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The ENTERTAINMENT package is DIRECTV’s cheapest TV plan. It comes with over 75 local and cable channels. Some of its most popular channels include ESPN, Hallmark Channel, and TNT.
Unfortunately, ENTERTAINMENT doesn’t include regional sports networks (RSNs), Lifetime Channel, or FS2, so be sure to double-check the table below for your favorite channels before you sign up.
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DIRECTV ENTERTAINMENT channels
Scroll down to see every DIRECTV ENTERTAINMENT channel. Remember: Whether you choose DIRECTV Via Internet (i.e., DIRECTV STREAM) or DIRECTV Via Satellite (i.e., regular DIRECTV) you’ll get the same channels. Click a letter to speed up the search for your favorite channels.
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Channel | ENTERTAINMENT |
---|---|
A&E | — |
ABC | ✔ |
ACC Network | — |
AccuWeather | ✔ |
AMC | ✔ |
American Heroes Channel (AHC) | — |
Animal Planet | ✔ |
Antena 3 | ✔ |
Aquí | ✔ |
Arirang TV | — |
Atrés Cine | — |
AXS TV (HD only) | ✔ |
BabyFirst TV | ✔ |
BabyTV | ✔ |
Bandamax | ✔ |
BBC America | ✔ |
BBC World News (HD only) | — |
BET | ✔ |
BET Her | — |
Big Ten Network (BTN) | — |
Bloomberg TV | — |
Blossom | ✔ |
Boomerang | ✔ |
BounceTV | — |
Bravo | ✔ |
BYUtv | ✔ |
C-SPAN | ✔ |
C-SPAN 2 | ✔ |
Cartoon Network | ✔ |
CBS | ✔ |
CBS Sports Network | — |
Cheddar News | — |
CINEMAX® | $ |
CINEMAX 5StarMax | $ |
CINEMAX ActionMax | $ |
CINEMAX Latino | $ |
CINEMAX MoreMax | $ |
CINEMAX MovieMax | $ |
CINEMAX ThrillerMax | $ |
CLEO TV (HD only) | ✔ |
CMT | ✔ |
CNBC | ✔ |
CNBC World | — |
CNN | ✔ |
CNN en Español | ✔ |
CNN International (CNNi) | ✔ |
Comedy Central | ✔ |
Comedy TV | — |
Cooking Channel | — |
Cowboy Channel | — |
COZI | — |
CTN | ✔ |
The CW | ✔ |
Daystar | ✔ |
Daystar Español | ✔ |
Destination America | — |
DIRECTV 4K Live | ✔ |
DIRECTV 4K Live | ✔ |
DIRECTV 4K Live 2 | ✔ |
DIRECTV HD SPORTSMIX | — |
DIRECTV News Mix | ✔ |
Discovery | ✔ |
Discovery Family Channel | — |
Discovery Life | — |
Disney Channel (East) | ✔ |
Disney Channel (West) | ✔ |
Disney Junior | ✔ |
Disney XD | ✔ |
E! | ✔ |
EarthX | ✔ |
Enlace | ✔ |
ESNE | ✔ |
ESPN | ✔ |
ESPN2 | ✔ |
ESPNews | — |
ESPNU | — |
EWTN | ✔ |
FETV | ✔ |
Family Movie Channel | ✔ |
FanDuel TV | — |
The First | ✔ |
Flix | — |
FM (HD only) | — |
Food Network | ✔ |
FOX | ✔ |
Fox Business Network | ✔ |
Fox News | ✔ |
FOX Sports 1 (FS1) | ✔ |
FOX Sports 2 (FS2) | — |
Free Speech TV | ✔ |
Freeform | ✔ |
Fuse | — |
FX | ✔ |
FX Movie Channel (FXM) | — |
FXX | ✔ |
fyi | — |
GAC Family | — |
Galavisión | ✔ |
Game Show Network (GSN) | — |
GEB America | ✔ |
GET | — |
GOD TV | ✔ |
Golf Channel | — |
GRIT | — |
The Grio | ✔ |
Hallmark Channel | ✔ |
Hallmark Movies and Mysteries | ✔ |
HBO® | $ |
HBO2 | $ |
HBO Comedy (HD only) | $ |
HBO Family | $ |
HBO Latino | $ |
HBO Signature | $ |
HBO Zone (HD only) | $ |
Heroes & Icons | — |
HGTV | ✔ |
HISTORY | — |
HITN | ✔ |
HLN | ✔ |
Hope | ✔ |
HSN | ✔ |
HSN2 | ✔ |
i24 News | — |
Impact Television Network | ✔ |
Independent Film Channel (IFC) | ✔ |
INSP | ✔ |
Investigation Discovery (ID) | ✔ |
ION Television (East) | ✔ |
ION Television (West) | ✔ |
JBS | ✔ |
Jewish Life Television | ✔ |
Justice Central (HD only) | — |
Lifetime | — |
Lifetime Movie Network (LMN) | — |
Living Faith Network | ✔ |
LOGO | — |
Magnolia Network | — |
MAVTV | ✔ |
MGM+ | $ |
MGM+ Hits | $ |
MGM+ Marquee | $ |
MLB Network | — |
MoreMAX | $ |
MOTOR TREND | ✔ |
MovieMAX | $ |
MSNBC | ✔ |
MTV | ✔ |
MTV2 | ✔ |
MTV Classic | — |
MUSIC CHOICE | ✔ |
NASA TV | ✔ |
National Geographic | ✔ |
Nat Geo WILD | — |
NBA TV | — |
NBC | ✔ |
Newsmax | ✔ |
NewsNation | ✔ |
Next Level Sports | $ |
NFL Network | — |
NFL RedZone | $ |
NHK | ✔ |
NHL Network | — |
Nick Jr. | — |
Nickelodeon (East) | ✔ |
Nicktoons | — |
NRBTV | ✔ |
ONCE MEXICO | ✔ |
Outdoor Channel | — |
Ovation | ✔ |
OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) | — |
Oxygen True Crime | — |
Paramount Network | ✔ |
Paramount+ with SHOWTIME® | $ |
PBS | ✔ |
PBS Kids | ✔ |
Pop TV | — |
Pursuit Channel | ✔ |
QVC | ✔ |
QVC2 | ✔ |
QVC3 | ✔ |
REELZ | ✔ |
REVOLT TV (HD only) | ✔ |
RFD-TV | ✔ |
SEC Network | — |
Science Channel | — |
Scientology Network | ✔ |
ShopHQ | ✔ |
Shop LC | ✔ |
ShortsTV | — |
SHOWTIME 2 | $ |
SHOWTIME BEYOND | $ |
SHOWTIME EXTREME | $ |
SHOWTIME FAMILYZONE (HD only) | $ |
SHOWTIME NEXT (HD only) | $ |
SHOWTIME SHOWCASE (HD only) | $ |
SHOWTIME x BET (HD only) | $ |
Smithsonian Channel | — |
So Yummy | ✔ |
SonLife Broadcasting | ✔ |
Sportsman Channel | — |
STARZ® | $ |
STARZ Cinema (HD only) | $ |
STARZ Comedy (HD only) | $ |
STARZ Edge | $ |
STARZ ENCORE | $ |
STARZ ENCORE Action | $ |
STARZ ENCORE Black | $ |
STARZ ENCORE Classic | $ |
STARZ ENCORE en Español | $ |
STARZ ENCORE Family | $ |
STARZ ENCORE Suspense | $ |
STARZ ENCORE Westerns | $ |
STARZ in Black | $ |
STARZ Kids & Family (HD only) | $ |
SundanceTV | ✔ |
Syfy | ✔ |
Tastemade (HD only) | — |
TBN Inspire | ✔ |
TBS | ✔ |
TCM | ✔ |
TCT (Tri-State Christian Television) | ✔ |
TeenNick | ✔ |
Tennis Channel | — |
The Learning Channel (TLC) | ✔ |
THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ (TMC) | — |
TMC Xtra East (HD only) | — |
TNT | ✔ |
Travel Channel | — |
Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) | ✔ |
truTV | ✔ |
TUDN | — |
TV Land | ✔ |
TV One | ✔ |
UniMás | — |
Universal Kids | — |
UNIVERSO | — |
Univision | ✔ |
UPtv | — |
USA Network | ✔ |
VH1 | ✔ |
VICE | — |
Victory | ✔ |
WE tv | ✔ |
The Weather Channel | — |
Willow | $ |
The WORD Network | ✔ |
World Harvest Television | ✔ |
Data effective as of post date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
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DIRECTV ENTERTAINMENT regional sports networks
The DIRECTV ENTERTAINMENT package doesn’t come with regional sports networks (RSNs). You have to sign up for the CHOICE package and above to get them, and each RSN is only available to you based on your location.
If you want more regional sports access, you can include DIRECTV SPORTS PACK with your plan and get around 40 more out-of-market networks. We highlight this add-on and many others on our DIRECTV Sports Packages page.
To see which DIRECTV RSNs are available in your area, enter your zip code on DIRECTV’s local RSN lookup tool.
Channel** | ENTERTAINMENT | CHOICE™ | ULTIMATE | PREMIER™ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Altitude Sports | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Bally Sports | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Longhorn Network | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
MSG | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
MSG Sportsnet | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Marquee Sports Network | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Monumental Sports Network | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
NBC Regional Sports Networks | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
NESN | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
ROOT SPORTS Northwest | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Space City Home Network | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
SportsNet New York (SNY) | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Spectrum SportsNet | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Spectrum SportsNet Los Angeles | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Spectrum SportsNet Pittsburgh | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
YES Network | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Data effective as of post date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
**Customers with CHOICE,™ ULTIMATE and MÁS ULTRA™ only receive Regional Sports Networks for their market based on ZIP. Most Regional Sports Networks available in all markets for PREMIER™ and LO MÁXIMO.™ Blackout restrictions and other conditions apply to all sports programming.
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DIRECTV ENTERTAINMENT channel lineup FAQ
DIRECTV ENTERTAINMENT features over 75 local and cable channels, including:
- ABC
- ESPN
- ESPN 2
- FOX News
- Hallmark Channel
- NBC
- TBS
- TNT
… and many more. Just remember that it doesn’t include any regional sports networks (RSNs). You’ll need the CHOICE package and above to see most of your local sports teams.
The ENTERTAINMENT package is the most affordable DIRECTV channel package.
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