You don't need a cable bill to keep watching Vice. Here's every way to stream it online, and how to do it for free.
Reviewed and updated July 2026 by our cord-cutting team · 10 options
Vice may be young, both in terms of establishment and tone, but it's already made a name for itself as a source of hard-hitting and fearless storytelling. Their reporters rarely sensationalize their stories, but they're also not afraid "to go there" as they touch on everything no matter what the subject and where the location.
You can watch Vice on Sling TV Blue, Sling TV Orange, Philo, Hulu with Live TV, Tubi, Sling Select, Spectrum TV Stream, Samsung TV Plus, or Local Now.
The cheapest option to watch Vice is Local Now for $0/month.
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Yes, with a free trial. Vice is on Hulu + Live TV, and you can watch it free for Hulu + Live TV's 3-day free trial. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing.
Out of all the streamers on the list, Hulu with Live TV would be the most expensive. However, the plan comes with all of Hulu’s on-demand content and a hundred channels, including Vice. If you already have Hulu, it’s a no brainer to add live TV this way.
It caps you at two simultaneous streams, the fewest of the big live-TV services; lifting that cap costs about $10 more a month.
Hulu + Live TV plans
Our breakdown of Hulu + Live TV →
Yes, with a free trial. Vice is on DIRECTV, and you can watch it free for DIRECTV's 5-day free trial. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing.
DIRECTV plans
Yes, with a free trial. Vice is on Philo, and you can watch it free for Philo's 7-day free trial. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing.
Out of all the paid streamers on the list, Philo offers the cheapest subscription. The price is kept low since there’s not much programming fees they have to pay for sports and local news they don’t have. But if you just want to watch Vice, you can stream it at around half the price of most subscriptions.
It carries no sports and no local channels, so it only covers entertainment and lifestyle networks.
Philo plans
No, not free. Sling TV carries Vice but has no free trial, so you pay from day one — at $45.99/mo it's the second-cheapest way to watch Vice on this list.
Not a sports or Disney fan? Instead of Orange, you can choose Sling Blue for more local news and entertainment channels, including Vice. There’s also the option of combining Orange and Blue into one subscription.
There's no ESPN on the Blue lineup, and local channels only come in a handful of markets.
Sling TV plans
No. Fubo doesn't carry Vice.
No. Paramount+ doesn't carry Vice.
No. Peacock doesn't carry Vice.
No. Frndly TV doesn't carry Vice.
No. YouTube TV doesn't carry Vice.
No. Disney+ only streams the Disney family (ABC, FX, Nat Geo, ESPN and the Disney kids channels), and Vice isn’t part of it. The best way to watch Vice without cable is Philo above (free-trial).
No. HBO Max only streams the Warner Bros. Discovery family (HBO, Discovery, HGTV, TNT, CNN and the rest), and Vice isn’t part of it. The best way to watch Vice without cable is Philo above (free-trial).
No. There’s no Prime Video Channels add-on for Vice, so Prime can’t stream it on demand or live. The best way to watch Vice without cable is Philo above (free-trial).
The honest way to watch Vice for free is a free trial, and the trick is not to spend them one at a time. Start one, then start the next when it ends, and you can string together a few weeks of free live TV back to back, usually enough to cover a tournament or a playoff run without paying for a month.
| Service | From | Free trial | Plans | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hulu + Live TV |
$82.99/mo | 3 days | 2 | Get it |
| DIRECTV |
$94.99/mo | 5 days | 4 | Get it |
| Philo |
$28/mo | 7 days | 1 | Get it |
| Sling TV |
$45.99/mo | None | 3 | Get it |
Vice and the US services that carry it are geo-locked to the United States, so your login stops working the moment you leave the country. A VPN fixes that: connect to a US server and the service sees a US address again. The catch is that streaming platforms actively block most VPN traffic, so the VPN you pick matters far more than the service does. These three reliably get back in:
A huge US server network (thousands of IPs across 15-plus cities) with SmartPlay DNS baked into every server, so streaming just works without extra setup. The best value of the top tier on a two-year plan.
Best for streaming Vice with: Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, Philo
Get NordVPN →The budget pick, and the one to get if the whole household travels: it allows unlimited simultaneous devices on one account, plus a Smart DNS for TVs. Reliable with the on-demand and lifestyle services.
Best for streaming Vice with: Hulu + Live TV, Philo
Get Surfshark →Whichever you pick, connect to a US city first, then sign in to Vice or the service that carries it as normal. Choose a VPN with a money-back window so you can confirm it un-blocks Vice before you commit.
No. Vice is a cable channel and doesn't broadcast over the air, so an antenna can't pick it up. An antenna only gets the free broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS, The CW), which pair nicely with one of the services above; check which of those reach your address here.
Every service that carries Vice runs on the major streaming platforms, so you can watch on just about any TV, phone, or console. Here's how, device by device:
On Roku, you can watch Vice through Hulu + Live TV, DIRECTV, Philo, and Sling TV. To set it up, add the channel from the Roku Channel Store, sign in, and open Vice in the live guide.
On Amazon Fire TV, you can watch Vice through Hulu + Live TV, DIRECTV, Philo, and Sling TV. To set it up, download the app from the Amazon Appstore, sign in, and open Vice in the live guide.
On Apple TV, you can watch Vice through Hulu + Live TV, DIRECTV, Philo, and Sling TV. To set it up, install the app from the App Store, sign in, and open Vice in the live guide.
On Android TV & Google TV, you can watch Vice through Hulu + Live TV, DIRECTV, Philo, and Sling TV. To set it up, grab the app from the Google Play Store, sign in, and open Vice in the live guide.
On Chromecast, you can watch Vice through Hulu + Live TV, Philo, and Sling TV. The gap: DIRECTV doesn't offer a Chromecast app. To set it up, cast it from your phone or use the built-in Google TV app, sign in, and open Vice in the live guide.
On Samsung & LG smart TVs, you can watch Vice through Hulu + Live TV, DIRECTV, Philo, and Sling TV. To set it up, install the app from your TV's own store (Tizen or webOS), sign in, and open Vice in the live guide.
On phones & tablets, you can watch Vice through Hulu + Live TV, DIRECTV, Philo, and Sling TV. To set it up, download the app from the App Store or Google Play, sign in, and open Vice in the live guide.
On game consoles, you can watch Vice through Hulu + Live TV and Sling TV. The gap: DIRECTV and Philo don't offer a game consoles app. To set it up, download the app from the Xbox or PlayStation store, sign in, and open Vice in the live guide.
Cheapest is the question everyone starts with, and it's the wrong place to stop. A $35 plan that drops Vice the month after you sign up hasn't saved you anything. So the first number we pay attention to is the real one, what you owe after the introductory month ends, not the figure in the ad. From there it comes down to whether the channels you actually want sit in the base plan or get stranded in an add-on, how the service behaves day to day (a slow app and a useless DVR wear on you faster than you'd expect), and how much of a fight it puts up when you decide to leave.
Whatever lands at the top of a list like this is the service that gets most of that right for the most people. Once in a while that's also the cheapest one. Usually it isn't.
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