Program Guide
2021 AFN Program Guide 1
The American Forces Network offers two distinct programming services for the authorized
audience worldwide
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. The two services are Direct to Home (DTH), also known as SATNET, and
the Direct to Sailor or DTS service.
Direct to Home
The DTH service offers eight television channels and multiple audio services covering popular
musical genera’s, news, talk and sports. DTH television programming includes:
AFN|prime Atlantic AFN|prime Pacific AFN|sports AFN|sports 2
AFN|news AFN|spectrum AFN|movie AFN|family
All AFN television channels are time shifted to either Central European Time (CET) or Japan
Standard Time (JST). The AFN|prime channels are time shifted by theater so AFN|prime
Atlantic is set to CET while AFN|prime Pacific is set to JST.
Direct to Sailor
The DTS service offers four television channels and three audio services. DTS television
programming includes:
AFN|prime AFN|news AFN|sports AFN|sports 2
The AFN|prime television programming on DTS is a hybrid of the best shows on AFN|prime,
and AFN|spectrum and is designed specifically to serve underway naval forces and those in
other areas outside of a Ku-band satellite footprint.
American Forces Network programming is provided specifically to the authorized overseas
audience as stipulated in DoD Instruction 5120.20, DoD Manual 5120.20, and contractual
obligations between the DoD and program owners, suppliers and distributors. AFN
programming is intended solely for the personal use of the authorized audience and any
commercial use of programming off of military installations is prohibited. Signal piracy or
unauthorized use of AFN programming places all of our programming in jeopardy and
individuals found to be violating AFN Terms of Use found at www.myafn.net/terms
may be
permanently banned from activating an AFN-capable signal decoder.
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If you receive AFN programming over a base cable system or via a military Exchange partner, you should contact that content
provider to get the channel lineup for their distribution system.
AFN Atlantic DTH Channel Guide
AFN Pacific DTH Channel Guide