With over 256 channels to choose from, satellite TV programming offers far more TV programs and viewing options than cable or air TV.

Satellite 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 $ 31.99 per month.

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

DISH Network has the biggest variety of movies and programs and most of the HD (high definition) programming of the two satellite TV providers.

Here are the current satellite DISH Network, the TV programming packages

America's Top 60 ($ 31.99 per month)

This package includes the following program channels, plus local channels

ABC Family, America network Collection, an angel, Arts & Entertainment (A & E), Auction TV, Beauty and Fashion Channel, Bingo TV, BYUTV, Cable News Network (CNN), Cartoon Network, Catalog TV, Classic Arts Showcase, CNBC, Colours TV, Comedy Central, Country Music Television, Court TV, C -SPAN, C-SPAN2, Daystar, Discovery Channel, Disney Channel (East) Disney Channel (West), E! Entertainment Television, educate everyone, ESPN, ESPN Alternate, ESPN2, ESPN2 Alternate, ESPNEWS, Eternal Word Television Network Family Network, the Florida Education Channel, Food Network, Free Speech TV Good Samaritan Network, Headline News Network, TV Health, Healthy Living Channel, The History Channel, HITN, Home & Garden Television, The Home Shopping Network Horse Racing TV, IShop, the jewelry channel, The Learning Channel, Lifetime, Men Channel, Music Television (MTV) Music Television 2 (MTV2), NASA , Nickelodeon  Nick at Nite (East), Nickelodeon  Nick at Nite (West), Northern Arizona University  University House, PBS You, QVC Shopping Network, Channel Research, RFDTV, Sci-Fi Channel, Shop At Home, Shop NBC, Spike TV, Stuff TV, The Travel Channel, Trinity Broadcasting Network, Turner broadcasting System (TBS), Turner Network Television (TNT), TV Games Network, TV Guide Channel, TV Land, TV out of the University Mall California, University of Washington, USA Network, VH1 The TiempoCanal, Worldlink TV.

U.S. Top 120 ($ 42.99 per month)

This package includes all channels in the U.S. Top 60 package, plus the following program channels and 32 Sirius music channels

American Movie Classics, Animal Planet, BBC America, Black Entertainment Television (BET), Bravo, CNN Financial  CNN International, Comcast Sports Network, Discovery Health, Empire Sports, ESPN Classic, F  X, Fox News Channel, Fox Sports, FOX Sports West 2, Fuse, Galavison, Game Show Network, Independent Film Channel, Lifetime Movie chain, Madison Square Garden, MSNBC, New England Sports Network (NESN), Noggin, Pax TV, SiTV, the speed channel, alternative sports 1, Alternative Sports 2, Sports Alternative 3, Alternative 4 Sports, Sports, Alternative 5, Red Sun, G4 Tech TV, Telefutura East, West Telefutura, Toon Disney, Turner Classic Movies, Turner South, East Univision Univision West, WE Maintenance of the Women, WGN Superstation.

U.S. Top 180 ($ 52.99 per month)

This package includes all channels in the U.S. Top 120 package, plus the following program channels and 50 Sirius music channels

Biography, Bloomberg Television, Boomerang, CNBC World, Discovery Home & Leisure, Discovery Kids, Discovery Times Channel, Discovery Wings, dish Hits Music-50 and 60, plate 70 Music-Oldies Music-Hits plate 80 plate Music -All That Jazz, Dish Music-Beach Party, Music-Classic Soul dish, dish Music-Country Music One, Dish Music-4 decades of music, Music, Expression dish, dish-Hitline Music, Music-Hot plate FM Music-Italy antenna dish Love Music, songs, dish moonscapes Music, Music, New Orleans Jazz dish, dish-Piano and Guitar Music, House Music-Road plate, plate Breezes Tropical Music, Music for Adults plate to the city, Do It Yourself Network, Encore (West), Encore, Action  Adventure, Encore Love Stories, Encore Mysteries, Encore True Stories, Encore Wam  America 's network KIDZ, western Encore, Fox Movie Channel , Fox Sports, World Net, The Golf Channel, GOL TV, Great American Country, Hallmark Channel, History Channel International, The Movie Channel (West), National Geographic Channel, Nickelodeon Games and Sports, Nick toons, The Outdoor Channel, Outdoor Life Network, Reality TV, SoapNet, Style, The Science Channel, TMC Yahoo! West, VH1 Classic, Wisdom Television.

U.S. Pak All ($ 86.99)

This package includes all channels in the U.S. Top 180 package, plus the following movie channels (31 movie channels in total)

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

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DIRECTV satellite TV programming

DIRECTV satellite TV programming starts at $ 41.99 per month.

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

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

Here are current DIRECTV satellite TV programming packages

TOTAL CHOICE ($ 41.99 per month)

This package includes the following program channels, plus local channels and 31 music channels)

A & E Network, ABC Family, USA shop, American Movie Classics (AMC), Animal Planet, BBC America, Black Entertainment Television (BET), Bloomberg Television, Bravo, C-SPAN, C-SPAN2, Cartoon Network, Channel, Church, CNBC, CNBC World, CNN, CNNfn  CNN International, Comedy Central, Country Music Television (CMT), Court TV, Daystar, Discovery Channel, Discovery Health Channel, Disney Channel (East) Disney Channel (West), E! Entertainment Television, ESPN, ESPN Classic, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, EWTN, Fine Living, Food Network, Fox Movie Channel, Fox News Channel, Fuse, FX, Galavision, Game Show Network, Hallmark Channel, Headline News, Health Network, The History Channel, Home & Garden Television, Home Shopping Network, Independent Film Channel, the inspirational life, The Learning Channel (TLC), Lifetime, Life Movie Network, Link TV, Maria + Vision, MSNBC, MTV, MTV2, National Geographic Channel, Newsworld International NFL Network Nickelodeon  Nick at Nite (East), Nickelodeon  Nick at Nite (West), Noggin  N, the Outdoor Life Network (OLN), Oxygen, PAX, PBS You, QVC, RFD TV, SCI FI Channel, Shop at Home, ShopNBC, Speed ??Channel, Spike TV, Superstation WGN, TBS Superstation, TechTV, TNT, Toon Disney, Travel Channel, Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) TRIO Turner Classic Movies (TCM), Turner South, TV Land, Univision (East), USA Network, VH1, WE Women's Entertainment, The Weather Channel Word Network, World Harvest Television.

In addition TOTAL CHOICE ($ 45.99 per month)

This package includes all total choice programs, more of the following channels

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

First choice for total ($ 93.99 per month)

This package includes all channels in the Total Choice Plus package, plus the following program channels

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), HBO HDTV, 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 , East SHOWTIME, SHOWTIME Extreme, SHOWTIME HDTV, Showtime Showcase, Showtime Too, Showtime West, Starz! (East), STARZ! (West), STARZ! Theater (East), Sundance Channel, the Sun chain, True Stories, VH1 Classic, WAM!, Western, YES Network.