Thinking of Directv or Dish Network Satellite?
December 2nd, 2008 . by adminBy looking at basic programming packages, you will quickly realize that not a whole lot of differences exist in the type of programming you can get. For example, each company has a 250 channel package as its largest package and each company offers the same premium movie packages with its largest package: HBO, Starz, Showtime, and Cinemax. The channels in the smaller packages are fairly similar too, though Direct TV has a 140 channel package as its smallest package, which gives it considerably more choices than Dish Network Satellite TV’s smallest programming package with only 100 channels. Of course, the types of programming are the same, with channels like CNN, TNT, HGTV, Comedy Central, and E! Entertainment available through both. Both companies even offer satellite radio channels, but one offers XM satellite radio while the other offers Sirius satellite radio.