Hulu vs. YouTube TV vs. Sling TV vs. AT&T TV Now vs. extra: Channel lineups in contrast
Cable TV could be costly, and for those who determine that it is now not
Cable TV could be costly, and for those who determine that it is now not price the fee, there are many different choices to entry your favourite channels. Plus, chopping the wire has some main perks. Dwell TV streaming providers provide a a lot wider number of channels than an antenna would, and you’ll stream in your telephone or pc, too.
Six main providers can be found immediately: AT&T’s DirecTV Stream (previously AT&T TV, AT&T TV Now and DirecTV Now), Google’s YouTube TV, Disney’s Hulu Plus Dwell TV, Dish Community’s Sling TV, FuboTV and Philo. Our full live-TV streaming information has all the main points about costs and options of the assorted providers, however actually, it is all concerning the channels.
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The Large Chart: High 100 Channels In contrast (Up to date February 2022)
The primary distinction between the providers is their channel lineups. All of them provide totally different slates of channels for varied costs.
Beneath you may discover a chart that exhibits the highest 100 channels throughout all six providers. There are literally seven listed as a result of Sling TV has two totally different “base” tiers, Orange and Blue. And for those who’re questioning, I selected which “prime” channels made the minimize. Sorry, AXS TV, Discovery Life, GSN and Common HD. The newest additions to the listing are the Olympics Channel, which replaces the now-defunct NBC Sports activities Community, and Magnolia Community, which displays DIY’s rebrand.
The previous yr has been very busy for dwell TV streaming. December had YouTube TV locked in a carriage dispute with Disney and 18 channels have been blacked out for at some point, however all have been restored. In November DirecTV Stream launched its first PBS channels and YouTube TV added the Hallmark community (simply in time for the vacations) whereas in October YouTube TV renewed a deal to maintain NBC channels. These modifications are mirrored within the chart beneath the place relevant.
Hulu Plus Dwell TV elevated its value by $5 — and threw in Disney Plus and ESPN Plus. It additionally added OWN to its channel lineup in 2022.
Some extra stuff to know concerning the chart:
- Sure = The channel is accessible on the most affordable pricing tier. That value is listed subsequent to the service’s title.
- No = The channel is not out there in any respect on that service.
- $ = The channel is accessible for an additional charge, both a la carte or as a part of a dearer bundle or add-on.
- Regional sports activities networks — native channels dedicated to exhibiting regular-season video games of explicit professional baseball, basketball and hockey groups — should not listed. DirecTV Stream’s $85 tier has probably the most RSNs by far, however a couple of can be found on different providers. See our NBA and NHL streaming guides for particulars.
- Native ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, MyNetworkTV and The CW networks should not out there in each metropolis. Since availability of those channels varies, you may wish to examine the service’s web site to ensure it carries your native community.
- Native PBS stations are solely at present out there on YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream. Once more you may wish to examine native availability.
- Fubo subscribers might discover that the ACC Community and SEC Community are included with their fundamental bundle at no additional price. Test availability on your state.
- The chart columns are organized so as of value, so if you cannot see every thing you need, strive scrolling proper.
- Overwhelmed? A neater-to-understand Google Spreadsheet is right here.
PHILO VS. SLING TV VS. FUBO VS. YOUTUBE TV VS. HULU VS. DIRECTV STREAM: High 100 channels in contrast
| Channel | Philo ($25) | Sling Orange ($35) | Sling Blue ($35) | YouTube TV ($65) | FuboTV ($65) | Hulu with Dwell TV ($70) | DirecTV Stream ($70) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole channels: | 42 | 25 | 36 | 79 | 59 | 73 | 62 |
| ABC | No | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| CBS | No | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| Fox | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| NBC | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| PBS | No | No | No | Sure | No | No | Sure |
| CW | No | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| MyNetworkTV | No | No | No | Sure | No | Sure | Sure |
| Channel | Philo ($25) | Sling Orange ($35) | Sling Blue ($35) | YouTube TV ($65) | FuboTV ($65) | Hulu with Dwell TV ($70) | DirecTV Stream ($70) |
| A&E | Sure | Sure | Sure | No | No | Sure | Sure |
| ACC Community | No | $ | No | Sure | $ | Sure | $ |
| Accuweather | Sure | No | No | No | Sure | No | Sure |
| AMC | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | No | Sure |
| Animal Planet | Sure | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| BBC America | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | No | Sure |
| BBC World Information | Sure | $ | $ | Sure | $ | No | $ |
| BET | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| Large Ten Community | No | No | $ | Sure | Sure | Sure | $ |
| Bloomberg TV | Sure | Sure | Sure | No | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| Boomerang | No | $ | $ | No | No | Sure | Sure |
| Bravo | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| Channel | Philo ($25) | Sling Orange ($35) | Sling Blue ($35) | YouTube TV ($65) | FuboTV ($65) | Hulu with Dwell TV ($70) | DirecTV Stream ($70) |
| Cartoon Community | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | No | Sure | Sure |
| CBS Sports activities Community | No | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | $ |
| Cheddar | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | $ |
| Cinemax | No | No | No | $ | No | $ | $ |
| CMT | Sure | $ | $ | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| CNBC | No | No | $ | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| CNN | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | No | Sure | Sure |
| Comedy Central | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| Cooking Channel | Sure | $ | $ | No | $ | $ | $ |
| Vacation spot America | Sure | $ | $ | No | $ | $ | $ |
| Discovery Channel | Sure | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| Disney Channel | No | Sure | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| Disney Junior | No | $ | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| Disney XD | No | $ | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| E! | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| EPIX | $ | $ | $ | $ | No | No | $ |
| ESPN | No | Sure | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| ESPN 2 | No | Sure | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| ESPNEWS | No | $ | No | Sure | $ | Sure | $ |
| ESPNU | No | $ | No | Sure | $ | Sure | $ |
| Channel | Philo ($25) | Sling Orange ($35) | Sling Blue ($35) | YouTube TV ($65) | FuboTV ($65) | Hulu with Dwell TV ($70) | DirecTV Stream ($70) |
| Meals Community | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| Fox Enterprise | No | No | $ | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| Fox Information | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| FS1 | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| FS2 | No | No | $ | Sure | Sure | Sure | $ |
| Freeform | No | Sure | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| FX | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| FX Motion pictures | No | No | $ | Sure | $ | Sure | $ |
| FXX | No | No | $ | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| FYI | Sure | $ | $ | No | No | Sure | $ |
| Golf Channel | No | No | $ | Sure | Sure | Sure | $ |
| Hallmark | Sure | $ | $ | Sure | Sure | No | Sure |
| HBO/HBO Max | No | No | No | $ | No | $ | $ |
| HGTV | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| Historical past | Sure | Sure | Sure | No | No | Sure | Sure |
| HLN | No | $ | Sure | Sure | No | Sure | Sure |
| IFC | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | No | Sure |
| Investigation Discovery | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| Lifetime | Sure | Sure | Sure | No | No | Sure | Sure |
| Lifetime Film Community | Sure | $ | $ | No | No | Sure | $ |
| Channel | Philo ($25) | Sling Orange ($35) | Sling Blue ($35) | YouTube TV ($65) | FuboTV ($65) | Hulu with Dwell TV ($70) | DirecTV Stream ($70) |
| Magnolia Community (previously DIY) | Sure | $ | $ | No | $ | $ | $ |
| MLB Community | No | $ | $ | Sure | $ | No | $ |
| Motor Pattern | Sure | Sure | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| MSNBC | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| MTV | Sure | $ | $ | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| MTV2 | Sure | $ | $ | Sure | $ | $ | Sure |
| Nationwide Geographic | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| Nat Geo Wild | No | No | $ | Sure | $ | Sure | $ |
| NBA TV | No | $ | $ | Sure | $ | No | $ |
| NFL Community | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | No |
| NFL Pink Zone | No | No | $ | $ | $ | $ | No |
| NHL Community | No | $ | $ | No | $ | No | $ |
| Nickelodeon | Sure | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| Nick Jr. | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | $ |
| Nicktoons | Sure | $ | $ | Sure | $ | $ | $ |
| Olympic Channel | No | No | $ | Sure | Sure | Sure | $ |
| OWN | Sure | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | $ |
| Oxygen | No | No | $ | Sure | Sure | Sure | $ |
| Paramount Community | Sure | $ | $ | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| Science | Sure | $ | $ | No | $ | $ | $ |
| Channel | Philo ($25) | Sling Orange ($35) | Sling Blue ($35) | YouTube TV ($65) | FuboTV ($65) | Hulu with Dwell TV ($70) | DirecTV Stream ($70) |
| SEC Community | No | $ | No | Sure | $ | Sure | $ |
| Showtime | No | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
| Smithsonian | No | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | $ |
| Starz | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
| Sundance TV | Sure | $ | $ | Sure | Sure | No | Sure |
| Syfy | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| Tastemade | Sure | $ | $ | Sure | Sure | No | $ |
| TBS | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | No | Sure | Sure |
| TCM | No | $ | $ | Sure | No | Sure | Sure |
| TeenNick | Sure | $ | $ | Sure | $ | $ | Sure |
| Telemundo | No | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | $ |
| Tennis Channel | No | $ | $ | No | $ | No | $ |
| TLC | Sure | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| TNT | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | No | Sure | Sure |
| Journey Channel | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | $ |
| TruTV | No | $ | Sure | Sure | No | Sure | Sure |
| TV Land | Sure | $ | $ | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| USA Community | No | No | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| VH1 | Sure | $ | $ | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| Vice | Sure | Sure | Sure | No | No | Sure | Sure |
| WE television | Sure | $ | $ | Sure | Sure | No | Sure |
| Channel | Philo ($25) | Sling Orange ($35) | Sling Blue ($35) | YouTube TV ($65) | FuboTV ($65) | Hulu with Dwell TV ($70) | DirecTV Stream ($70) |
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With a wonderful channel choice, easy-to-use interface and best-in-class cloud DVR, at $65 per thirty days, YouTube TV is the perfect cable TV alternative. It presents a $20 4K improve, however the draw back is there is not a lot to observe at current except you watch choose channels. After YouTube TV’s carriage dispute with Disney resulted in a one-day blackout of 18 channels, they reached a brand new settlement to revive entry for purchasers. In the event you do not thoughts paying a bit greater than the Sling TVs of the world, or wish to watch dwell NBA video games, YouTube TV presents the best commonplace of dwell TV streaming. Learn our YouTube TV assessment.
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With a collection of value hikes has come a variety of further channels, together with entry to Disney Plus and ESPN Plus included within the new $70 value. However regardless of all that, Hulu Plus Dwell TV continues to be second banana to our prime dwell TV streaming premium decide, YouTube TV. Its channel choice nonetheless is not as strong as YouTube TV and FuboTV, but it is Hulu’s vital catalog of on-demand content material which units it aside. Unique titles corresponding to The Handmaid’s Story, Pam and Tommy and Solely Murders within the Constructing give it a content material benefit no different service can match. Its DVR lags behind opponents, nonetheless, and you will nonetheless should pay one other $10 a month to skip commercials on Hulu’s cloud DVR (the bottom cloud DVR, which is included, would not allow skipping adverts). In brief YouTube TV is a greater TV streaming service selection than Hulu Dwell TV and prices $5 much less besides.
High channels not out there: AMC, BBC America, MLB Community, NBA TV.
Learn our Hulu Plus Dwell TV assessment.
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If you wish to save a bit of cash, and do not thoughts lacking out on native channels, then Sling TV is the perfect of the finances providers. Its Orange and Blue packages go for $35 per thirty days, and you’ll mix them for a month-to-month fee of $50. It is not as complete or as straightforward to navigate as YouTube however with a bit of labor, together with including an antenna or an AirTV 2 DVR, it is an unbeatable worth. Learn our Sling TV assessment.
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Now on its fourth title in three years, DirecTV Stream ties for most costly at $70 (the opposite is Hulu Plus Dwell TV). The service does have its pluses, although — for instance, it consists of the flipper-friendly potential to swipe left and proper to alter channels. Moreover it consists of some channels the opposite providers cannot, together with practically 250 PBS stations nationwide. For cord-cutters who wish to observe their native NBA or MLB staff, DirecTV Stream’s $90 Selection bundle is our dwell TV streaming decide as a result of it has entry to extra regional sports activities networks than the competitors. Though you may wish to be certain your channel is included, and never out there on one in every of our most well-liked picks, earlier than you pony up.
High channels not out there in base bundle: MLB Community, NFL Community, Journey Channel. Learn our DirecTV Stream assessment.
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There’s lots to love about FuboTV — it presents a big selection of channels and its sports activities focus makes it particularly engaging to soccer followers or NBA, NHL and MLB followers who dwell in an space served by one in every of FuBoTV’s RSNs. It is also an important selection for NFL followers because it’s one in every of three providers, alongside YouTube TV and Hulu, with NFL Community and non-compulsory RedZone. The largest gap in Fubo’s lineup is the shortage of Turner networks, together with CNN, TNT and TBS — particularly because the latter two carry loads of sports activities content material, specifically NBA, NHL and MLB. These lacking channels, and the identical $65 price ticket, makes it much less engaging than YouTube TV for many viewers.
High channels not out there in base bundle: Cartoon Community, CNN, MLB Community, TBS, TNT, TruTV. Learn our FuboTV assessment.
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At $25 Philo continues to be an inexpensive dwell TV streaming service with quite a lot of channels, however it lacks sports activities channels, native stations and big-name information networks — though Cheddar and BBC information can be found. Philo presents bread-and-butter cable staples like AMC, Comedy Channel, Nickelodeon and Magnolia Community (previously DIY), and makes a speciality of way of life and actuality programming. It additionally features a cloud DVR and non-compulsory add-ons from Epix and Starz. We expect most individuals are higher off paying one other $10 for Sling TV’s superior service, but when Philo has each channel you need, it is a first rate deal. Learn our Philo assessment.