Satellite Programming: DISH Network DISH Network DirecTV DirecTV DirecTV DirecTV
Package Name: America's Top 40 America's Top 100 CD Select Choice Total Choice Gold Platinum
Your Monthly Cost: $19.99 $28.99 $19.99 $29.99 $39.99 $80.99
Add'l Receiver Surcharge: $4.99 $4.99 $4.99 $4.99 $4.99 $4.99
General Interest            
A&E Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Animal Planet   Yes   Yes Yes Yes
Black Entertainment Television   Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Comedy Central Yes Yes   Yes Yes Yes
Court TV Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Discovery Channel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Discovery People   Yes   Yes Yes Yes
E! Entertainment Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
TV Food Network Yes Yes   Yes Yes Yes
fX   Yes   Yes Yes Yes
Game Show Network   Yes   Yes Yes Yes
The Health Network     Yes Yes Yes Yes
The History Channel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Home + Garden Television Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Home Shopping Network Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Learning Channel (TLC) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lifetime Yes Yes   Yes Yes Yes
NASA Television $1.50* $1.50*        
The Nashville Network Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
QVC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Schoolhouse Channel $29.99* $29.99*        
Sci-Fi Channel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Shop At Home Yes² Yes²        
TNT Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Travel Channel Yes Yes   Yes Yes Yes
USA Network Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Value Vision Yes² Yes² Yes Yes Yes Yes
ZDTV   Yes   Yes Yes Yes
News and Information            
All News Channel     Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bloomberg $1.50* $1.50* Yes Yes Yes Yes
CNBC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CNN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CNNfn/International   Yes   Yes Yes Yes
C-SPAN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
C-SPAN2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FOX News Channel   Yes   Yes Yes Yes
Headline News Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MSNBC   Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Weather Channel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Family/Children's            
Cartoon Network Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Disney Channel Yes³ Yes³ Yes³ Yes³ Yes³ Yes³
Fox Family Channel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Nickelodeon Yes³ Yes³ Yes³ Yes³ Yes³ Yes³
Nick At Nite's TV Land Yes Yes   Yes Yes Yes
Noggin   Yes        
Toon Disney   Yes   Yes Yes Yes
Religious            
America's Voice Yes Yes        
Angel One Yes Yes        
EWTN Yes Yes        
Sky Angel (30 channels) $9.00* $9.00*        
Trinity Broadcasting Network Yes Yes   Yes Yes Yes
Broadcast / Superstations            
KABC (ABC) E E R R R R
KCBS (CBS) E E R R R R
KNBC (NBC) E E R R R R
KTLA (WB) C C        
KTTV (FOX) E E        
KWGN (WB) C C        
Local Network Affiliates B* B*        
PAX TV   Yes        
PBS (Network) B, D, E B, D, E R R R R
WABC (ABC) D D R R R R
WCBS (CBS) D D R R R R
WGN   Yes   Yes Yes Yes
WNBC (NBC) D D R R R R
WNYW (FOX) D D R R R R
WPIX (WB) C C        
WSBK (UPN) C C        
WTBS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
WWOR (UPN) C C        
Movies            
AMC   Yes   Yes Yes Yes
Bravo   Yes   Yes Yes Yes
Cinemax Yes
Encore Hits H H Yes
Encore Action     P P P Yes
Encore Love Stories     P P P Yes
Encore Mystery     P P P Yes
Encore True Stories     P P P Yes
Encore Westerns H H P P P Yes
Encore WAM!     P P P Yes
Exxxtasy            
FLIX G G T T T Yes
fXM       Yes Yes Yes
Independent Film Channel   Yes² L L L Yes
HBO Yes
HBO HDTV F* F* W* J* J* Yes
HBO Plus Yes
HBO Signature F F W J J Yes
HBO Family F F Yes
Moremax I I M M M Yes
Movie Channel Yes
Playboy TV $12.99 $12.99 $12.99 $12.99 $12.99 $12.99
Playboy PPV $6.95 ea. $6.95 ea. $7.99 ea. $7.99 ea. $7.99 ea. $7.99 ea.
Pleasure PPV $5.99 ea. $5.99 ea.        
Romance Classics   Yes²   Yes Yes Yes
Showtime Yes
Showtime 2 G G T T T Yes
Showtime 3     T T T Yes
Showtime Extreme G G T T T Yes
Spice/Spice Hot PPV     $5.99-7.99 ea. $5.99-7.99 ea. $5.99-7.99 ea. $5.99-7.99 ea.
Starz! H H Yes
Starz! Theater H H Yes
Sundance Channel G G L L L Yes
TeN $19.95 $19.95        
TeN PPV $8.95 ea. $8.95 ea.        
Turner Classic Movies (TCM)   Yes   Yes Yes Yes
Number of PPV channels 20 (32*) 20 (32*) 50 50 50 50
PPV Movie cost $2.99-3.99 ea. $2.99-3.99 ea. $2.99 ea. $2.99 ea. $2.99 ea. $2.99 ea.
Music            
Country Music Television Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MTV Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MTV|2   Yes   Yes Yes Yes
Much Music     Yes Yes Yes Yes
VH1 Yes Yes   Yes Yes Yes
Digital Audio Music Channels 0 31 5 31 31 31
International            
Al Jazeera (Qatar) Q* Q*        
Antenna (Greek/Croatian) $14.99 $14.99        
ART America (Arabic) Q* Q*        
ART Movies Q* Q*        
BBC America   Yes   Yes Yes Yes
CBS Telenoticias A* A*        
Cine Latino A* A*        
Discovery en Español A* A*        
Emirates Dubai TV            
EDTV Sports            
Fox Sports World Español A A        
Future Television (Lebanese)            
Galavision (Spanish) A Yes   Yes Yes Yes
GEMS (Spanish) A* A*        
Gran Canal Latino (Chile) A* A*        
HTV (Spanish) A A        
Jordan Satellite            
LBC (Lebanese) Q* Q*        
MTV-S (Spanish) A* A*        
Newsworld International       Yes Yes Yes
Nile News International            
NTV (Russian) Y Y        
NTV Plus (Russian) Y Y        
Playboy en Español A* A*        
Polskie Radio 1/3 $4.99* $4.99*        
Radio Maria $4.99* $4.99*        
RAI (Italian) $9.99 $9.99        
RFI (French radio) $1.00* $1.00*        
RTPi (Portuguese) $4.00* $4.00*        
SUR (Spanish) A* A*        
Telemundo (Spanish) A A        
Trio (Canada)       Yes Yes Yes
TV5 (French) $9.99* $9.99*        
TV Asia (India) $14.99* $14.99*        
TV Chile A* A*        
TV GLOBO (Portuguese) $19.99* $19.99*        
TV Japan $24.99* $24.99*        
TV Polonia (Polish) $14.99* $14.99*        
Univision (Spanish) A Yes   Yes Yes Yes
Zee TV (India) $14.99* $14.99*        
Zikra (Arabic radio) Q* Q*        
Spanish Music Channels (6) A* A*        
Sports            
CNNSI       Yes Yes Yes
ESPN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ESPN Classic   Yes     Yes Yes
ESPN2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ESPNEWS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ESPN Gameplan $99/yr $99/yr $99/yr $99/yr $99/yr $99/yr
ESPN Gameplan PPV $11.95 ea. $11.95 ea. $11.95 ea. $11.95 ea. $11.95 ea. $11.95 ea.
ESPN Full Court $99/yr $99/yr $99/yr $99/yr $99/yr $99/yr
ESPN Full Court PPV $11.95 ea. $11.95 ea. $11.95 ea. $11.95 ea. $11.95 ea. $11.95 ea.
Fox Sports World         Yes Yes
Golf Channel   $4.99     Yes Yes
MLB Extra Innings     $139/yr $139/yr $139/yr $139/yr
MLS/ESPN Shootout     $69/yr $69/yr $69/yr $69/yr
NBA League Pass     $139/yr $139/yr $139/yr $139/yr
NFL Sunday Ticket     $159/yr $159/yr $159/yr $159/yr
NHL Center Ice     $139/yr $139/yr $139/yr $139/yr
Outdoor Channel $1.99 $1.99        
Outdoor Life         Yes Yes
Primary regional sports network   Yes   Yes Yes Yes
All out-of-market RSNs‡   $4.99     Yes Yes
The Racing Network $24.99* $24.99*        
Speedvision         Yes Yes
TrackPower $19.95* $19.95*        
WNBA Season Pass     $39/yr $39/yr $39/yr $39/yr

1 - Monthly cost without "X" selections, $4.99
2 - Shared channel (broadcast part-time)
3 - Both east and west feeds
* - May require secondary/dual-focus dish antenna and/or specialized equipment
† - Available in select markets
‡ - Comcast Sports Net not available. Fox Sports West 2 on DirecTV only.
A - Spanish Language Package, $19.99
B, C, D, E - Any one complete package, $4.99; any two, $7.99; any three, $9.99; all four, $14.98; single channels $1.50 ea.
F, G, H, I - Any one complete package, $10.99; any two, $19.99; any three $27.99; all four, $34.99
J - Complete package, $12.00; or $10.00 w/purchase of M or O
K - Complete package, $14.99
L - Complete package, $6.00; Sundance free w/purchase of N plus T; Ind. Film Channel free w/purchase of O
M - Complete package, $12.00; or $8.00 w/purchase of J
N - Complete package, $12.00; or $3.00 w/purchase of T
O - Complete package, $10.00 (includes Encore Multiplex and Ind. Film Channel)
P - Complete package, $12.00; or free w/purchase of O
Q - Arabic language package, $19.99
R - Complete package, $6.67; single affiliates $1.41 ea.
S - Complete package, $5.99; single affiliates $1.50 ea.
T, U, V, W - Any one complete package, $12.00
X - Select any ten channels with DISHpix package (also including "C" selections)
Y - Russian language package, $24.99


All packages and prices current as of 10/15/99. All prices are per month unless otherwise stated.
Listings are provided as a courtesy by Geoff Trowbridge. No liability is accepted for errors or omissions.
Eligibility to receive distant network affiliates subject to terms of the SHVA.