The DIRECTV Premier package is the all-inclusive menu item offered for the home that wants all the options. If you need, or want over 265 channels of programming, the DIRECTV Premier package will fit the bill for you.
So what exactly does DIRECTV give you with the Premier package? Well, as we have already mentioned, everything is here, but let’s get a little more specific.
You may never go to a movie theater again, as there is a wide selection of premium move channels included in the Premier package. All in all, there are 30 premium movie channels. These would include 7 channels of HBO, 12 channels of Starz, 3 channels of Cinemax, and to round things out 9 Showtime movie channels.
Sports fans will also find anything and everything in this package. In addition to the standards such as ESPN and ESPNEWS, there are 35 additional sports networks included. Included are 3 Comcast regional networks, more than a dozen Fox Sports Net channels, and the YES channel, home of the New York Yankees. The DIRECTV Sports pack is normally an additional $12, but it is included in the Premier package.
Local channels are here also in almost all parts of the country. ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox are the standards, while the CW and PBS stations are available in some areas.
Plenty of audio programming is also accessible in the Premier package as well. XM is the provider, with up to 73 different stations available.
HD programming is about the only thing not available in this package. In order to receive HD channels, there is an addition $9.99 per month HD access fee.
So what will all of this cost? Actually less than you think. The normal price for the DIRECTV Premier package is $104.99 per month, and for new customers there are always promotions available. Once a year, DIRECTV offers the best satellite TV promotion in conjunction with the NFL Sunday Ticket.
This year’s promotion offers new customers the Premier package free for four months when they pay for the NFL Sunday Ticket at the price of $74.99 for four months. In addition, DIRECTV is also offering a free HD DVR receiver upgrade, a $199 value. The current promotion runs through October 31st, but the NFL season starts in early September, so it makes sense to get on board now in order to see all of the games.
Here is a current rundown of the channels currently included in the Premier package, XM channels are not listed.
A&E
ABC
ABC Family
Altitude Sports & Entertainment
American Movie Classics (AMC)
Animal Planet
BBC America
BET J
Big Ten Network
Black Entertainment Television (BET)
Bloomberg Television
Boomerang
Bravo
BYU TV
C-SPAN
C-SPAN2
Cartoon Network
CBS
CBS: College Sports Television
Chiller
Cinemax (East)
Cinemax (West)
CNBC
CNBC World
CNN
Comcast SportsNet (Chicago)
Comcast SportsNet (West)
Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
Comcast SportsNet NEW ENGLAND
Comedy Central
Country Music Television (CMT)
Current TV
CW
Daystar
DIRECTV NEWS MIX
DIRECTV SPORTS MIX
Disney Channel (East)
Disney Channel (West)
Discovery Channel
Discovery Health Channel
Discovery Kids
DIY Network
E! Entertainment Television
ESPN
ESPN CLASSIC
ESPN U
ESPN2
ESPNews
EWTN
FINE LIVING
FitTV
FLIX
Food Network
FOX
FOX Business Network
Fox Movie Channel
Fox News Channel
Fox Reality
FSN ARIZONA
FSN BAY AREA
FSN CINCINNATI
FSN DETROIT
FSN FLORIDA
FSN MIDWEST
FSN NEW YORK
FSN NORTH
FSN NORTHWEST
FSN OHIO
FSN PITTSBURGH
FSN PRIME TICKET
FSN ROCKY MOUNTAIN
FSN SOUTH
FSN SOUTHWEST
FSN WEST
Fox Soccer Channel
Fuel TV
Fuse
FX
G4 videogame TV
Galavision
Gems TV
God TV
GOL TV
Great American Country
GSN, The Network for Games
Hallmark Channel
HBO Latino
HBO Signature
HBO2 (East)
HBO2 (West)
HBO (East)
HBO (West)
HBO Family (East)
HBO Family (West)
HBO HDTV
Headline News
History International
HITN-TV
Home & Garden Television (HGTV)
Home Shopping Network
Investigation Discovery
ION Television
Independent Film Channel
Lifetime
Lifetime Movie Network
Link TV
Logo
Madison Square Garden (MSG)
MASN
Military Channel
MoreMAX
MSNBC
MTV
MTV2
myNetworkTV
NASA TV
National Geographic Channel
NBA TV
NBC
New England Sports Network: NESN
Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite (East)
Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite (West)
NFL Network
NHL Network
Nicktoons Network
Noggin/The N
NRB
ONCE Mexico
Outdoor Channel
Ovation TV
Oxygen
PBS
PBS Kids Sprout
Planet Green
QVC
ReelzChannel
RFD-TV
SHOWTIME East
SHOWTIME Extreme
SHOWTIME HDTV
SHOWTIME Showcase
SHOWTIME TOO
SHOWTIME West
SCI FI Channel
ShopNBC
Sleuth
SOAPnet
Starz (East)
Starz (West)
Starz - Encore (East)
Starz - Encore (West)
Starz - Encore Action
Starz - Encore Drama
Starz - Encore Love
Starz - Encore Mystery
Starz - Encore Wam
Starz - Encore Westerns
STARZ Comedy
Starz Edge
Starz InBlack
STARZ Kids & Family
Speed Channel
Spike
Sports Time Ohio
SportsNet New York (SNY)
SportSouth
Style
Sun Sports
Sundance Channel
Superstation WGN
TBS
TCT Network
Tennis Channel
The 101
The Biography Channel
The Church Channel
The Golf Channel
The History Channel
The Learning Channel (TLC)
The Movie Channel (East)
The Movie Channel (West)
The Science Channel
The Weather Channel
The Word
TNT
Toon Disney
Travel Channel
Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN)
TruTv
Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
TV Guide Channel
TV Land
TV One
TVG - The Interactive Horseracing Network
Univision
USA Network
Versus
VH1
VH1 Classic
WE: Women’s Entertainment
World Harvest Television
XM: Caliente
XM: Fuego
XM: Kids
XM: Radio Disney
Yes Network
5 comments ↓
This package rocks and it almost has everything which is necessary to spend a cool life. Thanks for the information, I shall be subscribing it very soon.
I got this package as a new customer with the Sunday Ticket deal that is going on right now. All I can say is this puts DISH Network to shame. They have everything in this deal, and i mean everything. No having to worry if Charlie is having some sort of dispute with this network or that network, Directv takes care of their customers as far as the premier package goes.
I got the DirectTV premier package last fall with the sunday ticket promo. They give you the package free when you pay the $300 or so it costs for sunday ticket. you can downgrade to Choice or Choice xtra when the NFL season ends if you want to save some money.
In our case, we just kept the package. There are so many movie channels here, we just cancelled Netflix and use our DVR to record what we want. The whole thing including HD is around $125 per month, but overall that is actually a pretty good deal when you dont mess with renting movies anymore.
Damn what a package! It is amazing for such an low price, need to get it right now!
Direct TV will be offering a free preview on the Premier package in June. The dates will be June 18-21, 2009 all DIRECTV customers will have access to more than 265 channels including all of the Premium movie channels like HBO, Cinemax and Showtime.
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