Some of Your Favorite Channels on DIRECTV Maybe Moving to New Channel Numbers
If you are one of Its All About Satellite’s DIRECTV customers you may have already seen this email from DIRECTV, but we wanted to pass it along to you as well.
On July 31st, 2013 some of your favorite channels including The Movie Channel, Sundance, The Smithsonian Channel will be moving to new channel numbers. Your service will not be interrupted on those channels that you are are subscribed to and your DVR will still record any programming you have scheduled from those channels.
You can see the full list of channels effected below.
Dear Valued Customer,Thank you for being a loyal DIRECTV® customer. We appreciate your business and would like to provide an important update regarding changes to our channel lineup.Effective July 31, 2013, the following networks have a new channel location.The table below indicates the current and new channel locations.
New Channel Lineup
Current Channel
New Channel
Channel Name
554
553
THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ EAST (SD & HD)
555
554
THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ WEST (SD)
556
555
THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ XTRA EAST (HD)
557
556
FLIX® (SD)
558
557
Sundance (SD)
Current Channel
New Channel
Channel Name
559
564
Independent Film Channel (IFC) (SD & HD)
560
565
Hallmark Movie Channel (HD)
561
566
HDNet Movies (HD)
562
567
MGM (HD)
563
568
Sony Movie Channel (HD)
564
569
Universal (HD)
565
570
Smithsonian Channel (HD)
566
571
Crime & Investigation (HD)
567
572
Palladia (HD)
568
573
Shorts (HD)
Please note, all programming will continue with no interruptions. Your DVR settings (Season passes, etc.) as well as Favorite Channels feature should not be impacted. Click here for more detailed information.We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for being a loyal customer and for the continued opportunity to bring you with the best television entertainment experience.
Sincerely,
DIRECTV
If you have any questions about the channel number changes or would like to subscribe to DIRECTV, please give us a call at 505-296-9423 or 800-951-1979.
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