Newton Satellite Local Channel Comparison:
DirecTV vs Dish Network
DirecTV vs Dish Network
| DirecTV Channel | Dish Network Channel | Call Letters | Description | DirecTV Package | Dish Network Package |
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| 2 | 2 | WGBH | Some programs on PBS: Zula Patrol, Arthur, Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, American Experience, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Super Why, George Shrinks, BBC World News, Sesame Street, DragonflyTV, Design Squad, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Everyday Food, American Masters, and WIRED Science. | Local | Local |
| 4 | 4 | WBZ | Some programs on CBS: Swingtown, How I Met Your Mother, CSI: NY, The Unit, Numb3rs, Kid Nation, The Amazing Race, NCIS, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, Moonlight, Criminal Minds, The Captain, Ghost Whisperer, and Cane. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 5 | 5 | WCVB | Some programs on ABC: Dancing with the Stars, Supernanny, Lost, Boston Legal, According to Jim, Big Shots, National Bingo Night, Cashmere Mafia, Pushing Daisies, Grey's Anatomy, America's Funniest Home Videos, Wife Swap, Carpoolers, Men in Trees, and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 7 | 7 | WHDH | Some programs on NBC: Chuck, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Friday Night Lights, Lipstick Jungle, Medium, Heroes, Law and Order, Las Vegas, Journeyman, Bionic Woman, Football Night in America, Heroes: Origins, The Singing Bee, Life, and The IT Crowd. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 9 | 9 | WMUR | Some programs on ABC: Dancing with the Stars, Supernanny, Lost, Boston Legal, According to Jim, Big Shots, National Bingo Night, Cashmere Mafia, Pushing Daisies, Grey's Anatomy, America's Funniest Home Videos, Wife Swap, Carpoolers, Men in Trees, and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. | Local | Local |
| 11 | 11 | WENH | Some programs on PBS: Zula Patrol, Arthur, Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, American Experience, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Super Why, George Shrinks, BBC World News, Sesame Street, DragonflyTV, Design Squad, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Everyday Food, American Masters, and WIRED Science. | Local | Local |
| 25 | 25 | WFXT | Some programs on FOX: Unhitched, COPS, Family Guy, MADtv, Prison Break, The Simpsons, America's Most Wanted, When Women Rule the World, 24, Back to You, American Dad, The Return of Jezebel James, House, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Til Death. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 27 | 27 | WUNI | WUNI (UNI) | Local | Local |
| 38 | 38 | WSBK | WSBK (IND) | Local | Local |
| 44 | 44 | WGBX | Some programs on PBS: Zula Patrol, Arthur, Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, American Experience, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Super Why, George Shrinks, BBC World News, Sesame Street, DragonflyTV, Design Squad, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Everyday Food, American Masters, and WIRED Science. | Local | Local |
| - | 46 | WWDP | WWDP (ShopNBC) | - | Local |
| 50 | 50 | WZMY | WZMY (MNT) | Local | Local |
| 56 | 56 | WLVI | Some programs on CW: America's Next Top Model, Farmer Wants a Wife, Reaper, CW Now, Smallville, Eight Days a Week, Everybody Hates Chris, Crowned, One Tree Hill, Aliens in America, WWE Friday Night SmackDown, The Game, Gossip Girl, Supernatural, and Life Is Wild. | Local | Local |
| 60 | 60 | WNEU | WNEU (TMO) | Local | Local |
| 62 | - | WMFP | WMFP (IND) | Local | - |
| 66 | 66 | WUTF | WUTF (TFT) | Local | Local |
| 68 | - | WBPX | WBPX (ION) | Local | - |
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