | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Kids & Teens TV (KTV) | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Lifetime | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Lifetime Movie Network (LMN) | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Link TV | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Living Faith Network | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Logo | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Longhorn Network | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Magnolia Network | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| MASN | • | |||||||||
| MAVTV | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Mercury TV (MALL) | • | |||||||||
| MGM+ Drive-In | • | • | ||||||||
| MLB Network | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Motor Trend | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| MoviePlex | • | |||||||||
| MSG | • | |||||||||
| MSG+ | • | |||||||||
| MSNBC | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| MTV | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| MTV 2 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| MTV Classic | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| mtvU | • | |||||||||
| NASA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| National Geographic | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Nat Geo Wild | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| NBA TV | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| NBC | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| NBC Sports Bay Area | • | |||||||||
| NBC Sports Boston | • | |||||||||
| NBC Sports California | • | |||||||||
| NBC Sports Chicago | • | |||||||||
| NBC Sports Washington | • | |||||||||
| NBC Universo | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| NESN | • | |||||||||
| Newsmax | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| NewsNation | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Next Level Sports | • | |||||||||
| NFL Network | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| NHK | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| NHL Network | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| Nick Jr | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| Nickelodeon (East) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Nickelodeon (West) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| NickMusic | • | |||||||||
| Nicktoons | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| NRB | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| ONCE MEXICO | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| OWN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| Outdoor Channel | • | • | • | |||||||
| Outside TV | • | |||||||||
| Ovation | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| Oxygen | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Pac-12 Network | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Paramount Network | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| PBS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| PBS Kids | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| PixL | • | |||||||||
| POP | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Pursuit Channel | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| QVC | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| QVC 2 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| QVC 3 | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Reelz | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Revolt | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| RFDTV | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| ROOT Sports Northwest | • | |||||||||
| ROOT Sports Pittsburgh | • | |||||||||
| ROOT Sports Rocky Mountain | • | |||||||||
| ROOT Sports Southwest | • | |||||||||
| Science | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| SEC Network | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| Showtime 2 | • | |||||||||
| Showtime (East) | • | |||||||||
| Showtime (West) | • | |||||||||
| Showtime Extreme | • | |||||||||
| Showtime Next | • | |||||||||
| Showtime Showcase | • | |||||||||
| SHO×BET | • | |||||||||
| Smithsonian Channel | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| So Yummy | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| SonLife Broadcasting | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Spectrum SportsNet | • | |||||||||
| Spectrum SportsNet LA | • | |||||||||
| Sportsman Channel | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| SportsNet New York (SNY) | • | |||||||||
| STARZ | • | |||||||||
| STARZ Cinema | • | |||||||||
| STARZ Comedy | • | |||||||||
| STARZ Edge | • | |||||||||
| STARZ Encore | • | • | ||||||||
| STARZ Encore Action | • | • | • | |||||||
| STARZ Encore Black | • | • | • | |||||||
| STARZ Encore Classic | • | • | • | |||||||
| STARZ Encore Español | • | |||||||||
| STARZ Encore Family | • | • | • | |||||||
| STARZ Encore Suspense | • | • | • | |||||||
| STARZ Encore (West) | • | • | • | |||||||
| STARZ Encore Westerns | • | • | • | |||||||
| STARZ In Black | • | |||||||||
| STARZ Kids and Family | • | |||||||||
| STARZ West | • | |||||||||
| SundanceTV | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| Syfy | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Tastemade | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| TBN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| TBN Inspire | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| TBS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| TCT Network | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Teen Nick | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| Telemundo | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Tennis Channel | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| The Movie Channel (East) | • | • | ||||||||
| The Movie Channel (West) | • | • | • | |||||||
| The Movie Channel (Xtra) | • | • | ||||||||
| TLC | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| TNT | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Travel Channel | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
| TruTV | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| TUDN | • | • | ||||||||
| Turner Classic Movies (TCM) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| TV Games Network (TVG) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| TVG 2 | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| TV Land | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| TV One | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Unimás | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| Universal Kids | • | • | • | |||||||
| UNIVERSO | • | • | • | |||||||
| Univision (East) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| Univision (West) | • | • | ||||||||
| Univision Deportes | • | • | ||||||||
| UP TV | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| USA Network | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| VH1 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Vice | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| Victory | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Weather Channel (TWC) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| WeatherNation | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| WGN | • | • | ||||||||
| Women's Entertainment (WE) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Word Network | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| World Harvest TV | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| YES Network | • | |||||||||
| Z Living | • | • | • | |||||||
* Table only includes the 50-channel starter pack (not any of its additional, optional packs). Learn more about the Flex Pack.
Note: due to changes in licensing, promotions and more, specific channels occasionally drop out of a plan (and sometimes from an entire lineup). We do our best to keep this table as current as possible, but please check with your customer service representative to make sure your favorite channel is still available in your plan of interest (especially if it's not part of a large network).
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Recent Channel News
2/11/24: DIRECTV and Fox reach agreement Thankfully a quick negotiation, both sides reached a multi-year agreement and all channels have been restored.
2/3/24: DIRECTV and COX dispute force 12 local affiliates dark In an unfortunately predictable negotiation process, 12 Fox local affiliates have gone dark (affecting about 1 million customers).
11/30/23: DIRECTV and Tegna: ABC and NBC affiliates go dark After not being able to reach an agreement before the 11/30 deadline, subscribers that live in one of Tegna's 52 markets may have lost ABC or NBC channels (it depends on your exact location). As with previous blackouts, we expect this to resolve within a few weeks but you never know.
→ DISH impact: no effect here. DISH still carries all Tegna affiliates in all markets.
5/10/23: NFL Red Zone not (yet) available on DIRECTV With DIRECTV losing the NFL Sunday Ticket for the 2023 season, most subscribers are hoping they'll add the NFL Red Zone to make up for the loss. Rumor is it may happen but there's still no guarantee.
→ DISH impact: you can get it with DISH via the Multi-Sport Pack ($5.99/mo or $50/yr).
3/22/23: Newsmax & DIRECTV reach agreement After a months-long, heated dispute, the two parties finally reached a multi-year agreement. The channel is back in DIRECTV's line-up.
1/25/23: Newsmax pulled from DIRECTV Due to a licensing fee dispute, Newsmax has cut its DIRECTV feed (weeks later, there's still no resolution, so it's anyone's guess how this shakes down).
→ DISH impact: there's currently no impact with DISH, they carry Newsmax in all their plans
