Russian TV as a Learning Tool?

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Dish Network offers up to four Russian language channels for roughly $15.00 each. I am a beginning Russian student and I am wondering how much benefit (if any) I would get from subscribing to one or more of these channels?

http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/programming/international/a_la_carte/index.shtml

Obviously I won't understand much at first, but would this have any benefit or simply be a waste of money? Any recommendation of which channel or channels I should select would be appreciated too.