A&E |
A&E’s mix of popular programming includes drama (Criminal Minds) and plenty of reality TV (Duck Dynasty, Storage Wars). |
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AMC |
Movies and original series like Fear the Walking Dead. |
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AXS TV |
AXS is a music-focused channel that also offers other types of programming, including mixed martial arts. |
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BBC America |
The British Broadcasting Company’s American cousin shows BBC original programming. |
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BET |
BET airs reality shows and more targeting an African-American audience. |
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Bloomberg |
Another news station, Bloomberg Television includes programs like Bloomberg Markets and Charlie Rose. |
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Bravo |
Reality shows and game shows like Top Chef dominate this channel. |
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Cartoon Network/Adult Swim |
Cartoon Network plays great cartoons aimed at kids; Adult Swim features offbeat comedies aimed at adults. Just like with normal cable, these channels share airspace on Sling TV and won’t both be available at once. |
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Cheddar |
A Sling exclusive, Cheddar is a finance news channel with a focus on startups and technology. |
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CNN |
CNN airs news coverage and news programming around the clock. |
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Comedy Central |
Comedy Central airs all comedy all the time. Among their best-known programs are South Park and The Daily Show. |
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Discovery Channel |
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Disney Channel |
Disney’s TV channel offers original shows and made-for-TV movies aimed at kids. |
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El Rey |
This English-language channel targets a Latino audience. Reality shows share space with gritty drama and action programming. |
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ESPN |
The country’s most popular sports channel. Live sports and news, plus access to online content via the WatchESPN app. |
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ESPN2 |
More content from ESPN, including college sports, news, and more. |
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ESPN3 |
ESPN’s online-only content, branded as ESPN3, usually covers more minor sporting events. |
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Flama |
Flama is Univision’s OTT service. It offers English-language programming aimed a young Latino audience. |
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Food Network |
Cooking and restaurant shows like Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives. |
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FOX |
National/Local Network channel |
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FOX News |
Fox's News Channel |
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Freeform |
Freeform is the new name for the former ABC Family. ABC’s second channel features popular shows like Pretty Little Liars. |
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FS1 |
FOX Sports 1 is FOX’s answer to ESPN. It airs live sports and sports news programming. |
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FS2 |
Even more sports from FOX. |
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FX |
FX airs original series, mostly comedies. |
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FXX |
FXX expands on FX’s offerings with more original comedies and Hollywood movies. |
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Galavisión |
Galavisión is a Spanish-language network that airs a wide range of programming, from telenovelas to soccer. |
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HGTV |
HGTV airs lifestyle programming related to home buying and renovations. It focuses mostly on reality shows. |
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History |
History channel airs history-themed programming, including documentaries and reality TV shows. |
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HLN |
HLN is a spin-off of CNN that was original known as CNN2. It focuses on longer-form reporting, including opinion and tabloid-style pieces. |
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IFC |
IFC features offbeat comedies like Portlandia and Comedy Bang! Bang! |
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Lifetime |
This channel features programming aimed at a female audience. They have both shows and original films. |
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Local NOW |
Local Now displays local headlines, plays news clips, and shows local weather. It’s a joint venture of Sling TV and The Weather Channel. |
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Maker |
Maker is a channel from Maker Studios (which also owns Polaris). Maker Studios produces a wide range of web content (such as the Epic Rap Battles of History YouTube series). This channel airs a diverse array of short web videos. |
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MSNBC |
NBC’s political news channel. |
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National Geographic |
National Geographic airs programming related to science, history, and culture. |
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Nat Geo Wild |
Nat Geo Wild focuses the National Geographic formula on just the natural world. Expect programming about animals and nature. |
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NBC |
National/Local Network channel |
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NBCSN |
NBC’s sports network shows news and live events, including NHL games, soccer, motorsports, and horse racing. |
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Newsy |
Newsy aggregates news videos from various sources. |
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NFL Network |
The NFL’s dedicated channel features game replays, documentaries, analysis, and more. It’s all NFL, all the time. |
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Nick Jr. |
Nick Jr. is Nickelodeon for a younger audience. It offers cartoons and other programming for young children. |
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Polaris+ |
Polaris+ is a Sling TV exclusive. It’s an extension of the online gaming network Polaris, and features gaming-focused programming. |
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SyFy |
SyFy is an all-science fiction channel. |
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TBS |
TBS airs original and syndicated programming, particularly comedies. |
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TLC |
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TNT |
TNT offers dramas, comedies, and other programming, plus some NBA basketball games. |
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Travel Channel |
As you’d expect, the Travel Channel airs specials and reality shows about travel destinations. |
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Tru TV |
A reality show channel that also offers basketball during the annual NCAA tournament. |
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USA |
USA shows syndicated shows and original series, including dramas, comedies, and more. |
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Viceland |
Viceland is Vice Media’s TV channel, and it airs what you’d expect from Vice: edgy news and lifestyle programming for the Millennial set. |
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beIN Sports |
beIN Sports primarily covers soccer. |
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Campus Insiders |
Campus Insiders airs college sports from Conference USA, the Mountain West Conference, the Patriot League, and the West Coast Conference. |
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ESPN Bases Loaded |
This ESPN channel jumps around to live and recent highlights from in-progress college baseball games. This channel is only active during games at the peak of the baseball season. It shares channel space with the other two ESPN in-game highlight channels. |
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ESPN Buzzer Beater |
This ESPN channel jumps around to live and recent highlights from in-progress college basketball games. This channel is only active at game times during the college basketball season. It shares channel space with the other two ESPN in-game highlight channels. |
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ESPN Goal Line |
This ESPN channel jumps around to live and recent highlights from in-progress college football games. This channel is only active at game times during the college football season. It shares channel space with the other two ESPN in-game highlight channels. |
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ESPNews |
ESPN’s news channel will feature SportsCenter and other news programming, even when ESPN’s flagship channel is too busy showing live sports or documentaries. |
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ESPN U |
ESPN U covers college sports, primarily less popular sports or match-ups that ESPN doesn’t air on their flagship station. |
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Golf Channel |
All golf, all the time. |
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NBA TV |
NBA TV is the NBA’s league-run channel. Its all-NBA lineup includes live games and news/opinion programming. |
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NFL RedZone |
This NFL channel jumps around from game to game to catch exciting potential scoring plays from across the league. |
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NHL Network |
The National Hockey League’s dedicated network includes hockey news and live games. |
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Outside TV |
As the name suggests, Outside Television features outdoorsy shows. Running, biking, hunting, and the like dominate the programming here. Outside Television is the TV arm of Outside Magazine. |
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Pac-12 Networks |
College sports action from the Pac-12 conference. You’ll get all 6 regional Pac-12 feeds. |
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SEC Network |
Run by ESPN, this network offers complete coverage of SEC (Southeastern Conference) college sports. |
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SEC Network+ |
An online-only extension of SEC Network, SEC Network+ covers SEC sporting events that don’t make the cut on the main channel. |
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CMT |
CMT is MTV for country music. Its reality programming tends to highlight rural lifestyles. |
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GSN |
Originally called the Game Show Network, this channel airs classic game shows like Family Feud alongside new original game shows. |
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Logo TV |
Logo TV targets an LGBT audience. |
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MTV |
Once a music video giant, MTV now focuses on reality and lifestyle programming. |
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MTV 2 |
Like its big brother, MTV airs reality shows. It also shows music videos at certain times. |
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Spike |
Spike tends to focus on a male audience. It airs reality programming on subjects like extreme sports accidents. |
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Tru TV |
A reality show channel that also offers basketball during the annual NCAA tournament. |
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TV Land |
TV Land once focused on classic TV, but now features a mix of classic and modern programming. |
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Baby TV |
Programming for the youngest of the young. |
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Boomerang |
Cartoon Network’s all-classic cartoon channel. |
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Disney Junior |
Disney Junior is aimed at younger audiences (like toddlers) than the main Disney Channel. |
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Disney XD |
Disney XD targets older children, like pre-teens and teens. |
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Duck TV |
Duck TV’s target audience is very young children. |
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Nick Jr. |
Nick Jr. targets a younger audience than Nickelodeon. Expect family-friendly cartoons aimed at very young children and preschoolers. |
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NickToons |
As the name suggests, this Nickelodeon-owned channel airs cartoons from its parent channel. |
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Sling Kids |
This on-demand channel features a wide range of children’s TV shows. |
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Teen Nick |
Nickelodeon for the (slightly) older set. Expect live-action comedies. |
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BBC World News |
World news from the British Broadcasting Company. |
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CNBC |
NBC’s finance news channel. |
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Euro News |
News from a European perspective. |
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Fox Business News |
Business news from around the world with a focus on the U.S. markets. |
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France 24 |
English-language channel that offers news from a French perspective. |
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Fusion |
Jointly owned by ABC and Univision, Fusion mixes pop culture news with traditional reporting. It targets a millennial audience. |
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NDTV 24×7 |
English-language news from New Delhi, India |
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News 18 India |
News from an Indian perspective. |
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RT |
This English-language Russian news channel is funded by the Russian government. |
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TheBlaze |
A conservative news and talk station that features Glenn Beck. |
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Afro |
Television network providing a platform highlighting multicultural Black content and culture. |
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BET |
BET airs reality shows and more targeting an African-American audience. |
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Cooking Channel |
The Cooking Channel features instructional and reality cooking programming. |
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DIY |
The DIY Network offers how-to programming, reality shows, and other programming related to home improvement and do-it-yourself work. |
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E! |
E! features entertainment and pop culture programming. You’ll get updates from the red carpet and reality shows like Keeping Up With the Kardashians. |
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FYI |
FYI offers reality TV programming. |
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LMN |
A spin-off of the Lifetime Network. Like its parent channel, LMN primarily offers programming aimed at women. |
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Hallmark Channel |
Family-friendly movies, series, and TV specials. |
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Hallmark Movies & Mysteries |
This channel airs original movies and mystery series. |
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Oxygen |
Oxygen’s reality TV, movies, and scripted programs are aimed at a female audience. |
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VH1 |
VH1 started as a music channel like MTV, but now focuses on pop culture programming more broadly. |
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Vibrant TV |
Vibrant TV features programming from all different genres, drawn from international sources that American audiences might not be familiar with. |
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WE tv |
WE tv offers a mix of reality TV and traditional programming. It primarily targets a female audience. |
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Z Living |
Z Living is a national cable network bringing you the best in health & wellness entertainment. |
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Epix |
Movie streaming on demand. Epix also offers major boxing events. |
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Epix 2 |
More movies and content available on demand from Epix. Epix2 also offers MMA events. |
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Epix Drive-In |
More movies and content available on demand from Epix. Specializes in action films, comedies, sci-fi movies, and other films from the 1970s to today. |
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Epix Hits |
This is the former Epix3, and offers more movies and content available on demand from Epix. |
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HDNet Movies |
This movie channel specializes in blockbusters. |
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Sundance TV |
Shows independent and foreign feature films. |
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TCM |
Turner Classic Movies shows films from the Golden Age of Hollywood. |
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Cowboy Channel |
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Family Net |
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Outdoor Channel |
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Pixl |
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Ride TV |
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RFD TV |
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Sportsman Channel |
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World Fishing Channel |
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STARZ |
Movie channel |
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STARZ Edge |
Movie channel |
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STARZ West |
Movie channel |
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STARZ Comedy |
Movie channel |
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STARZ Kids & Family |
Movie channel |
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STARZ Encore |
STARZ Encore is the sister channel to STARZ. It offers more movies and original series. |
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SHOWTIME |
Movie channel |
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SHOWTIME West |
Movie channel |
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SHOWTIME 2 |
Movie channel |
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SHOWTIME Showcase |
Movie channel |
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SHOWTIME Extreme |
Movie channel |
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SHOWTIME Beyond |
Movie channel |
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SHOWTIME Next |
Movie channel |
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SHOWTIME Women |
Movie channel |
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SHOWTIME Family |
Movie channel |
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Epix |
Movie streaming on demand. Epix also offers major boxing events. |
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Epix 2 |
More movies and content available on demand from Epix. Epix2 also offers MMA events. |
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Epix Hits |
This is the former Epix3, and offers more movies and content available on demand from Epix. |
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AZ Cinema |
Azteca’s movie channel. |
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AZ Clic |
An entertainment channel from the Azteca family. |
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Azteca |
Mexican soccer coexists with telenovelas and more. |
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AZ Corazón |
Azteca’s telenovelas channel. |
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BabyTV |
Programming for the youngest of the young. |
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Bandamax |
An all-music channel. |
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beIN Sports |
beIN Sports primarily covers soccer. |
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beIN Sports ñ |
There’s soccer galore on beIN’s Spanish-language channel. |
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Cbeebies |
A BBC-owned network for young children. |
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Cine Sony Television |
Sony Pictures movies in Spanish. |
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Cinelatino |
This channel shows movies in Spanish and focuses on films that were produced that way (rather than dubbed in post-production). |
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De Película |
This Spanish-language film channel focuses on Mexican cinema. |
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Discovery en Español |
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Discovery Familia |
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DP Clásico |
More from De Película. This channel focuses on Mexican cinema from the 1960s and earlier. |
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ESPN Deportes |
This sports channel is ESPN’s Spanish-language arm. |
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FOROtv |
News and sports. |
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Galavisión |
Galavisión is a Spanish-language network that airs a wide range of programming, from telenovelas to soccer. |
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NBC Universo |
NBC’s Spanish-language channel focuses on sports and reality shows. |
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NTN24 |
A 24-hour Spanish-language news channel with plenty of opinions to share. |
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Pasiones |
Telenovelas and nothing but Telenovelas, 24 hours a day and seven days a week. |
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TeleFórmula |
A Spanish-language news channel. |
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Telehit |
Music and music videos for a Spanish-speaking audience. |
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TeLe-Romantica |
A telenovelas and lifestyle programming channel aimed at women. |
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Zee Mundo |
This channel features Bollywood movies dubbed into Spanish. |
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CUBAMAX TV |
This channel airs programming from Cuba. |
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Telemicro Internacional |
A variety of programming (including movies, telenovelas, and more) from the Dominican Republic. |
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TV Quisqueya |
A popular Dominican channel. |
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WAPA America |
This Puerto Rican channel shows sports, movies, sitcoms, and more. |
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Antena 3 |
This popular Spanish channel airs talk shows, dramas, and sitcoms. |
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MIS Películas |
A Spanish-language movie channel. |
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SupereÑe |
An education and entertainment channel for kids. |
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TVE |
Spain’s national state-owned broadcaster. |
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Aaj Talk |
A 24-hour Hindi news channel. |
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B4U Music |
An Indian pop music channel. Expect a mix of Bollywood, Indipop, and Bhangra. |
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B4U Movies |
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Food Food |
An Indian lifestyle channel with a focus on (you guessed it) food. |
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NDTV 24×7 |
New Delhi, India-based English-language news station. |
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News18 |
An Indian news station. |
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Sony SAB |
Sony’s Indian TV channel features comedies and other TV programs. |
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Sony Mix |
Bollywood Music from a Sony-owned Indian channel. |
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Times Now |
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Zee Cinema |
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Zoom |
Keep up with the Bollywood stars with this Indian entertainment news channel. |
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LA7 |
This Italian channel broadcasts comedies, movies, cooking shows, and more. |
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Rai Italia |
An Italian-language international channel featuring news, drama, documentaries, sports, and more. |
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RaiNews24 |
Rai’s Italian-language news station. |
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Rai World Premium |
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TV2000 |
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Bolivia TV |
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Canal Sur |
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Caracol TV |
This Colombian channel features a variety of programming. |
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Eltrece |
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Ecuavisa Internacional |
News and entertainment from Ecuador. |
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Estudio 5 |
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NTN24 |
Spanish-language 24-hour news network. |
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Nuestra Tele |
An entertainment channel from Colombia. |
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RCN Novelas |
Telenovelas from Colombia. |
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Telefe |
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TV Venezuela |
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TyC Sports |
This Argentine channel covers soccer and other sports. |
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