DIRECTV STREAM Channels, Prices, and Plans

DIRECTV STREAM is a live TV streaming service that offers live TV through a streaming device without having to pay device fees with a cable box. It’s easily the best choice for watching sports teams in your local TV market. Read on to learn about DIRECTV STREAM prices, channels, and other features.

DIRECTV STREAM provides a 5-day free trial.

What Is DIRECTV STREAM

DIRECTV STREAM is a live TV streaming service that offers most of the channels you would receive through more traditional pay-TV services. DIRECTV STREAM includes access to local channels like ABC, NBC, Fox, CBS, PBS, and more, along with many popular channels found on cable. DIRECTV STREAM’s “Choice” plan also provides regional sports networks (RSNs) like Bally Sports and NBC Sports RSNs so you can watch your favorite hometown MLB, NHL, and NBA teams.

The service also provides streaming on-demand, a cloud DVR, and more. While DIRECTV STREAM offers customers its own streaming device, DIRECTV STREAM customers can watch on streaming devices like Roku, Fire TV, and more by downloading the DIRECTV app to their device. Furthermore you can simultaneously stream live TV on as many devices on your home network as you like with a single subscription, setting it apart from many other live TV Streaming Services. DIRECTV STREAM recommends an internet connection speed of at least 8 Mbps per stream for optimal viewing. To watch DIRECTV STREAM on three devices at once, 24 Mbps is recommended.

How Much is DIRECTV STREAM

The prices in the table below show the regular price of DIRECTV STREAM plans. Currenlty, DIRECTV STREAM provides a $10 per month discount for the first 3 months of service. You can also lock in a discounted price in for 24 months if you opt to sign up for a 2 year contract. However, a contract isn’t required.

DIRECTV STREAM Plans and Prices

Plans and prices are shown in the table below. You can try any of these plans by signing up here. There is no contract for the pricing shown below.

How Does DIRECTV STREAM Work

DIRECTV STREAM is a service option from the DIRECTV that allows you to sign up and use DIRECTV through the internet without Instead needing a Satallite Dish and receiver, you simply download the DIRECTV App to a supported device like Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, etc. log in with your account and you have access to live TV. The steps are:

1. Sign Up for DIRECTV STREAM
2. On your DIRECTV supported streaming device, download the DIRECTV App
3. Open the DIRECTV app and log in with the credentials from step 1
4. Start Watching Live TV through the DIRECTV app. You can also watch avaialble shows on-demand.

While a DIRECTV STEAM account provides access to DIRECTV via the Internet, existing DIRECTV Satalite customers can also log into the DIRECTV app and watch their service.

DIRECTV STREAM offers 4 subscription plans to new customers. The “Entertainment” Package is $74.99 per month for 75+ channels like ESPN, HGTV, Nickelodeon, and more. Priced at $99.99 per month, the “Choice” package offers most of what is available in the “Entertainment” package while increasing the number of channels to over 105 and adding Regional Sports Networks. DIRECTV STREAM also offers the “Ultimate Package” with 140+ channels for $109.99 per month. There is also a “Premier Package,” which adds HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, and Starz for $154.99 per month.

Each plan allows you to stream on an unlimited number of devices in the home simultaneously and three devices outside the home. All plans also come with unlimited DVR storage as long as the content is watched within nine months. You can try any of these plans by signing up here.

DIRECTV STREAM Free Trial

DIRECTV STREAM has a 5-day free trial period. If you cancel within the trial period, you will not be charged.

Stream on Unlimited Devices Simultaneously

Yes. You read that correctly. Any DIRECTV STREAM plan will allow you to stream any number of devices inside the home. However, DIRECTV STREAM subscribers can only watch a maximum of three devices on the go.

There are some exceptions. Some channels will only allow a maximum of 3 simultaneous streams. It doesn’t matter if you are on the go or at home. The following channels will only allow a maximum of 3 simultaneous streams:

• Fox channels: Big Ten Network, Fox News, Fox Business, FS1, FS2, Fox Deportes, and Fox local channels
• STARZ^®
• NHL Network

DIRECTV STREAM DVR

All DIRECTV STREAM plans come with unlimited DVR storage as long as the content is watched within 9 months. Recordings are automatically deleted after 9 months.

Using DIRECTV STREAM In Multiple Locations

DIRECTV STREAM is one of the best live TV streaming services for households with many devices, as it allows subscribers to stream to an unlimited number of devices as long as they are on the home network. In addition, a single DIRECTV STREAM subscription allows you to stream up to three devices outside the home network. However, only 2 of those streams outside the home network can connect to a TV. There is still a third stream of the network available, but it would need to be on a mobile device.

So, YES, you can use your DIRECTV STREAM subscription to stream in multiple locations, but only 2 of those off-home-network streams can be on a Smart TV or TV streaming device like Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, etc.

DIRECTV STREAM Device Support

While you can sign up for a 2 year agreement and receive an included DIRECTV Gemini device, you can also use any of the supported devices in the list below:

• Apple TV HD (4th generation)
• Apple TV 4K iPhone
• iPad running iOS 14 and later
• Google TV™ devices
• Chromecast with Google TV
• Android TV OS devices
• Devices with Chromecast built-in
• Smartphones and tablets running OS 7.1 and later
• Amazon Fire TV (2nd generation or higher)
• Amazon Fire TV Stick (2nd generation or higher)
• Amazon Fire TV Edition Smart TV (2nd generation and higher)
• Amazon Fire TV Cube
• Roku Streaming Stick® (3500X, 3600X, 3800X)
• Streaming Stick+ (3810X, 3811X)
• Roku Express (3700X, 3900X, 3930X)
• Express+ (3710X, 3910X, 3931X)
• Roku Premiere (3920X, 4620X)
• Premiere+ (3921X, 4630X)
• Roku Ultra (4640X, 4660X, 4661X, 4670X)
• Roku LT (2700X)
• Roku 1 SE (2710X)
• Roku 2 (2720X, 4210X)
• Roku 3 (4200X, 4230X)
• Roku 4 (4400X)
• Non-4K Roku TV (5000X, 8000X)
• 4K Roku TV (6000X, 7000X, A000X, C000X, C000GB)
• Roku Smart Soundbar (9100X)

DIRECTV STREAM Channels

DIRECTV STREAM offers 4 channels plans with no contract month-to-month pricing: Entertainment, Choice, Ultimate, and Premiere. We give a detailed listing of each of these plans below. All plans provide ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, PBS, MyTV, The CW, and Telemundo in most TV markets. You can use this link for details on your local channels. Just use the “Regional Sports & Local” tab on the page and you can see all the local channels available in your zip code.

Entertainment

Monthly Price: $74.99 (sign up here)

DIRECTV STREAM’s “Entertainment” package is a pretty good channel value even at $74.99 per month. It includes the following channels:

(Ion, The CW, MyTV, PBS, Bounce where available)

• ABC
• NBC
• CBS
• Fox
• A&E
• AccuWeather
• AMC
• Animal Planet
• AXS TV
• Baby TV
• BBC America
• BET
• Black News Channel
• Bloomberg News
• Boomerang
• Bravo
• C-SPAN
• C-SPAN2
• Cartoon Network
• CMT
• CNBC
• CNN
• CNN En Español
• CNN International
• Comedy Central
• COZI TV
• Discovery Channel
• Disney Channel
• Disney Junior
• Disney XD
• E!
• ESPN
• ESPN2
• Food Network
• Fox Business
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• FS1
• Freeform
• FX
• FXX
• Galavisión
• GEM Shopping Network
• Grit
• Hallmark Channel
• Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
• HGTV
• HISTORY Channel
• HLN
• Home Shopping Network
• IFC
• Investigation Discovery
• Lifetime
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• MSNBC
• MTV
• MTV2
• National Geographic
• Nickelodeon
• OANN
• Paramount Network
• QVC
• Reelz
• Revolt
• RFD-TV
• Sundance TV
• Syfy
• TBS
• TCM
• TeenNick
• TLC
• TNT
• truTV
• TV Land
• Univision
• USA
• VH1
• Viceland
• WE tv

Choice Package

Monthly Price: $99.99 (sign up here)

The Choice plan adds regional sports networks, along with more sports and entertainment. Some of the channels you get with Choice but not the Entertainment plan are:

• ACCN
• AWE
• BTN
• Cheddar
• CleoTV
• CNBC World
• Comedy TV
• Cooking Channel
• ESPNEWS
• ESPNU
• Fuse
• Game Show Network
• Justice Central
• MLB Network
• NBA TV
• Nick Jr.
• Nicktoons
• Ovation
• OWN
• POP
• Science
• SEC Network
• Tastemade
• Tennis Channel HD
• The Weather Channel
• Travel Channel
• TV One
• TVG
• UniMás
• UPtv
• WGN America

Regional Sports Networks

DIRECTV STREAM offers nearly every regional sports network available. If you live within the broadcast area of any of the following regional sports networks, you will also receive those with the “Choice” and higher packages:

• Altitude
• AT&T SportsNet Southwest
• AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh
• AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain
• Bally Sports Arizona
• Bally Sports Detroit
• Bally Sports Florida
• Bally Sports Great Lakes
• Bally Sports Indiana
• Bally Sports Kansas City
• Bally Sports Midwest
• Bally Sports New Orleans
• Bally Sports North
• Bally Sports Ohio
• Bally Sports Oklahoma
• Bally Sports San Diego
• Bally Sports SoCal
• Bally Sports South
• Bally Sports Southeast
• Bally Sports Southwest
• Bally Sports Sun
• Bally Sports West
• Bally Sports Wisconsin
• Marquee Sports Network
• The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN)
• MSG Network
• NBC Sports Bay Area
• NBC Sports California
• NBC Sports Chicago
• New England Sports Network
• Root Sports Northwest
• Spectrum Sports
• SportsNet New York
• YES Network

Note: Fox Regional Sports Networks have been rebranded as Bally Sports. Most RSNs have kept the regional part of their name. For example, “Fox Sports West” is now “Bally Sports West.” However, two Fox RSNs were merged into existing networks. Fox Sports Tennessee was merged into “Bally Sports South,” and “Fox Sports Carolinas” was merged into “Bally Sports Southeast.” Also, “Fox Sports Prime Ticket” is now “Bally Sports SoCal.”

Ultimate

Monthly Price: $109.99 (sign up here)

The Ultimate package offers the channels in the Choice and Entertainment package (including regional sports) but also adds the following channels:

• American Heroes Channel
• Aspire
• BBC World News
• BET Her
• CBS Sports Network
• Destination America
• Discovery Family Channel
• Discovery Life
• DIY Network
• FM
• FS2
• FX Movie Channel
• fyi
• Golf Channel
• GAC Family
• Lifetime Movie Network
• Logo HD
• MTV Classic
• Nat Geo WILD
• NHL Network
• Oxygen
• Smithsonian Channel
• Sportsman Channel
• TUDN
• Universal Kids
• UNIVERSO

Premier

Monthly Price: $154.99 (sign up here)

The premier service provides all channels in Entertainment, Choice, and Ultimate and includes HBO, Starz, Cinemax, Showtime, and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. There aren’t many circumstances I would opt for this plan. It’s costly, and you can subscribe to these channels individually ( Except for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries). See the articles below for more information.

• How To Watch Starz
• How To Watch Showtime
• How to Watch HBO

Channel Comparison of DIRECTV STREAM Plans

The table below compares all DIRECTV STREAM channel packages that have no contract pricing. While not shown in the table, all plans offer ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, MyTV, PBS The CW, and Telemundo in most TV markets. We do our best to track channels but the most up-to-date information will be on DIRECTV STREAM’s Website.

“+” = avialable through an add-on package

Canceling DIRECTV STREAM

If you want to cancel DIRECTV STREAM, sign into your account and go to “Manage my TV Subscription,” Choose Cancel my subscription and follow the prompts. Once canceled, you will still have access to DIRECTV STREAM through the end of your monthly billing cycle. If you cancel your DIRECTV STREAM service for any reason within the free trial period, you won’t be charged for your first month of service. If you cancel after the free trial period, you will be charged for the first 30 days of service.

If you choose to sign up with a 2-year agreement, you can cancel within your first 14 days of service and receive a full refund. However, if you cancel after 14 days of signing up with a contract agreement, you will have to pay an early termination fee. If you didn’t opt for a contract when signing up, you can cancel at any time without penalty.