Each DIRECTV package has its own unique channel lineup. Lucky for you, we know how important getting the right channel lineup is, so we’re here to be your DIRECTV guide.
We almost always recommend the CHOICE™ package for most of our readers, but if you’re looking for a comprehensive look at DIRECTV’s channel packages, we’ve put together a comprehensive list for you to compare below.
| Channel | Channel number | ENTERTAINMENT | CHOICE™ | XTRA | ULTIMATE | PREMIER™ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5StarMAX (East) | 520 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
A&E | 265 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ABC | Varies by location | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ActionMAX (East) | 519 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Altitude Sports & Entertainment | 681 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| American Heroes Channel | 287 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| American Movie Classics (AMC) | 254 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Animal Planet (APL) | 282 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Aquí | 401 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| aspireTV (HD only) | 381 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AXS TV | 340 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
BabyFirst TV | 293 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| BBC America | 264 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| BBC World News | 346 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Big Ten Network (BTN) | 610 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Black Entertainment Television (BET) | 329 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bloomberg Television | 353 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bravo | 237 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| BYU TV | 374 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Canal Once | 447 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cartoon Network East | 296 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CBS | Varies by location | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CBS Sports Network | 221 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CCTV News | 2053 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Celebrity Shopping | 223 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Christian Television Network (CTN) | 376 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CINE4K | 107 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CINEMAX | 515, 516 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| CNBC | 355 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CNBC World | 357 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CNN | 202 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comedy Central | 249 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comedy.TV | 382 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cooking Channel | 232 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Country Music Television (CMT) | 327 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| C-SPAN 1 | 350 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| C-SPAN 2 | 351 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| The CW | Varies by location | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Daystar | 369 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Destination America | 286 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DIRECTV CINEMA | 107, 126–182 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DIRECTV SPORTS MIX HD | 205, 600 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Discovery | 278 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Discovery Family Channel | 294 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Discovery Life | 261 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Disney Channel | 290 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Disney Junior | 289 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Disney XD | 292 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DIY Network | 230 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DTV4K | 104 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
E! Entertainment | 236 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Enlace | 448 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ESPN | 206 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ESPN2 | 209 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ESPNEWS | 207 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ESPNU | 208 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| EWTN | 370 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Flix | 556 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| FM (HD only) | 386 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Food Network | 231 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FOX | Varies by location | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fox Business Network | 359 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fox News | 360 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FOX Sports 1 | 219 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FOX Sports 2 | 618 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FOX Sports Sun | 653 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Free Speech TV | 348 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Freeform | 311 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FSN | 646 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Fuse | 339 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FX | 248 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FX Movie Channel | 258 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FXX | 259 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FYI | 266 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Galavisión | 404 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gem Shopping Network | 228 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GOD TV | 365 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Golden Eagle Broadcasting (GEB) | 363 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Golf Channel | 218 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Great American Country (GAC) | 326 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GSN (Game Show Network) | 233 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Hallmark Channel | 312 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hallmark Movies and Mysteries | 565 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| HBO® | 501, 504 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| HBO 2 | 502, 505 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| HBO Comedy | 506 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| HBO Family | 507, 508 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| HBO Latino | 511 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| HBO Signature | 503 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| HBO Zone | 509 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Headline News (HLN) | 204 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hillsong Channel | 371 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| HISTORY | 269 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| HITN | 461 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Home & Garden Television (HGTV) | 229 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Home Shopping Network (HSN) | 70, 240 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hope Channel | 368 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
IMPACT | 380 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Independent Film Channel (IFC) | 333 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| INSP | 364 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Investigation Discovery (ID) | 285 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ION Television | 305, 306 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Jewelry Television | 313 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Jewish Life Television | 366 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Justice Central | 383 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Lifetime | 252 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lifetime Movie Network | 253 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LinkTV | 375 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LIVE4K | 105 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LOGO | 272 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Longhorn Network | 677 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Madison Square Garden (MSG) | 634 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Madison Square Garden Plus (MSG+) | 635 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MAVTV | 214 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) | 640 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MLB Network | 213 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MoreMAX | 517 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| MSNBC | 356 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MTV | 331 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MTV Classic | 336 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MTV2 | 332 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
NASA TV | 352 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nat Geo WILD | 283 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nat Geo Channel | 276 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NBA TV | 216 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NBC | Varies by location | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NBC Sports Network | 220 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NBC UNIVERSO | 410 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NESN | 628 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| NFL Network | 212 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NHL Network | 215 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nick Jr. | 301 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nickelodeon | 299 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nicktoons | 302 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NRBTV | 378 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) | 279 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Outdoor Channel | 606 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Ovation | 274 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Oxygen | 251 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
PBS | 389 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pop | 273 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Prime Ticket | 693 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Pursuit Channel | 604 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
QVC | 70 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| QVC Plus | 275 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
REELZ | 238 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| REVOLT | 384 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| RFD-TV | 345 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ROOT SPORTS | 674 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Science Channel | 284 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SEC Network | 611 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ShopHQ | 316 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SHOWTIME® | 545, 546 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| SHOWTIME 2 | 547 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| SHOWTIME BEYOND | 550 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| SHOWTIME EXTREME | 549 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| SHOWTIME NEXT | 551 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| SHOWTIME SHOWCASE | 550 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| SHOWTIME WOMEN | 552 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| SonLife | 344 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spectrum SportsNet | 691 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Sportsman Channel | 605 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SportsNet New York (SNY) | 639 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| SportsTime Ohio | 662 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| STARZ® | 525 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| STARZ Cinema | 531 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| STARZ Comedy | 528 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| STARZ Edge | 529 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| STARZ in Black | 530 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| STARZ® ENCORE | 535, 536 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| STARZ ENCORE Action | 541 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| STARZ ENCORE Black | 540 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| STARZ ENCORE Classic | 537 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| STARZ ENCORE Family | 542 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| STARZ ENCORE Suspense | 539 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| STARZ ENCORE Westerns | 538 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SundanceTV | 557 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Syfy | 244 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
TBS | 247 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| TCT | 377 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| TeenNick | 303 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tennis Channel | 217 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ThrillerMAX | 522 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| The Learning Channel (TLC) | 280 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| The Movie Channel (TMC) | 553, 554 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| TMC Xtra East | 555 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| TNT | 245 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Travel Channel | 277 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) | 372 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| truTV | 246 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Turner Classic Movies (TCM) | 256 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| TV Land | 304 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| TV One | 328 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| TVG | 602 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
UniMás | 408 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Univision | 402, 403 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| UPtv | 338 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| USA Network | 242 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
VH1 | 335 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| VH1 Classic | 336 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| VICE | 271 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vme | 440 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
WE tv | 260 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| The Weather Channel | 362 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| WGN America | 307 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| The Word Network | 373 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| World Harvest Television (WHT) | 367 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
YES Network | 631 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Depending on where you live, ABC’s channel number changes on the DIRECTV lineup. Here are the channel numbers for the most-searched cities:
DIRECTV changes CBS’s channel based on where you live. Here are the channel numbers for the most-searched cities:
CNN is channel 202 on DIRECTV.
You can watch ESPN on DIRECTV’s channel 206.
You’ll find FOX on a different channel depending on where you live. If you’re having trouble finding yours on the DIRECTV channel guide, here are the channel numbers for the most-searched cities:
You can watch FOX News on DIRECTV channel 360.
If you’re looking for NBC, first try your on-screen DIRECTV channel guide, since the channel number changes depending on your location.
Here are some of the channel numbers NBC is listed as in the most-searched cities:
In addition to season passes for out-of-region major-league games, you can catch games across DIRECTV’s lineup of 40 sports channels:
The DIRECTV channel list includes a variety of kid favorites for your family to enjoy:
You’ll find 30 movie stations available across DIRECTV’s channel lineups:
DIRECTV offers three 4K Ultra-HD channels:
Not satisfied with the DIRECTV lineup? That’s fine. Check out other large TV providers’ (traditional and livestreaming) channel lists below.
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