AT&T TV is one of the top choices of live streaming service when it comes to channel selection. When you factor in the number of regional sports networks available on AT&T TV, 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, and more, along with many popular channels found on cable. Read on to learn about AT&T TV prices, channels, and other features.
What is AT&T TV
AT&T TV is a live TV streaming service from AT&T 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 steaming on-demand, a cloud DVR, and more. Previously AT&T TV customers had to use AT&T’s own streaming device to use the service. However, now AT&T TV customers can watch on streaming devices like Roku, Fire TV, and more by downloading the AT&T TV app to their device. AT&T recommends an internet connection speed of at least 8 Mbps per stream for optimal viewing. To watch AT&T TV on three devices at once, 24 Mbps is recommended.
How Much is AT&T TV
AT&T TV offers 4 subscription plans to new customers. The “Entertainment” Package is $69.99 per month for 65+ channels like ESPN, HGTV, Nickelodeon, and more. Priced at $84.99 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. AT&T TV also offers the “Ultimate Package” with 130+ channels for $94.99 per month. There is also a “Premier Package” which adds HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, and Starz for $139.99 per month.
You can try any of these plans by signing up here.
Does AT&T TV Have a Free Trial
Yes! AT&T has a 14-day free trial period. However, it isn’t advertised on their website. When signing up if you read the “AT&T TV Offer Details” agreement it reads “Once you’ve canceled, you can access AT&T TV through the remaining monthly period. New customers who cancel service in the first 14 days will receive a full refund.” So while you do pay upfront, just cancel service within the first 14 days and you will not be charged. The image below shows the exact wording from AT&T TV’s website on the 14-day trial period.
AT&T TV 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 20 hours of DVR storage. 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 and 1 year of 2020-21 NBA League Pass Premium. 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 | $69.99 | $84.99 | $94.99 | $139.99 |
| Channels | 65+ | 90+ | 130+ | 140+ |
| Num. of Streams | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| DVR | 20 hrs | 20 hrs | 20 hrs | 20 hrs |
| HBO Max | No | 1-Year | 1-Year | 1-Year |
| NBA League Pass | No | 1-Year | 1-Year | 1-Year |
Stream Up to 20 Devices Simultaneously
Yes. You read that correctly. Any AT&T TV plan will allow you to stream any channel to 20 devices. However, AT&T subscribers can only watch a maximum of three devices on the go. For example, if 3 of your household members are away from your home network and watching AT&T TV, then you can have 17 devices on your home network watching AT&T TV.
There are some exceptions. Some channels will only allow a maximum of 3 simultaneous streams. If 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
- SHOWTIME®
AT&T TV DVR
All AT&T TV plans come with 20 hours of storage on a cloud based DVR to record shows. Recordings are automatically deleted after 90 days. If you set a series to record, a maximum of 30 episodes will save to the cloud. Once that limit is reached the oldest episodes will automatically delete first. For an additional $10 per month you can upgrade to the unlimited DVR which removes the 20 hour limitation. However, recordings still delete after 90 days, and you can only 30 episodes saved in the same series.
You Can Opt For a 2-Year Contract
There is an option to lock yourself into a two-year contract. However, there doesn’t appear to be a benefit to lock you in for 2 years. The promo pricing looks appealing for the first year, but there is a significant jump in price for year two. Furthermore, if you have the “Choice” plan or higher, you are hit with a Regional Sports fee of over $8 a month.
Also, when you opt for the 2-Year contract, AT&T will throw in the unlimited DVR upgrade. They also include 1 AT&T TV streaming device. However, you are not required to use it. Adding to the confusion, AT&T TV has taken the “Ultimate” package channel line up and called it “Xtra.” To confuse you even further, there is a 2-year contract channel package called “Ultimate,” but it’s the same channels in Xtra with the addition of Starz, Encore, and TUDN. The table below will show you the true cost per month of AT&T TV with the 2-year contract for the thee most affordable channel packages.
| Entertainment | Choice | Xtra (Ultimate) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Year | $59.99/mo | $64.99/mo | $74.99/mo |
| 2nd Year | $93/mo | $110/mo | $124/mo |
| RSN Fee | None | $8.49/mo | $8.49/mo |
| True Cost With Contract | $76.50/mo | $95.99/mo | $107.99/mo |
| No Contract Price + DVR upgrade | $79.99/mo | $94.99/Mo | $104.99/mo |
When you factor in the cost of carrying AT&T TV with no contract and the DVR upgrade, you save a few bucks a month with the “Entertainment” plans, but other plans actually cost a few dollars more per month. The only benefit I see to taking the contract is protecting yourself from a price increase in the future. If the costs of AT&T TV goes up next year, you will still have your locked-in contract price. However, if you didn’t take the contract and the price increases, you can drop AT&T TV and try another live streaming service. I can’t see a reason to take the 2-year contract.
AT&T TV Device Support
While you can pay $5 a month for an AT&T TV 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
AT&T TV Channels
AT&T TV 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 do provide ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, MyTV, The CW, and Telemundo in most TV markets. Check this link for details on your local channels.
Entertainment
Monthly Price: $69.99 (sign up here)
AT&T TV’s “Entertainment” package is a pretty good channel value even at $69.99 per month. It includes the following channels:
- 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
- Discovery Channel
- Disney Channel
- Disney Junior
- Disney XD
- E!
- ESPN
- ESPN2
- Food Network
- Fox Business
- Fox News
- FS1
- Freeform
- FX
- FXX
- Galavisión
- GEM Shopping Network
- Hallmark Channel
- Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
- HGTV
- HISTORY Channel
- HLN
- Home Shopping Network
- IFC
- Investigation Discovery
- Lifetime
- MotorTrend
- MSNBC
- MTV
- MTV2
- National Geographic
- NBCSN
- 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: $84.99 (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
AT&T TV 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 Kansas City
- Bally Sports Midwest
- Bally Sports North
- Bally Sports Ohio
- Bally Sports San Diego
- 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: $94.99 (sign up here)
The Ultimate package offers the channels in 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
- Great American Country
- Lifetime Movie Network
- Logo HD
- MTV Classic
- Nat Geo WILD
- NHL Network
- Olympic Channel
- Oxygen
- Smithsonian Channel
- Sportsman Channel
- TUDN
- Universal Kids
- UNIVERSO
Premier
Monthly Price: $139.99 (sign up here)
The premier service provides all channels in Entertainment, Choice, and Ultimate but also includes HBO, Starz, Cinemax, Showtime, and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. There aren’t many circumstances I would opt for this plan. It’s extremely expensive, and you can subscribe to these channels individually ( With the exception of Hallmark Movies & Mysteries). See the articles below for more information.
AT&T TV Channel Comparison
The table below compares all AT&T TV channel packages that have no contract pricing. While not shown in the table, all plans offers ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, MyTV, The CW, and Telemundo in most TV markets.
| 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 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| NBC Sports Network | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| NHL Network | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Nick Jr. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Nickelodeon | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Nicktoons | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Olympic Channel | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| 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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