truTV is home to shows like Impractical Jokers, 101 Places To Party Before You Die, and Fast Foodies, which means this is where you'll find the funniest reality and lifestyle series. Since it's owned by Warner Bros. media, it also occasionally airs sports programs like NHL on TNT and NCAA coverages from its partner channels.
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Sling Blue is a live-tv bundle from cord-cutting alternative Sling, which is owned by the telecom provider Dish. It has many of the top 20 most watched national TV channels in the U.S. It costs $45.99/month but for markets with local channels, the streamer charges a mandatory extra $4/month for broadcasting fees.
Named the "best all-around streaming service for cord-cutters" by Rolling Stone, DIRECTV tries to be all the good things about cable without any of the hassle. It has a big selection of channels, possibly the best stream quality in the market, and great DVR capability. For example, unlike with competitor Youtube TV, your DVR recordings on DirecTV will be the same quality as the live stream (often in 4K). The service also comes with a decent monthly price tag, and Netflix-style practicality that allows you to stream Live TV from anywhere by downloading the app. Within your home, you can stream on up to 20 devices (!), and from outside your home you can stream on up to three devices.
The "Hulu + Live TV" plan mixes Hulu's exclusive offering of Originals with around 90 TV channels (the channels available depend on where you live). If you already have Hulu, getting the Live TV addition is usually cheaper than subscribing to another Live TV service. And if when you want to cancel the Live TV plan, you can click "cancel" on Hulu which will give you the option to keep the On-Demand part while canceling the Live TV.
This newcomer to cord-cutting quietly launched in April 2024. It's about 85 channels for $45, without any additional fees like a local channels surcharge, because there are simply no local channels. What you won't find either are sports channels. And some of the channels are Spectrum channels like Spectrum Originals and Spectrum News.
With Philo having a similar channel lineup but costing $12 less, you probably need a very good reason to go for Spectrum TV Stream. But, it's always nice to have another option.
Bilal Zouheir founded A Good Movie to Watch in 2014. Over the last decade, millions of people each year have used the site to decide what to watch and which service to subscribe to. He has covered every major shift in the US cord-cutting market. His goal is to help you find the best thing to watch, and then the best place to watch it.
Renee Cuisia is the lead curator at A Good Movie to Watch. She has reviewed more than 500 films and shows on the site since 2022, spanning every major US streaming service, and brings the editorial lens to our cord-cutting guides: which service is actually worth subscribing to based on what's in the catalog, not just the channel count.
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