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BBC News channel numbers

BBC News is channel 346 on DIRECTV, 281 on DISH Network and 1140 on Samsung TV Plus in every city. Cable and fiber numbers depend on your provider and city. Find yours in the city tables below.

Every city

Same number nationwide

Cable numbers change from city to city. Choose your city, or find it in the tables below.

We have no BBC News listing for , your saved area. Choose another city or use the tables below.

Channel numbers in major cities

Select a number to open that city's full lineup at BBC News.

  • 21 channel number
  • HD 702 separate HD number
  • no lineup on file for that city

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Alabama

1 city
CityMediacom Xtream TV
MobileYour areaFound 237

Connecticut

5 cities
CityOptimumVerizon Fios
BridgeportYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
GreenwichYour areaFound No lineup on file 107 Also 609
LitchfieldYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
New HavenYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
NorwalkYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file

Delaware

1 city
CityVerizon Fios
WilmingtonYour areaFound 107 Also 609

District of Columbia

1 city
CityVerizon Fios
WashingtonYour areaFound 107 Also 609

Florida

1 city
CityMediacom Xtream TV
MiltonYour areaFound 237

Georgia

2 cities
CityMediacom Xtream TV
AlbanyYour areaFound 237
ValdostaYour areaFound 237

Illinois

1 city
CityMediacom Xtream TV
MolineYour areaFound 237

Indiana

1 city
CityMediacom Xtream TV
KendallvilleYour areaFound 237

Iowa

12 cities
CityMediacom Xtream TV
AmesYour areaFound 237
BettendorfYour areaFound 237
BurlingtonYour areaFound 237
Cedar RapidsYour areaFound 237
ClintonYour areaFound 237
DavenportYour areaFound 237
Des MoinesYour areaFound 237
DubuqueYour areaFound 237
Iowa CityYour areaFound 237
Mason CityYour areaFound 237
WaterlooYour areaFound 237
West Des MoinesYour areaFound 237

Kansas

1 city
CityMediacom Xtream TV
Osage CityYour areaFound 237

Kentucky

1 city
CityMediacom Xtream TV
AlbanyYour areaFound 237

Maryland

2 cities
CityMediacom Xtream TVVerizon Fios
BerlinYour areaFound 237 No lineup on file
Montgomery CountyYour areaFound No lineup on file 107 Also 609

Massachusetts

1 city
CityVerizon Fios
BostonYour areaFound 107 Also 609

Michigan

1 city
CityMediacom Xtream TV
MattawanYour areaFound 237

Minnesota

1 city
CityMediacom Xtream TV
HutchinsonYour areaFound 237

Mississippi

1 city
CityMediacom Xtream TV
WavelandYour areaFound 130

Missouri

3 cities
CityMediacom Xtream TV
ColumbiaYour areaFound 237
Jefferson CityYour areaFound 237
SpringfieldYour areaFound 237

New Jersey

16 cities
CityOptimumVerizon Fios
BayonneYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
Bergen CountyYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
ElizabethYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
FreeholdYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
HamiltonYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
Hamilton (Philly DMA)Your areaFound 104 No lineup on file
Jersey CityYour areaFound 104 107 HD 609
Morris CountyYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
NewarkYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
OaklandYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
PatersonYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
RaritanYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
SeasideYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
SpartaYour areaFound 184 No lineup on file
WallYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
Warren-SussexYour areaFound 184 No lineup on file

New York

22 cities
CityOptimumVerizon Fios
BronxYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
BrookhavenYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
BrooklynYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
DutchessYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
East HamptonYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
EastchesterYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
Great NeckYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
HauppaugeYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
HempsteadYour areaFound No lineup on file 107 HD 609
IslipYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
LynbrookYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
New York CityYour areaFound No lineup on file 107 HD 609
OssiningYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
Ossining (Rockland)Your areaFound 104 No lineup on file
Port ChesterYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
RamapoYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
Rockland CountyYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
Southern WestchesterYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
Wappingers FallsYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
WarwickYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
YonkersYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file
YorktownYour areaFound 104 No lineup on file

North Carolina

1 city
CitySpectrum
GreensboroYour areaFound 209

Oregon

1 city
CitySpectrum
MedfordYour areaFound 128

Pennsylvania

1 city
CityVerizon Fios
PhiladelphiaYour areaFound 107 Also 609

Rhode Island

1 city
CityVerizon Fios
ProvidenceYour areaFound 107 Also 609

Tennessee

1 city
CityMediacom Xtream TV
ArdmoreYour areaFound 237

Texas

1 city
CityAstound Broadband
AustinYour areaFound 122 Streaming lineup

Vermont

1 city
CitySpectrum
BarreYour areaFound 157

Virginia

2 cities
CityCoxVerizon Fios
AlexandriaYour areaFound No lineup on file 107 Also 609
Fairfax CountyYour areaFound 252 No lineup on file

Wisconsin

1 city
CityMediacom Xtream TV
Prairie du ChienYour areaFound 237

Nationwide services

Same number in every city
ServiceNumber
DIRECTV Satellite 346 Streaming 346
DISH Network Satellite 281
Samsung TV Plus Streaming 1140
LG Channels Streaming 138
Xumo Play Streaming 18
Pluto TV Streaming 2629
VIZIO WatchFree+ Streaming 216

Watch BBC News without cable

Live TV streaming services that carry it, with the plan that includes it.

ServicePlan
YouTube TVBase
YouTube TVNews + Entertainment + Family Plan
YouTube TVNews + Entertainment Plan
YouTube TVSports + News + Family Plan

Outside the US

Canada

AreaProviderNumber
NationwideBell Satellite TV510
ManitobaBell Fibe TV301
ManitobaBell Fibe TV1301
OntarioBell Fibe TV510
OntarioBell Fibe TV1510

United Kingdom

AreaProviderNumber
NationwideEE TV231
NationwideEE TV231
NationwideFreely301
NationwideFreesat200
NationwideFreeview231
NationwideSky502
NationwideSky503
NationwideVirgin Media601
Channel IslandsFreeview231
Isle of ManFreeview231
Northern IrelandFreeview231
ScotlandFreeview231
WalesFreeview231

Keep exploring

StreamingWatch BBC News without cable4 live TV services carry it

Former lineups

These providers have closed. Their last listed numbers are kept for reference.

ProviderAreaNumber
Freesat from SkyNationwide503
Freesat from SkyNationwide877
How we get these numbers

Numbers come from each provider's channel lineup for that city. Each lineup page shows the month we last checked it.

What the dot means

We have no lineup on file for that provider in that city. It does not mean the channel is unavailable there.