What Channel is MS NOW On?
MS NOW is on DirecTV channel 356 and DISH Network channel 209 nationwide. On Xfinity, Spectrum, Cox and Optimum, channel numbers vary by location. Find your exact MS NOW number below.
| Provider | Location | Ch # | Package | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Albuquerque, NM |
30
HD 830
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Atlanta, GA |
120
HD 830
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Baltimore, MD |
61
HD 818
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Boston, MA |
40
HD 901
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Burlington, VT |
63
HD 757
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Charleston, SC |
31
HD 399
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Chicago, IL |
59
HD 317
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Colorado Springs, CO |
37
HD 737
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Denver, CO |
65
HD 765
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Detroit, MI |
37
HD 376
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Fort Wayne, IN |
14
HD 1108
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Harrisburg, PA |
46
HD 818
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Hartford, CT |
63
HD 1113
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Houston, TX |
80
HD 668
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Huntsville, AL |
185
HD 1113
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Indianapolis, IN |
67
HD 1113
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Jackson, MS |
43
HD 399
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Jacksonville, FL |
185
HD 399
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Kansas City, MO |
34
HD 845
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Knoxville, TN |
185
HD 1108
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Little Rock, AR |
57
HD 1113
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Louisville, KY |
185
HD 399
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Manchester, NH |
41
HD 726
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Memphis, TN |
81
HD 765
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Miami, FL |
30
HD 399
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Minneapolis, MN |
62
HD 845
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Nashville, TN |
51
HD 1113
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Newark, NJ |
37
HD 818
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Orlando, FL |
42
HD 399
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Philadelphia, PA |
76
HD 818
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Pittsburgh, PA |
183
HD 818
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Portland, OR |
128
HD 790
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Richmond, VA |
28
HD 818
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Sacramento, CA |
37
HD 787
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Salt Lake City, UT |
48
HD 744
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | San Francisco, CA |
60
HD 787
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | San Jose, CA |
60
HD 787
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Savannah, GA |
29
HD 399
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Seattle, WA |
47
HD 661
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Springfield, MA |
65
HD 901
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Tampa, FL |
27
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Tucson, AZ |
26
HD 586
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Washington, DC |
38
HD 818
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Xfinity | Wilmington, DE |
47
HD 818
|
TV Plus+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Akron, OH |
38
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Albany, NY |
49
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Alton, IL |
47
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Ashford/Willimantic, CT |
59
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Atlanta, GA |
43
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Austin, TX |
49
HD 203
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Bakersfield, CA |
82
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Barre, VT |
37
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Bergen County, NJ |
60
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Billings, MT |
58
HD 558
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Birmingham, AL |
51
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Bolivar, TN |
50
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Buffalo, NY |
59
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Charlotte, NC |
50
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Cheyenne, WY |
49
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Cincinnati, OH |
49
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Clarksburg, WV |
51
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Cleveland, OH |
26
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Coburg & Elmira Area, OR |
32
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Coeur d'Alene, ID |
17
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Columbus, OH |
57
HD 354
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Conway, NH |
27
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Crisfield, MD |
65
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Dallas-Fort Worth, TX |
52
HD 719
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Dayton, OH |
55
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | El Paso, TX |
33
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Erie, PA |
354
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Fairfield County, CT |
60
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Greensboro, NC |
59
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Greenville, SC |
42
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Gunnison, CO |
51
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Hammond, LA |
40
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Honolulu, HI |
43
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Indianapolis, IN |
52
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Kansas City, KS |
28
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Kansas City, MO |
28
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Las Cruces, NM |
33
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Lexington, KY |
61
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Lincoln, NE |
56
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Los Angeles, CA |
34
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Louisville, KY |
45
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Madison, WI |
64
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Manatee County, FL |
41
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Medford, OR |
63
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Milwaukee, WI |
46
HD 354
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Moscow/Pullman, WA |
63
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | New York City, NY |
14
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Orlando, FL |
26
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Ottawa County, MI |
59
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Picayune, MS |
40
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Portland, ME |
37
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Raleigh, NC |
45
HD 203
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Reno, NV |
47
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Richlands, VA |
37
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Rochester, NY |
48
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Rosemount, MN |
31
HD 728
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | San Antonio, TX |
62
HD 203
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | St. Louis, MO |
47
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Syracuse, NY |
38
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Tampa, FL |
41
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Worcester, MA |
43
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| Spectrum | Yuma, AZ |
63
HD
|
TV Select Signature+ | Cable |
| DirecTV | United States: Nationwide |
356
HD
|
Entertainment+ | Satellite |
| DISH Network | United States: Nationwide |
209
HD
|
Americas Top 120++ | Satellite |
| Cox | Baton Rouge, LA |
64
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | Cleveland, OH |
53
HD
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | Enfield, CT |
45
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Fairfax County, VA |
67
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | Fort Smith, AR |
61
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Fort Walton Beach, FL |
37
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | Gramercy, LA |
64
HD
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | Hampton Roads, VA |
23
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | Las Vegas, NV |
19
HD
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | Manchester, CT |
45
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Meriden Area, CT |
45
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Middle Georgia, GA |
47
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | New Orleans, LA |
72
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | Northwest Arkansas, AR |
57
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Ocala, FL |
56
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Oklahoma City, OK |
42
HD
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | Omaha, NE |
66
HD
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | Orange County, CA |
43
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | Palos Verdes, CA |
67
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | Pensacola Area, FL |
37
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Phoenix, AZ |
63
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | Providence, RI |
47
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | Roanoke, VA |
67
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | San Diego North, CA |
23
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | San Diego South, CA |
39
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | Santa Barbara, CA |
42
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | Southeast Kansas, KS |
24
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Sun Valley, ID |
62
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Tucson, AZ |
34
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | Tulsa, OK |
50
HD
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Cox | Wichita Metro, KS |
24
|
Contour TV Preferred+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Bayonne, NJ |
23
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Bergen County, NJ |
23
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Bridgeport, CT |
68
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Bronx, NY |
23
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Brookhaven, NY |
23
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Brooklyn, NY |
23
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Dutchess, NY |
23
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | East Hampton, NY |
23
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Eastchester, NY |
23
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Elizabeth, NJ |
23
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Freehold, NJ |
23
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Great Neck, NY |
23
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Hamilton (Philly DMA), NJ |
66
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Hamilton, NJ |
66
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Hauppauge, NY |
23
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Hendersonville, NC |
36
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Hudson County, NJ |
23
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Islip, NY |
23
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Jersey City, NJ |
23
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Litchfield, CT |
23
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Lynbrook, NY |
23
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Morris County, NJ |
23
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | New Haven, CT |
68
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Newark, NJ |
23
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Norwalk, CT |
68
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Oakland, NJ |
23
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Ossining (Rockland), NY |
23
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Ossining, NY |
23
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Paterson, NJ |
23
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Port Chester, NY |
23
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Ramapo, NY |
23
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Raritan, NJ |
23
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Rockland County, NY |
23
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Seaside, NJ |
23
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Southern Westchester, NY |
23
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Sparta, NJ |
25
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Wall, NJ |
23
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Wappingers Falls, NY |
23
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Warren-Sussex, NJ |
25
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Warwick, NY |
23
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | West Jefferson, NC |
63
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Yonkers, NY |
23
HD
|
Extra TV+ | Cable |
| Optimum | Yorktown, NY |
23
HD
|
— | Cable |
About MS NOW
MS NOW is a cable news and opinion channel that launched in 1996 as MSNBC and rebranded in November 2025 ahead of the January 2026 Versant spin-off from Comcast.
What's on MS NOW
The channel launched on July 15, 1996 as MSNBC, a joint venture between NBC and Microsoft, with Microsoft investing $221 million for a 50% stake. The name combined MSN, Microsoft's online brand, with NBC. Microsoft later exited the cable channel in 2005 and the companion website in 2012, but the MSNBC name remained in use for another thirteen years.
On November 15, 2025, the network rebranded to MS NOW as Comcast prepared to separate its cable channels into Versant. The new name stands for "My Source for News, Opinion, and the World," preserving the familiar "MS" while dropping NBC branding before the January 2026 separation became effective.
Written by Manikandan · Last updated April 18, 2026