Educational Satellite Channel Comparison:
DirecTV vs Dish Network
DirecTV vs Dish Network
| DirecTV Channel | Dish Network Channel | Call Letters | Description | DirecTV Package | Dish Network Package |
| Educational | |||||
| 282 | 184 | ANIMAL | Animal Planet | Choice | Top 200 |
| 374 | 9403 | BYUTV | BYU TV | Choice | Top 100 |
| 286 | 194 | DCHOME | Discovery Home | Choice Xtra | Top 250 |
| 294 | 179 | DCKIDS | Discovery Kids | Choice | Top 250 |
| 279 | 189 | DHC | Discovery Health Channel | Choice Xtra | Top 200 |
| 230 | 111 | DIY | DIY Network | Choice Xtra | Top 250 |
| - | 197 | DOCUM | Documentary Channel | - | Top 100 |
| 278 | 182 | DSC | Discovery Channel | Choice | Top 100 |
| 285 | 192 | DTIMES | Discovery Times Channel | Choice Xtra | Top 250 |
| - | 9417 | EDUCA | Educator TV | - | Top 100 |
| 232 | 113 | FLIVING | Fine Living | Choice | Top 250 |
| 231 | 110 | FOOD | Food Network | Choice | Top 100 |
| - | 9415 | FSTV | Free Speech TV | - | Top 100 |
| 229 | 112 | HGTV | Home & Garden Television | Choice | Top 100 |
| - | 9402 | HHS | Health & Human Services Television | - | Top 100 |
| 271 | 121 | HISI | History International | Choice Xtra | Top 250 |
| 269 | 120 | HISTORY | The History Channel | Choice | Top 100 |
| 375 | 9410 | LINKTV | Link TV | Choice | Top 100 |
| 287 | 195 | MILI | Military Channel | Choice Xtra | Top 250 |
| 276 | 186 | NGC | National Geographic Channel | Choice Xtra | Top 250 |
| - | 9405 | PNTGN | Pentagon Channel | - | Top 100 |
| - | 9400 | RSRCH | Researchchannel | - | Top 100 |
| 284 | 193 | SCIENCE | The Science Channel | Choice Xtra | Top 250 |
| 295 | - | SPROUT | PBS Kids Sprout | Choice Xtra | - |
| - | 9408 | STARF | Starfish Television Network | - | Top 100 |
| 280 | 183 | TLC | The Learning Channel (TLC) | Choice | Top 100 |
| 277 | 215 | TRAV | Travel Channel | Choice | Top 100 |
| - | 9412 | UCTVD | University of California | - | Top 100 |
| - | 9411 | UNIHSE | No AZ University/University House | - | Top 100 |
| - | 9404 | UWTV | University Of Washington | - | Top 100 |
| - | 9575 | VERIA | Veria | - | Top 250 |
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