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. The service includes access to local channels like ABC, NBC, Fox, CBS, PBS, and more, along with many popular channels found on cable. 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. It’s essentially a way to watch live TV online without needing cable. 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 STREAM app to their device. 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
DIRECTV STREAM offers 4 subscription plans to new customers. The “Entertainment” Package is $74.99 per month for 65+ 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 90 and adding Regional Sports Networks. DIRECTV STREAM also offers the “Ultimate Package” with 130+ channels for $109.99 per month. There is also a “Premier Package,” which adds HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, and Starz for $154.99 per month.
You can try any of these plans by signing up here.
Does DIRECTV STREAM Have a Free Trial
Yes! DIRECTV STREAM has a 5-day free trial period. If you cancel within the trial period you will not be charged.
DIRECTV STREAM Plans and Prices
Plans and prices are shown in the table below. Each plan allows you to stream on up to 20 devices at once and comes with unlimited DVR storage as long as the content is watched within 9 months. You can opt for unlimited DVR storage for an additional $10 per month. The Choice Package and above come with 1 year of HBO Max. You can try any of these plans by signing up here. There is no contract for the pricing shown below.
No Contract Pricing
| Entertainment | Choice | Ultimate | Premier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $74.99 | $99.99 | $109.99 | $154.99 |
| Channels | 75+ | 105+ | 140+ | 150+ |
| Num. of Streams | unlimited* | unlimited* | unlimited* | unlimited* |
| DVR | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
| HBO Max | No | No | No | Included |
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.
DIRECTV STREAM Device Support
While you can pay $5 a month for a DIRECTV STREAM branded streaming device, you can save some money by using supported devices in the list below:
- Amazon Fire TV, Fire Stick, And Fire Cube
- Android Phones and tablets
- Apple TV
- iPads and iPhones
- Chromecast
- Roku and Roku TV
- Samsung Smart TV
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 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.
DIRECTV STREAM Channel Comparison
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.
| Channel | Entertainment | Choice | Ultimate | Premier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A&E | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ACCN | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| AccuWeather | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ActionMAX | ✔ | |||
| AMC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| AHC | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Animal Planet | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Aspire | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| AWE | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| AXS TV | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Baby First HD | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| BBC America | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| BBC World News | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| BET | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| BET Her | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Black News Channel | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Bloomberg TV | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Boomerang | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Bravo | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| BTN | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| C-SPAN | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| C-SPAN2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Cartoon Network | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CBS Sports Network | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Cheddar | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Cinemax | ✔ | |||
| CleoTV | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| CMT | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CNBC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CNBC World | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| CNN | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CNN En Español | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CNNi | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Comedy Central | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Comedy TV | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Cooking Channel | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Destination America | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Discovery | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Discovery Family | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Discovery Life | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Disney Channel | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Disney Junior | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Disney XD | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| DIY Network | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| E! | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ESPN | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ESPN2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ESPNEWS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| ESPNU | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| FM | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Food Network | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fox Business | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fox News | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Freeform | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| FS 1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| FS2 | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Fuse | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| FX | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| FXM | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| FXX | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| fyi | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Galavisión | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| GSN | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| GEM Shopping Network | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Golf Channel | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Great American Country | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Hallmark Channel | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Hallmark Movies & Mysteries | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| HBO | ✔ | |||
| HGTV | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| HISTORY | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| HLN | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| HSN | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| IFC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Investigation Discovery | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Justice Central | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Lifetime | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Lifetime Movie Network | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Logo HD | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| MLB Network | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Motor Trend | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| MSNBC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| MTV | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| MTV Classic | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| MTV2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Nat Geo WILD | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| National Geographic Channel | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| NBA TV | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| NHL Network | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Nick Jr. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Nickelodeon | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Nicktoons | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| One America News Network | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Ovation | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| OWN | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Oxygen | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Paramount TV | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| POP | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| QVC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| QVC 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Reelz | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Revolt | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| RFD-TV | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Science | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| SEC Network | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Showtime | ✔ | |||
| Smithsonian Channel | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Sportsman Channel | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| STARZ | ✔ | |||
| SundanceTV | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Syfy | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Tastemade | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| TBS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| TCM | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| TeenNick | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Tennis Channel HD | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| The Weather Channel | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| TLC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| TNT | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Travel Channel | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| truTV | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| TUDN | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| TV Land | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| TV One | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| TVG | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| UniMás | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Universal Kids | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| UNIVERSO | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Univision | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| UPtv | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| USA Network | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| VH1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| VICE | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| WE tv | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| WGN America | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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