DISH Network is a U.S.-based satellite television service provider, founded in 1980 by Charlie Ergen, Jim DeFranco, and Candy Ergen. The company, originally known as Echosphere, launched its first satellite in 1995 and officially began offering satellite television services under the name DISH Network in 1996.
DISH offers a wide range of television programming packages, including local and national channels, premium movie channels, sports packages, international channels, and pay-per-view events. Customers typically require a satellite dish and a receiver to access the programming.
DISH packages and prices
| Package | Channels | Price (per month) | Freebies |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICA’S TOP 120 | 190 | $79.99 for 36 months | Free DVR and Google Voice Remote‡ Included, 60+ HD Channels, Local Channels, 190 Channels |
| AMERICA’S TOP 120+ | 190+ | $94.99 for 36 months | Free DVR and Google Voice Remote‡ Included, 110+ HD Channels, Local Channels, 190+ Channels |
| AMERICA’S TOP 200 | 240+ | $99.99 for 36 months | Free DVR and Google Voice Remote‡ Included, 125+ HD Channels, Local Channels, 240+ Channels |
| AMERICA’S TOP 250 | 290+ | $109.99 for 36 months | Free DVR and Google Voice Remote‡ Included, 140+ HD Channels, Local Channels, 290+ Channels |
DISH Network Channel Guide
DISH Network has a reputation for providing high-quality television service with a vast selection of channels that caters to various interests. The satellite TV provider offers a range of packages that allow customers to choose the plan that best fits their budget and viewing preferences. From entertainment and news to sports and lifestyle channels, DISH has something for everyone, making it a popular choice among households across the country.
However, with such a vast range of programming options, it can be daunting to navigate and find the channels that match your interests. A DISH channels guide can be an invaluable tool in helping viewers sift through the vast array of options and discover new channels and shows. In this guide, we will provide a comprehensive overview of the channels available on DISH Network, including the various packages and programming options. Whether you’re a new subscriber or a long-time DISH customer looking to explore new channels, this guide will provide you with the information you need to make the most of your TV viewing experience.
| Channel | Dish channel number | America’s Top 120 (190 channels) | America’s Top 120+ (190+ channels) | America’s Top 200 (240+ channels) | America’s Top 250 (290+ channels) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A&E | 118 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| AMC | 131 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| America’s Auction Channel | 219 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| American Heroes Channel | 195 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Animal Planet | 184 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| AXS TV | 167 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| BabyFirstTV | 823 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| BBC America | 135 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Beauty iQ | 73 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| beIN Sports | 392/781 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| beIN Sports en Español | 873 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Believer’s Voice of Victory Network | 265 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| BET | 124 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| BET Her | 251 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Big Ten Network | 405 | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Bloomberg Television | 203 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Boomerang | 175 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Bounce | 359 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Bravo | 129 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| BUZZR | 245 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| BYUtv | 9403 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| C-SPAN | 210 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| C-SPAN 2 | 211 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Cartoon Network/Adult Swim | 176/177 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CBS Sports Network | 158 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| CGTN | 279 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Christian Television Network | 267 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CMT | 166 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CNBC | 208 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CNN | 200 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Comedy Central | 107 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| COMET | 289 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Cooking Channel | 113 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Craft | 221 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Daystar | 263 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Deal | 95 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Destination America | 194 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Discovery Channel | 182 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Discovery Family | 179 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| DISH Info | 101 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| DISH Studio | 102 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Disney Channel | 172/173 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Disney Junior | 168 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Disney XD | 174 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| DIY | 111 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| E! | 114 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Enlace | 9411 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Epic | 85 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| EPIX Drive-In | 292 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| ESPN | 140 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ESPN2 | 143 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ESPNEWS | 142 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ESPNU | 141 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Estrella TV | 852 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Eternal World Television Network | 261 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| FETV | 82 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| FM | 243 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| FOLK TV | 218 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Food Network | 110 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fox Business Network | 206 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fox News Channel | 205 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| FS1 | 150 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| FS2 | 149 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Free Speech TV | 9415 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Freeform | 180 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fuse | 164 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fusion | 244 | ✔ | |||
| FX | 384 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| FXM | 384 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| FXX | 125 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| FYI | 119 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Galavisión | 273 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Game Show Network | 116 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Gem Shopping Network | 229 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| GetTV | 373 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Golf Channel | 401 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Great American Country | 165 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Grit | 217 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| HallmarkChannel | 185 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Hallmark Drama | 186 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Hallmark Movies & Mysteries | 187 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| HBO MaxTM | N/A | $ | $ | $ | $ |
| HLN | 202 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| HGTV | 112 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| HISTORY | 120 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| HITN | 843 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Hopper Insider | 103 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| HSN | 74 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| HSN2 | 226 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| IFC | 133 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| In Country Television | 230 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| INSP | 259 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Investigation Discovery (ID) | 192 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ION | 250 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Jewelry Television | 83/227 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Justice Central | 240 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Justice Network | 252 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Laff TV | 237 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Lifetime | 108 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Lifetime Movie Network | 109 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Link TV | 9410 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Local Channels (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Logo | 254 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Longhorn Network | 407 | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Mercury TV | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| MeTV | 247 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| MLB Extra Innings | 476 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| MLB Network | 152 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| MOTOR TREND | 246 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| MoviePlex | 377 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| MSNBC | 209 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| MTV | 160 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| MTV2 | 161 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| MTV Classic | 163 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| mtvU | 366 | — | — | — | — |
| MTV Live | 369 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| NASA | 286 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| NatGeo Wild | 190 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| National Geographic | 197 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| NBA TV | 156 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| NBC Universo | 838 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| NBCSN | 159 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| NewsMax | 216 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Newsy | 283 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| NHL Center Ice | 574 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite | 170/171 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Nick Jr. | 169 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Nick Music | 368 | — | — | — | — |
| Nicktoons | 178 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Olympic Channel | 389 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Outdoor Channel | 396 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| OWN | 189 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Oxygen | 127 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Pac-12 Network | 409 | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Paramount Network | 241 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Pop | 117 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Pursuit | 393 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| QVC | 137 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| QVC 2 | 255 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Real | 94 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| RecTV | 284 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Reelz | 299 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| RFD TV | 231 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Ride TV | 248 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| RT (Russia Today) | 280 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Sale | 225 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Science | 193 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| SEC Network | 408 | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Shepard’s Chapel Network | 256 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ShopLC | 274 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ShopHQ | 228 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Sirius XM | 6002-6090 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Smithsonian Channel | 367 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| SonLife Broadcasting Network | 257 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Sportsman Channel | 367 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| STARZ® ENCORE channels) | 341 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| SundanceTV | 126 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Syfy | 122 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| TBN | 260 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| TBS | 139 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Turner Classic Movies | 132 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| TeenNick | 181 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Tennis Channel | 400 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| TheBlaze | 212 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| The Cowboy Channel | 232 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Hillsong Channel | 258 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| The Impact Network | 268 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| The Movie Channel (2 channels) | 329 | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Three Angels Broadcasting Network | 9393 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| TLC | 183 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| TNT | 138 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Travel Channel | 196 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| truTV | 242 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| TV Games Network | 399 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| TVG2 | 398 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| TV Land | 106 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| UniMas | 271 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Univision Deportes | 856 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Univision | 270/828 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Uplifting Entertainment | 188 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| USA | 105 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| VH1 | 162 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Vme | 846 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| VICE | 121 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Weather Channel | 214 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Weather Nation | 215 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| WGN America | 239 | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| WE tv | 128 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| YouTV | 275 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Z Living | 191 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
FAQS
ESPN is on DISH channel 140, 144 and 145
FOX is a local channel and the channel number will vary based on location. However, You can watch Fox on Dish on Channel 4 in Fort Worth and on Channel 7 in Miami.
On the DISH network, Fox News is on channel 205; Fox Business is on 206; Fox Sports 1 and 2 are on channels 150 and 149, respectively.
Paramount Network is available on DISH on channel 241
CBS is a local channel most commonly found on DISH channel 4.
NBC is a local channel on DISH and the channel number will vary based on location. NBC is on Channel 3 in Sacramento and on Channel 4 in Los Angeles on Dish
ABC is a local channel most commonly found on DISH channel 7
There is no Peacock channel on Dish. However, you can enjoy the Peacock streaming service by connecting it to your smart TV
TNT is available on DISH on channel 138
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