DirectTV "not authorized" message?

Question

My brother is away on a business trip and since I'm finally in summer break I though I'd watch a couple of channels on his TV. I've seen him watching movies all the time, but when I turn the TV on, any channel beyond 35 or so just gives me a "pop-up" that says, "Not Authorized". How come? Is there anything I can do or did he cancel the service or something?

PS: I don't think he'd suspend the service, he's only gonna be gone for two days.

Answer 1

It's a channel that under his current subscription plan is not covered. SO he might have a very BASIC subscription that doesn't give him a whole lot of channels.