Sports
| Name | HD | Owner | Notes |
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| beIN Sport USA | Yes | Al Jazeera | (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| CBS Sports Network | Yes | CBS Corporation | formerly CSTV and CBS College Sports Network (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| ESPN | Yes | ESPN Inc. (Disney/Hearst Corporation) | (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| ESPN2 | Yes | (English) and (Spanish) audio feed | |
| ESPN Plus | Yes | syndicates college sports to local broadcast and regional cable stations. | |
| ESPN Classic | No | formerly Classic Sports Network (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
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| ESPNews | Yes | (English) and (Spanish) audio feed | |
| ESPNU | Yes | (English) and (Spanish) audio feed | |
| ESPN Deportes | Yes | Spanish Language sports network | |
| ESPN Full Court | Some | regular season NCAA Some ESPN ALT feeds are in HD on directv | |
| ESPN GamePlan | No | NCAA football PPV package | |
| Fight Now TV | No | Channel Zero Inc. | Launched May 24, 2011 |
| Fox College Sports | Yes | News Corporation | |
| Fox College Sports (Atlantic) | formerly Fox Sports Atlantic (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
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| Fox College Sports (Central) | formerly Fox Sports Central (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
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| Fox College Sports (Pacific) | formerly Fox Sports Pacific (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
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| Fox Soccer | Yes | formerly Fox Sports World | |
| Fox Soccer Plus | Yes | Soccer plus extensive coverage of rugby union. Established after News Corporation acquired most of the former broadcast rights of Setanta Sports USA. | |
| Fox Deportes | Yes | formerly Fox en Español, Fox Sports Américas (Spanish) audio feed |
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| Fuel TV | Yes | News Corporation | |
| Game | Yes | In Demand | outlet for MLB Extra Innings, and NHL Center Ice on cable (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| Gol TV | Yes | Gol TV Inc. | (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| Golf Channel | Yes | NBCUniversal | (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| Horse Racing TV | No | Stronach Group and Churchill Downs Incorporated | |
| MLB Extra Innings | Yes | Major League Baseball | (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| MLB Network | Yes | launched January 1, 2009 (English) and (Spanish) audio feed | |
| MLS Direct Kick | Yes | Major League Soccer | |
| NASCAR Hot Pass | Yes | NASCAR | Exclusive to DirecTV |
| NBA League Pass | Yes | National Basketball Association | (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| NBA TV | Yes | formerly NBA.com TV; Turner Sports operates the channel in association with the NBA. | |
| NBC Sports Network | Yes | NBCUniversal | formerly Outdoor Life Network and Versus (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| NFL Network | Yes | National Football League | launched November 4, 2003 (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| NFL RedZone | Yes | NFL Football (airs 1-8PM Sundays only) NFL Network Version of red zone | |
| NFL Sunday Ticket | Yes | (exclusive to DirecTV) | |
| NFL Sunday Ticket RedZone | Yes | Exclusive DirecTV Version of red zone | |
| NHL Center Ice | Yes | National Hockey League | (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| NHL Network | Yes | National Hockey League NBCUniversal (15.6%) |
launched October 1, 2007 (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| Outdoor Channel | Yes | Outdoor Channel Holdings Inc. | (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| Outside Television | No | ||
| Pursuit Channel | No | Hunting and fishing adventure programming | |
| The Ski Channel | No | Steve Bellamy, Jonny Moseley, Bryan Brothers | Video on demand channel (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| Speed | Yes | SPEED Channel Inc. (News Corporation) | formerly SpeedVision (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| Sportsman Channel | Yes | InterMedia Outdoors | (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| Team | Yes | In Demand | outlet for NBA League Pass, and MLS Direct Kick (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| Tennis Channel | Yes | IMG, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Steve Bellamy, Frank Biondi | (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| TVG | No | Betfair | The Interactive Horse Racing Network (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| Universal Sports | No | NBCUniversal (minority) and InterMedia Partners (majority) | High definition feed expected to launch in 2012 |
| World Fishing Network | Yes | Altitude Sports and Entertainment (50%) Insight Sports Ltd. (50%) | (English) and (Spanish) audio feed |
| WWE Classics on Demand | No | World Wrestling Entertainment | Video on demand channel |
| UFC Events on Demand | No | Video on demand channel | |
| Univision Deportes | No | Univision Communications | Spanish Language sports network |
| Untamed Sports TV | No | OlympusSat, Inc. |
Read more about this topic: List Of United States Cable And Satellite Television Networks
Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)
“Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn,
Thy sports are fled and all thy charms withdrawn;
Amidst thy bowers the tyrant’s hand is seen,
And desolation saddens all thy green;
One only master grasps the whole domain,
And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain;”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774)
“It was so hard to pry this door open, and if I mess up I know the people behind me are going to have it that much harder. Because then there’s living proof. They can sit around and say, “See? It doesn’t work.” I don’t want to be their living proof.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)