List of United States pay television channels

The following is a list of cable and satellite networks broadcasting in the United States. It is organized by genre.

Arts

• Classic Arts Showcase
• Ovation TV

Educational/learning

• A&E Television Networks
  • A&E
  • Biography Channel
  • The History Channel
  • The History Channel International
  • The History Channel en Español
  • Military History Channel
• BYU TV
• Chronicle DTV
• Discovery Networks
  • Discovery Channel
  • Animal Planet
  • Discovery Health Channel
  • Discovery Home
  • Discovery Kids
  • Discovery Times (formerly Discovery Civilization)
  • FitTV
  • Military Channel (formerly Discovery Wings)
  • The Science Channel (formerly Discovery Science)
  • TLC (formerly The Learning Channel)
  • Travel Channel
  • Discovery en Español
  • Discovery HD Theater
• DOC: The Documentary Channel
• Scripps Networks
  • DIY Network (Do-It-Yourself Network)
  • Fine Living
  • Food Network
  • Home & Garden Television (HGTV)
• Lime (Formerly Wisdom Network)
• MHz Worldview
• National Geographic Channel
• RE/MAX Satellite Network (RSN)

Public interest

• CoLours TV
• Free Speech TV (Free Speech Television)
• HITN (Spanish-language)
• LinkTV (formerly World Link TV)
• NASA TV
• PBS-X
• RFD-TV
• STEP Star
• The Research Channel
• UCTV
• UWTV

Family/Children

• America One Television Network
• Cartoon Network
  • Boomerang
• Discovery Kids
• Walt Disney Company
  • ABC Family
  • Disney Channel
  • Toon Disney
  • Toon Disney en Español
• Guardian Television Network (GTN)
• Hallmark Channel
  • Hallmark Movie Channel
• i (formerly Pax)
• KTV-Kids and Teens Television
• Liberty Channel
• Nickelodeon (NOTE: Some east coast cable subscribers also receive the west coast feed under the name Nick 2.)
  • Nick at Nite
    • TV Land
  • Nick GAS (Nick Games and Sports)
  • NickToons Network
  • Noggin
    • The N
• PBS Kids Sprout
• XY TV

Gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation-specific

Men

• MavTV
• Spike TV
• G4
• The Men's Channel

Women

• Lifetime
  • Lifetime Movie Network
  • Lifetime Real Women
• Oxygen
• WE: Women's Entertainment

African-American

• Black Entertainment Television (BET)
  • BET Gospel
  • BET J
• Black Family Channel (formerly MBC Network)
• TV One
• Urban America Television (UATV)

Hispanic/Latino

• Galavision
• Telemundo
• Telefutura
• Univision
• CNN en Español
• Discovery en Español
• Fox Sports en Español
• The History Channel en Español
• HTV
• MTV en Español
• mun2
• Sí TV
• Toon Disney en Español
• E! en Español

Asian-American

• AZN Television
• ImaginAsian TV (iaTV)

Gay and lesbian

• here!
• Logo

Foreign programming

• ABC Asia Pacific (Australia)
• Abu Dhabi TV (U.A.E.)
• Antena 3 Internacional (Spain)
• BBC World
• Canal Sur (Central & South America)
• Deutsche Welle (Germany)
• GMA Pinoy TV (Philippines)
• NHK World (Japan)
• Peru TV
• ProSiebenSat.1 Welt (Germany)
• RTP Internacional (Portugal)
• Sony Entertainment Television (India)
• Telefe Internacional (Argentina)
• The Filipino Channel (ABS-CBN)
• TV Chile
• TV Colombia
• TV Globo International (Brazil)
• Venevisión Internacional (Venezuela)

• Channels Distributed by International Networks
  • AZN Television (Formally International Channel)
  • AIT
  • ART (Egypt)
  • CCTV-4
  • CTI Zhong Tian Channel
  • MBC
  • TVK24
  • RAI International (Italy)
  • Channel One (Russia)
  • RTN
  • Rang-A-Rang
  • NITV
  • SBTN
  • TV5 Monde
  • TV Asia
  • TV JAPAN
  • TVE Internacional (Spain)
  • TV Polonia (Poland)

General entertainment

• A&E
• AmericanLife TV Network (formerly Goodlife TV Network)
• BBC America
• Bravo
• CN8
• FX
• Sleuth
• Superstation WGN
• TBS
• Turner South
• TNT (Turner Network Television)
• TV Land
• USA Network

Genre channels (in other words, comedy, science fiction, etc.)

• Anime Network (A video on demand and digital network dedicated to Japanese animation and otaku culture)
• Comedy Central
• Court TV
• E! Entertainment Television
  • E! en Español
  • E! International
• Fashion TV
• Fox Reality
• FUNimation Channel
• GSN (formally The Game Show Network)
• Sci Fi Channel
• SOAPnet (current and past soap operas)
• Style Network
• TV Guide Channel
• Varsity TV (high-school student produced programming)

Movie channels

Basic

• American Movie Classics (AMC)
• B-Mania!
• Fox Movie Channel
• Hallmark Movie Channel
• Independent Film Channel (IFC)
• Lifetime Movie Network
• Sundance Channel
• Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

Premium

• HBO (Home Box Office)
  • HBO2
  • HBO Comedy
  • HBO Family
  • HBO Latino
  • HBO Signature
  • HBO Zone
• Cinemax
  • MoreMax
  • 5StarMax
  • ActionMax
  • OuterMax
  • ThrillerMax
  • WMax
  • @Max
• Showtime
  • Showtime Too
  • Showcase
  • Showtime Beyond
  • Showtime Extreme
  • Showtime Family Zone
  • Showtime Next
  • Showtime Women
  • The Movie Channel
  • The Movie Channel Xtra (TMC Xtra)
  • Flix
• Starz!
  • Starz Cinema
  • Starz Comedy
  • Starz Edge
  • Starz InBlack
  • Starz Kids & Family
• Encore
  • Encore Action
  • Encore Drama
  • Encore Love
  • Encore Mystery
  • Encore Wam!
  • Encore Westerns
• MOVIEplex
  • Retroplex
  • Indieplex

Adult-oriented

• Playboy TV Networks
  • Playboy TV (aka Playboy Channel)
  • Spice Television
    • Spice
    • Spice Clips
    • Spice Hot
    • Spice Live
    • Spice Platinum
    • Spice Ultimate
  • Hot Network
    • Hot Net
    • Hot Zone
    • Hot Choice (PPV)

• The Erotic Network
  • Pleasure
  • TEN
  • TENBlox
  • TENBlue
  • TENClips
  • TENMax
  • TENXtsy

Music

• BET Gospel
• BET J (formerly BET Jazz)
• CMT
  • CMT Pure Country (formerly VH1 Country)
• Eye Music Network
• Fuse (formerly Much Music USA)
• Great American Country (GAC) - country
• Gospel Music Television - southern gospel
• Harmony Channel - Mood elevating visual music
• Hispanic Television (HTV) - Hispanic
• International Music Feed (IMF)
• JCTV - Christian music videos
• MTV
  • MTV2
  • MTV Chi
  • MTV Desi
  • MTV En Espanol - Hispanic
  • MTV Hits
  • MTV Jams - R&B, rap, and hip-hop
  • MtvU
• Más Música TeVe - Hispanic
• Retro Jams
• TeleHit USA
• The SET - Three channels
  • Bluegrass
  • Southern Gospel
  • Traditional Black Gospel
• Tempo (channel)
• The Soundtrack Channel
• The Tube
• TV-U - Christian rock/hip-hop music videos
  • Spirit (Television Network) - Contemporary Christian music videos
• VH1
  • VH1 Classic - oldies and classic hits
  • VH1 Soul - R&B, funk, soul, and Motown
  • VH1 Uno - Hispanic

Network feeds

East coast

• WABC (national ABC feed for markets without an ABC affiliate)
• WCBS (national CBS feed for markets without a CBS affiliate)
• WNBC (national NBC feed for markets without an NBC affiliate)
• WNET (national PBS feed for markets without a PBS member)
• WNYW (national Fox feed for markets without a Fox affiliate)
• WPIX (superstation WB feed for markets without a WB affiliate (Soon to be CW))
• WSBK (superstation UPN feed for markets without a UPN affiliate (Soon to be independent))
• WWOR (superstation UPN feed for markets without a UPN affiliate (Soon to be My Network TV))

West coast

• KABC (national ABC feed for markets without an ABC affiliate)
• KCBS (national CBS feed for markets without a CBS affiliate)
• KCET (national PBS feed for markets without a PBS member)
• KNBC (national NBC feed for markets without an NBC affiliate)
• KTLA (superstation WB feed for markets without a WB affiliate (Soon to be CW))
• KTTV (national Fox feed for markets without a Fox affiliate)
• KWGN (superstation WB feed for markets without a WB affiliate (Soon to be CW))

News, weather, and information

• ABC News Now
• Bloomberg Television
• CNBC
  • CNBC World
• CNN
  • CNN Airport Network
  • CNN en Español
  • CNN Headline News
  • CNN International
• C-SPAN
  • C-SPAN 2
  • C-SPAN 3
• Current TV
• Fox News Channel
• MSNBC
• NBC Weather Plus
• The Weather Channel
  • Weatherscan
• AFN
• Pentagon Channel

Regional News Networks

• Bay News 9 - Tampa, Florida
• Capital News 9 - Upstate New York
• Central Florida News 13 - Orlando, Florida
• Chicago Land Television - Chicago, IL
• LNC 5 - Norfolk, Virginia
• NECN - New England
• News 10 Now - Syracuse, New York
• News 12
  • News 12 Long Island
  • News 12 New Jersey
  • News 12 Westchester
  • News 12 Connecticut
  • News 12 The Bronx
  • News 12 Brooklyn
  • News 12 Hudson Valley
• News Now 53 - Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma
• North West Cable News
• NY1 - New York City
• Ohio News Network
• R News - Rochester, New York
• SNN 6 - Sarasota, Florida
• Texas Cable News
• News 14 Carolina - Charlotte, North Carolina and Raleigh, NC

Religious

• 3 Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN)
• Almavision (Spanish-language)
• Angel One
  • Angel Two
• Boston Catholic TV
• BYU TV
• Cornerstone Television
• Daystar Television Network
• Eternal Word Television Network
• Faith TV
• Familyland TV Network
• FamilyNet
• Global Christian Network (GCN, Ch. 17 in New York & Long Island)
• Golden Eagle Broadcasting
• God's Learning Channel
• The Inspiration Network (INSP)
  • i-LifeTV
  • La Familia Network (LFM)
  • Inspiration Network International (INI)
• Living Faith TV
• NRB Network
• Safe TV
• Shepherd's Chapel Network
• Superchannel TBN (not actually owned by TBN, but is a feed of affiliate station WACX-TV/Orlando. Available on the Sky Angel satellite service)
• The Reformation Channel
• The University Network
• The Word Network
• Telecare Network (Long Island)
• Total Living Network
• TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network)
  • JC-TV
  • Church Channel
  • Smile of a Child Network
  • TBN Enlace
• Tri-State Christian Television
• World Harvest Television
• Worship TV

Shopping

• America's Store
• Home Shopping Network (HSN)
• Jewelry Television (formerly ACN)
• QVC
• Shop at Home Network
• ShopNBC
• The Beauty and Fashion Channel
• The Shop Network
• TV Superstore
• Ultimate Shopping Network (USN)
• Wisebuyz TV
• Worldwide Shopping Source (WSS)

Sports

• Altitude Sports and Entertainment (all Denver sports channel)
• CSTV
• Comcast SportsNet
  • CSN Chicago
  • CSN Mid-Atlantic (formerly HTS: Home Team Sports)
  • CSN Mid-Atlantic Baltimore
  • CSN Southeast
  • CSN West
• Cox Sports
• ESPN
  • ESPN2
  • ESPN Plus
  • ESPN Classic (formerly Classic Sports Network)
  • ESPNews
  • ESPNU
  • ESPN Deportes (Spanish Language sports network)
• Fox College Sports (formerly Fox Sports Digital)
  • FCS Pacific (formerly Fox Sports Digital Pacific)
  • FCS Central (formerly Fox Sports Digital Central)
  • FCS Atlantic (formerly Fox Sports Digital Atlantic)
• Fox Soccer Channel (formerly Fox Sports World)
• Fox Sports en Español (Spanish Language sports network)
• FSN (Fox Sports Net)
  • FSN Arizona
  • FSN Bay Area (formerly Sports Channel Pacific)
  • FSN Chicago (formerly Sports Channel Chicago)
  • FSN Detroit
  • FSN Florida (formerly Sports Channel Florida)
  • FSN Midwest
    • FSN Midwest Indiana
  • FSN New England (formerly Sports Channel New England)
  • FSN New York (formerly Sports Channel New York)
  • FSN North (formerly Midwest Sports Channel)
    • FSN North Wisconsin
  • FSN Northwest
  • FSN Ohio (formerly Sports Channel Ohio)
  • FSN Pittsburgh (formerly KBL Sports)
  • FSN Prime Ticket (formerly FSN West 2)
  • FSN Rocky Mountain
    • FSN Rocky Mountain Utah
  • FSN South
  • FSN Southwest
    • FSN Southwest Houston
  • FSN West
• Fuel TV (24-Hour Action Sports TV)
• GOL TV
• The Golf Channel
• Horse Racing TV
• Metro Sports
• MASN
• MSG Network
• NBA TV (formerly NBA.com TV)
• NESN
• NFL Network
• OLN (formerly Outdoor Life Network)
• The Outdoor Channel
• Speed (formerly Speedvision)
• The Sportsman Channel
• SportsNet New York (SNY)
• SportsTime Ohio
• Sun Sports (formerly Sunshine Network)
• The Football Network
• The Tennis Channel
• TVG Network (The Interactive Horse Racing Network)
• Water Channel
• YES Network

Pay per view

• IN Demand
• Theatre Vision Network

Sports pay per view packages

• Barclay's English Premiere League Soccer
• ESPN Full Court (college basketball)
• ESPN GamePlan (college football)
• MLB Extra Innings
• MLS Direct Kick
• NASCAR In Car
• NBA League Pass
• NCAA Mega March Madness
• NFL Sunday Ticket
• NHL Center Ice
• WNBA Season Pass

High-definition television

• Cinemax HD
• Discovery HD Theater
• ESPN HD, ESPN2 HD
• HBO HD
• HDNet, HDNet Movies
• INHD, INHD2
• NFL Network HD
• NGC HD
• Showtime HD
• TNT HD
• Universal HD (formerly Bravo HD+)
• Wealth TV (covering the lifestyles of the rich and famous)
• YES Network HD

Voom Original Networks (Now available to Dish Network subscribers)

• Animania HD
• Equator HD
• Family Room HD
• Film Fest HD
• Gallery HD
• Game Play HD
• HD News
• Kung Fu HD
• Monsters HD
• Rave HD
• Rush HD
• Treasure HD
• Ultra HD
• World Cinema HD
• World Sport HD

Defunct cable/satellite networks (no longer in existence under any name)

• All News Channel
• America's Voice (aka National Empowerment Television, or NET)
• The Box - Music video channel; ceased operations in the U.S. about a year after it was purchased by Viacom.
• Cable Video Store (pay-per-view)
• CBS Cable
• CBS Eye on People - relaunched as Discovery People on January 11, 1999
• CBS TeleNoticias
• Channel America
• Channel Earth[1] - Broadcasted programming directed at farmers and ranchers via DirecTV.
• CNNfn (1995-2004)
• CNN-Sports Illustrated (1996-2002)
• Empire Sports Network
• Fish TV - Christian music videos
• Home Theater Network (HTN)
• Kaleidoscope - Channel for the disabled.
• Knowledge TV - originally Mind Extension University
• Main Street TV
• New Abilities TV Network - Free-to-air satellite channel showing classic movies / series and talk shows. Ran by For the People radio show host Chuck Harder. Existed briefly in the mid-2000's.
• NewSport (1994-1997)
• NewsTalk Television - launched as the Talk Channel
• ON-TV
• PBS YOU
• Praise TV - Christian music video channel owned by Paxson Communications
• Prime Network (1983-1997)
• Q Television Network
• Request TV (pay-per-view)
• Satellite News Channel (SNC) - news, a joint venture between ABC and Group W
• SelecTV
• Sports Time (St. Louis and Midwest Cable Sports station)
• SportsChannel America (1988-1993)
• Sportsvision (1983-1989)
• Spotlight (premium movies)
• SuperTV
• Syndicated Entertainment Television
• Tempo Television (aka Satellite Programming Network, or SPN) (c. 1978-1989)
• The Football Network
• TV Guide On Screen - Existed briefly in the 1990s, airing on some cable systems in lieu of Prevue Channel. TV Guide wanted back in the game, so they purchased Prevue in 1999 and renamed it TV Guide Channel.
• Wometco Home Theater
• WOR EMI Service (National version of New York City's WWOR-TV (c. 1989-1997)
• Z Channel
• Z Music - Christian music videos. Purchased by Gaylord Entertainment about 1995; ceased operations after Gaylord was purchased by Viacom

Networks that have ceased operations to become another network

• America's Health Network - relaunched simply the Health Network; eventually relaunched as FitTV
• America's Talking - relaunched as MSNBC
• Cable Health Club - renamed FitTV. Went off the air, but the naming rights were bought by Discovery Networks, who brought back FitTV after they purchased the Health Network
• Classic Sports Network - purchased by ESPN and renamed ESPN Classic
• INTRO Television - originally called TV!; renamed INTRO Television, carrying the same programming format. Replaced by Encore PLEX (eventually changed to MOVIEPlex) in 1995
• MuchUSA - re-branded as Fuse
• Newsworld International - purchased by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, relaunched as Current TV in August 2005
• Odyssey - originally launched as 2 separate networks, ACTS (a Christian teaching channel) and VISN (interfaith programming). VISN and ACTS merged and became Faith & Values Channel. The network was renamed again in 1996 as Odyssey. Hallmark and the Jim Henson Company purchased the network, which was relaunched as Hallmark Channel in 2001
• PBS Kids Channel - relaunched as PBS Kids Sprout
• Prevue Channel - launched as Prevue Guide, then modified slightly into Prevue Channel. Purchased by TV Guide in 1999 and renamed TV Guide Channel
• TNN (The Nashville Network, aka the National Network) - purchased by CBS/Viacom and relaunched as Spike TV
• TRIO - relaunched as Sleuth TV in January 2006
• VH1 Mega Hits - ceased programming in 2005, became Logo.

Networks that have merged with another network

• Financial News Network (purchased by NBC and merged with CNBC in 1991)
• HA! - Merged with The Comedy Channel (US) to form Comedy Central.
• TechTV - purchased by Comcast and merged with G4 in 2004
• The Comedy Channel (US, not to be confused with other foreign Comedy Channel-branded networks) - Merged with HA! to form Comedy Central.

External links/References

• Echostar Knowledge Base
• Lyngsat