DIRECTV to Hold Free Preview of a Premium Channel This Weekend

By Phillip Swann
The TV Answer Man – @tvanswerman

DIRECTV this weekend will kick off a one-week free preview of MGM+ and the company’s Movies Extra Pack plan. The preview, which will run from Saturday, June 24 through Friday, June 30, will be available on both DIRECTV and DIRECTV Stream.

MGM+, which normally costs $5.99 a month, includes such recent first-run movies as Babylon, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, 80 For Brady, Women Talking and Top Gun: Maverick as well as original series such as From, A Spy Among Friends, Rogue Heroes, Godfather of Harlem and Amityville: An Origin Story.

The DIRECTV Movies Extra Pack, which normally costs $5 a month, features the following channels:

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Hallmark Drama
Sony Movies
HDNET Movies
Smithsonian Channel

Crime & Investigation
MTV Live
ShortsTV
Plus INSP on DIRECTV via Internet and DIRECTV Stream

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— Phillip Swann
@tvanswerman