Are you curious about switching to a new live TV streaming service in the new year? We’re here to help. Below, we’re comparing the major players – DIRECTV, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, Philo, Sling TV, and YouTube TV. We’ll cover the channel lineups, packages and pricing, and additional features to help you decide which service is right for you.
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Packages and Prices Compared
Saving money is one of the top reasons many people choose to drop cable and switch to streaming. Find the service that fits in your budget.
Note: These are the regular prices for each service and do not account for promotions and discounts.
DIRECTV: Base Plan $89.99/Month
- Entertainment Plan: $89.99 for 90+ channels, including locals, ESPN Unlimited
- Choice Plan: $94.99 for 125+ channels, adds RSNs and specialty sports channels
- Ultimate Plan: $124.99 for 160+ channels, adds more sports and movie channels
Fubo: Base Plan $73.99/Month
- Sports + News Plan: $55.99 for pared down 23 channel lineup, including ESPN Unlimited, locals (except NBC), some sports & news
- Pro Plan: $73.99 for 212 channels, including ESPN Unlimited, locals (except NBC), most RSNs (except NBC Sports)
- Elite Plan: $83.99 for 276 channels, adds 4K streaming
- Latino Plan: $14.99 for 55 channels, including Spanish-language channels
Hulu + Live TV: Base Plan $89.99/Month
- Base Plan: $89.99 for 95+ channels, including locals, Disney+, ESPN Select, Hulu Originals
Philo: Base Plan $33/Month
- Base Plan: $33 for 70+ channels including entertainment & lifestyle channels, HBO Max, Discovery+, AMC+
Sling TV: Base Plans $45.99/Month
- Select Plan: $19.99 for pared down 10+ channel lineup of sports & news channels
- Sling Orange Plan: $45.99 for 30+ channels for sports, news, and entertainment channels
- Sling Blue Plan: $45.99 for 40+ channels including sports, news, and entertainment channels, locals in some locations
- Sling Orange & Blue Plan: $60.99 for 50+ channels combining both base plans
YouTube TV: Base Plan $82.99/Month
- Base Plan: $82.99 for 100+ channels, including locals and sports, news, and entertainment channels
Channel Lineups Compared
Which channels are available on each service? We’re breaking it down, below.
Note: channel listings will vary based on which package you choose, add-ons you purchase, and your geographic location. Enter your zip code on the website for each service to see exactly which channels are available in your area. This chart does not include channels specific to certain locations, including most location-specific RSNs.
| DIRECTV | Fubo | Hulu + Live TV | Philo | Sling TV | YouTube TV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓* | ✓ | |
| CBS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| FOX | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓* | ✓ | |
| NBC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓* | ✓ | ||
| CW | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| A&E | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| AccuWeather | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| ACC Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| AMC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| American Heroes Channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Animal Planet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| AXS TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Baby TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| FanDuel Sports Networks | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| BBC America | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| DIRECTV | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | Sling TV | YouTube TV | |
| BBC World News | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| BeIN Sports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| BeIN Sports en Espanol | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| BET | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| BET Her | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| BET Jams | ✓ | |||||
| BET Soul | ✓ | |||||
| Big Ten Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Bloomberg Television | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Boomerang | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Bravo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Campus Insider | ✓ | |||||
| C-SPAN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Cartoon Network/Adult Swim | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CBS SportsNet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| DIRECTV | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | Sling TV | YouTube TV | |
| Cheddar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cheddar Big News | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Cinemax | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| CLEO TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| CMT | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CNBC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CNBC World | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| CNN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Comedy Central | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comedy TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Comet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Cooking Channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Cowboy Channel | ✓ | |||||
| Cozi TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Destination America | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| DIRECTV | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | Sling TV | YouTube TV | |
| Discovery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Discovery Family | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Discovery Life | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Disney Channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Disney Junior | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Disney XD | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Magnolia | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Duck TV | ✓ | |||||
| E! | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| El Rey Rebel | ✓ | |||||
| ESPN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ESPN2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ESPN Bases Loaded | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| ESPN Deportes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| ESPN Goal Line | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| DIRECTV | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | Sling TV | YouTube TV | |
| ESPNEWS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ESPNU | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Euronews | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| FanDuel RSNs | ✓* | ✓* | ||||
| Food Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Fox Business | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Fox Deportes | ✓ | |||||
| Fox News | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Fox Soccer Plus | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Fox Soul | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| France 24 | ✓ | |||||
| Freeform | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| FS1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| FS2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| fubo Sports Network | ✓ | |||||
| Fuse | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| DIRECTV | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | Sling TV | YouTube TV | |
| Fusion | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| FX | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| FX Movie Channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| FXX | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| FYI | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Galavision | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Golf Channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| getTV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Great American Country | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Great American Family | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GSN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hallmark Channels | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| HBO | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| HGTV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| History | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| DIRECTV | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | Sling TV | YouTube TV | |
| HLN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| IFC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Ion | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Investigation Discovery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Law & Crime Trial Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Lifetime | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lifetime Movies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Local Now | ✓ | |||||
| Logo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Marquee Sports Network | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| MAV TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| MeTV | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| MeTV Toons | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| MLB Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Monumental RSN | ✓* | ✓* | ✓* | |||
| Motortrend | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| DIRECTV | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | Sling TV | YouTube TV | |
| MSG/MSG+ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| MS Now | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| MTV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MTV2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MTV Classic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| MTV Live | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| MTV U | ✓ | |||||
| NatGeo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| NatGeo Wild | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| NBA TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| NBC Sports RSNs | ✓* | ✓* | ✓* | |||
| NDTV | ✓ | |||||
| NESN | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| News18 | ✓ | |||||
| Newsmax | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| DIRECTV | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | Sling TV | YouTube TV | |
| NFL Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| NFL RedZone | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| NHL Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Nick Jr. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nick Music | ✓ | |||||
| Nickelodeon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Nicktooons | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| OAN | ✓ | |||||
| Outdoor Channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Outside TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| OWN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Oxygen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| PAC-12 Network | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Paramount Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PBS | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| DIRECTV | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | Sling TV | YouTube TV | |
| People TV | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Pop | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Pursuit Channel | ✓ | |||||
| REELZ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Revolt | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| RFDTV | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Root Sports Northwest | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Science Channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| SEC Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Showtime | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Smithsonian | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| SNY | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Sony Movie Channel | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Speedvision | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Sportsman | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| DIRECTV | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | Sling TV | YouTube TV | |
| Stadium | ✓ | |||||
| Start TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Sundance TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| SyFy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Tastemade | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| TBS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| TeenNick | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Telemundo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Tennis Channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| TLC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| TNT | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Travel Channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| TruTV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| TUDN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Turner Classic Movies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| DIRECTV | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | Sling TV | YouTube TV | |
| TV Land | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| TVOne | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| UNIMAS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Universo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Univision | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| UPtv | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| USA Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| VH1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ViceTV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| WE tv | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Weather Channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| WeatherNation | ✓ | |||||
| Willow by Cricbuzz | ✓ | |||||
| YES Network | ✓* | ✓* |
*local channels available only in select locations
DVR Settings Compared
With included DVR, subscribers can record shows, movies, and sports events and watch later.
DIRECTV: Unlimited
- Unlimited DVR, recordings are saved for nine months before being removed
Fubo: Unlimited
- Unlimited DVR, recordings are saved for nine months before being removed
Hulu + Live TV: Unlimited
- Unlimited DVR, recordings are saved for nine months before being removed
Philo: Unlimited
- Unlimited DVR, recordings are saved for one year before being removed
Sling TV: 50 Hours Included
- 50 hours of DVR with the option to upgrade to Unlimited for $5/month
YouTube TV: Unlimited
- Unlimited DVR, recordings are saved for nine months before being removed
Simultaneous Streams Compared
Watch on multiple screens, allowing individual users in the household to watch their own shows and movies simultaneously
DIRECTV: Unlimited
- Unlimited streaming on compatible devices on the home network
- Up to three streams outside of the house
Fubo: 10 Streams
- Stream on up to 10 devices simultaneously when connected to your Home Network
- Stream on up to 3 additional devices outside the home
- With the Latino Plan, stream on up to 2 devices at the same time
Hulu + Live TV: 2 Streams Included
- Hulu subscribers are able to stream from two different screens at one time
- Upgrade to watch on unlimited screens on the home network and three outside the home for $9.99/month
Philo: 3 Streams
- You can stream on up to 3 devices at a time
Sling TV: 1-4 Streams
- Sling Orange subscribers can watch on 1 device at a time
- Sling Blue, Sling Select, Sling Latino or Sling Internationalsubscribers can watch on up to 3 devices at once
- Sling Orange & Blue subscribers can watch 1 Orange channel and up to 3 Blue channels at the same time
YouTube TV: 3 Streams
- Individuals and family group members can watch YouTube TV on up to three separate devices at the same time
