Currently in America, it is estimated that there are almost 45 million people who either speak Spanish as their first or second language. You probably have seen it in your own town, more business owners are looking for ways to offer products and services to Spanish speaking customers.

With so many Spanish speakers here in the United States, it also means that individuals and families are looking for entertainment in their native tongue. Fortunately for these individuals, there are now several choices in the cable and satellite television marketplace.Big pay television companies like Comcast, Time Warner cable, Direct TV and Dish Network all have expanded their channel lineups in order to bring in more Spanish language networks.

In the past, a Spanish speaking customer would be fortunate if he or she were able to get four or five Spanish stat. But today, services like Direct TV Mas offer upwards of 45 Spanish language networks.These include the well known channels like Telemundo and Univision.Other well known channels now available with Direct TV Mas are ESPN Desportes, Azteca Mexico, and even Cartoon Network in Spanish for the kids.

The main competitor to the DIRECT Mas Spanish package is the Dish Latino offered by satellite TV company Dish Network. For quite some time, Dish Network was the leader in Spanish language programming, but in recent years the Direct TV Mas packages has become the top choice in the Spanish community.Much of this is also due to the momentum Direct TV has built up with their exclusive sports packages like the NFL Ticket and the Nascar Hotpass racing series. Competition with Dish TV Latino insures that more DIRECTV Mas channels will be added in the months ahead.

Direct TV Mas packages start as low as .99 per month for the first year of programming with the Basico package. Of course, Direct TV Mas offers packages that have premium movie channels as well, such as Lo Maximo. This package is similar to the Direct TV Premier bundle, an all inclusive deal with almost 300 channels.

 

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