Archive:List of channels on DirecTV (August 1998)
This page is the DirecTV channel guide listing all available channels on the DirecTV channel lineup from August 1998 (USSB is also Included)
This List Doesn't Demonstrate either Packages or Genre.
| Channel number | Logo | Channel name | Notes | Owner/Parent company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101-199 | 
|
Direct Ticket | Pay Per View Service | Hughes Electric |
| 202 | 
|
Cable News Network | Turner Broadcasting System | |
| 203 | 
|
Court TV | Time Warner/Liberty Media | |
| 204 | 
|
CNN Headline News | Turner Broadcasting System | |
| 206 | 
|
ESPN | ESPN Inc. | |
| 208 | 
|
ESPN2 | ESPN Inc. | |
| 210 | 
|
ESPNEWS | ESPN Inc. | |
| 212 | 
|
TNT | Turner Broadcasting System | |
| 213 | 
|
Home Shopping Network | HSN Inc. | |
| 214 | 
|
Home and Garden Television | The E.W. Scripps Company
| |
| 215 | 
|
Food Network | Television Food Network G.P. | |
| 217 | 
|
E! | AT&T/Tele-Communications Inc./The Walt Disney Company/Comcast | |
| 220 | 
|
AMC | Rainbow Media | |
| 221 | 
|
Turner Classic Movies | Turner Broadcasting System | |
| 222 | 
|
Romance Classics | Rainbow Media | |
| 225 | 
|
Starz! | East | Liberty Media |
| 226 |
|
Starz! | West | Liberty Media |
| 227 | 
|
Starz! 2 | East | Liberty Media |
| 228 |
|
Starz! 2 | West | Liberty Media |
| 230 | 
|
Encore | East | Liberty Media |
| 231 |
|
Encore | West | Liberty Media |
| 232 | 
|
Love Stories | Liberty Media | |
| 233 | 
|
Westerns | Liberty Media | |
| 234 | 
|
Mystery | Liberty Media | |
| 235 | 
|
Action | Liberty Media | |
| 236 | 
|
True Stories | Liberty Media | |
| 237 | 
|
WAM! | Liberty Media | |
| 238 | 
|
Bravo | Rainbow Media | |
| 239 | 
|
Independent Film Channel | Rainbow Media | |
| 240 | 
|
A&E | Hearst-ABC Cable Ventures/General Electric | |
| 241 | 
|
The History Channel | A&E Television Networks | |
| 242 | 
|
Disney Channel | East | The Walt Disney Company |
| 243 |
|
Disney Channel | West | The Walt Disney Company |
| 244 | 
|
Toon Disney | The Walt Disney Company | |
| 245 | 
|
Discovery Channel | Discovery Communications | |
| 246 | 
|
The Learning Channel | Discovery Communications | |
| 247 | 
|
Cartoon Network | Turner Broadcasting System | |
| 248 | 
|
Animal Planet | Discovery Communications | |
| 249 |  
|
Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite | East | Viacom |
| 250 |
|
Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite | West | Viacom |
| 251 | 
|
TV Land | Viacom | |
| 252 | 
|
Lifetime | Lifetime Entertainment Services | |
| 253 | 
|
USA Network | USA Networks | |
| 254 | 
|
Sci-Fi Channel | USA Networks | |
| 255 | 
|
Comedy Central | Viacom/Time Warner | |
| 256 | 
|
WGN Superstation | Tribune Broadcasting | |
| 257 | 
|
Game Show Network | Sony Pictures Entertainment/United Video Satellite Group | |
| 258 | 
|
Fox Family Channel | News Corporation | |
| 259 | 
|
TBS Superstation | Turner Broadcasting System | |
| 260 | 
|
Trio | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Power Broadcasting | |
| 261 | 
|
QVC | QVC Network Inc. | |
| 262 | 
|
The Nashville Network | CBS Cable | |
| 263 | 
|
Country Music Television | CBS Cable | |
| 264 | 
|
Music Television | Viacom | |
| 265 | 
|
MTV2 | Viacom | |
| 266 | 
|
VH1 | Viacom | |
| 268 | 
|
Black Entertainment Television | Robert L. Johnson | |
| 269 | 
|
MuchMusic USA | Rainbow Media/CHUM Limited | |
| 271 | 
|
C-SPAN | National Cable Satellite Corporation | |
| 272 | 
|
C-SPAN 2 | National Cable Satellite Corporation | |
| 273 | 
|
ZDTV | Ziff-Davis | |
| 274 | 
|
Bloomberg Television | Bloomberg L.P. | |
| 275 | 
|
CNBC | General Electric | |
| 276 | 
|
MSNBC | General Electric/Microsoft | |
| 277 | 
|
The Weather Channel | Landmark Communications | |
| 278 | 
|
Fox News Channel | News Corporation | |
| 279 | 
|
Newsworld International | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Power Broadcasting | |
| 281 |  
|
CNNfn/CNN International | Turner Broadcasting System | |
| 290 | 
|
WSEE | Northstar Television Group | |
| 291 |
|
KPIX | CBS Corporation | |
| 292 | 
|
WNBC | General Electric | |
| 293 |
|
KNBC | General Electric | |
| 294 | 
|
PBS Satellite Service | Public Broadcasting Service | |
| 295 | 
|
WKRN | Young Broadcasting | |
| 296 |
|
KOMO | Fisher Broadcasting | |
| 297 | 
|
Foxnet | News Corporation | |
| 304 | 
|
The Golf Channel | Adelphia Communications/Cablevision/Comcast/MediaOne/Newhouse/Cox Communications/News Corporation | |
| 305 | 
|
ESPN Classic | ESPN Inc. | |
| 306 | 
|
Speedvision | Cox Communications/Comcast/MediaOne | |
| 307 | 
|
Outdoor Life Network | Cox Communications/Comcast/MediaOne | |
| 309-336 | Regional Sports Networks | |||
| 402 | 
|
Playboy TV | Playboy Enterprises | |
| 501-529 | 
|
Music Choice | Music Choice LLC | |
| 900 | 
|
USSB Big Events | Hubbard Broadcasting | |
| 905 |
|
USSB Big Events | Hubbard Broadcasting | |
| 910 | 
|
HBO | East | Time Warner |
| 911 | 
|
HBO Plus | East | Time Warner |
| 912 | 
|
HBO Signature | Time Warner | |
| 913 |
|
HBO | West | Time Warner |
| 914 |
|
HBO Plus | West | Time Warner |
| 916 | 
|
HBO Family | East | Time Warner |
| 916 |
|
HBO Family | West | Time Warner |
| 920 | 
|
Showtime | East | Viacom |
| 921 | 
|
Showtime 2 | Viacom | |
| 922 | 
|
Showtime | Viacom | |
| 923 |
|
Showtime | West | Viacom |
| 925 | 
|
Showtime Extreme | Viacom | |
| 929 | 
|
FLIX | Viacom | |
| 930 | 
|
Cinemax | East | Time Warner |
| 931 | 
|
MoreMax | Time Warner | |
| 932 |
|
Cinemax | West | Time Warner |
| 940 | 
|
The Movie Channel | East | Viacom |
| 941 |
|
The Movie Channel | West | Viacom |
| 945 | 
|
Sundance Channel | Viacom/Universal Studios/Robert Redford | |
| 960 | 
|
fXM | News Corporation | |
| 963 | 
|
All News Channel | CONUS Communications (Hubbard Braodcasting)/Viacom |