It’s August 2023 and the world of cord cutting is changing rapidly. Recently several Live TV streaming services have made changes including changes to their channels and made other changes including Hulu with Live TV recently adding several new channels including more locals.
There are now more options for TV than ever before, but which service is right for you?
Today we want to give you all the information and let you decide what is right for you. In this guide we look at Vidgo, Fubo, Philo, DIRECTV STREAM, Sling TV, Hulu with Live TV and YouTube TV in the hope this will help you choose the best deal for you.
*Note that this list is current to the best of our ability as of August 5, 2023.
Then, here are the channels offered by each service:
| LIVE STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube television | |
| ABC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| SCS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| FOX | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| NBC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| C.W. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| A&E | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| AccuWeather | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| ACC network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| CMA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| American Heroes Channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| animal planet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Audience | ✓ | ||||||
| AXS-TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| LIVE STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube television | |
| Baby television | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Bally Regional Sports Networks | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| BBC America | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| BBC World News | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Be in sports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| BeIN Sports in Spanish | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| BET | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PUT it on | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| JamsBET | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| BET Soul | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Big Ten Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| LIVE STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube television | |
| Bloomberg Television | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Boomerang | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Cheer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Campus Insider | ✓ | ||||||
| Cartoon Network/Adult Swim | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| CBS Sports Net | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Cheddar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Big News Cheddar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Cinemax | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Cleo TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| CMT | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LIVE STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube Television | |
| CNBC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| CNBC World | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| CNN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Comedy Central | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| TV comedy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Comet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| cooking channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| cowboy chain | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Cozi TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| LIVE STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube Television | |
| Destination America | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Discovery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Family discovery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Discovery Life | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| disney channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Disney Junior | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Disney XD | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Magnolia | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| TV Duck | ✓ | ||||||
| E ! | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| LIVE STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube television | |
| Le Rey | ✓ | ||||||
| EPIX | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| EPIX Cine-Park | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| EPIX Success | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| EPIX2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| ESPN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ESPN2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ESPN bases loaded | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| ESPN Sports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| ESPN goal line | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| ESPNEWS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ESPNU | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| LIVE STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube television | |
| euro news | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Food Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| fox business | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| deported fox | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| FoxNews | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Fox Football More | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| France 24 | ✓ | ||||||
| free form | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| FS1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| FS2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| LIVE STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube television | |
| fubo sports network | ✓ | ||||||
| Fuse | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Fusion | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Effects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Movie Channel FX | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| FXX | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| FOR YOUR INFORMATION | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Galavision | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| golf chain | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| getTV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| LIVE STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube television | |
| great american country | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| GSN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Punch | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| HBO | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| HGTV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| History | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| HLN | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| IFC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Ion | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Survey Discovery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LIVE STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube television | |
| Law and Criminal Trials Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Lifetime | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lifetime Movies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| local now | ✓ | ||||||
| Logo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Longhorn Network | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Marquee sports network | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| MAV TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| MLB Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Automotive trend | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LIVE STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube television | |
| MSG/MSG+ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| MSNBC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| MTV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MTV2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Classic MTV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| MTV live | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| MTV U | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| NatGeo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Wild NatGeo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| NBA Television | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| NBC Sports RSN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| LIVE STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube Television | |
| NDTV | ✓ | ||||||
| NSN | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| News18 | ✓ | ||||||
| newsmax | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Lots of news | |||||||
| NFL Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| NFL Red Zone | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| NHL Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| LIVE STREAM | Fubo | Hulu + Live TV | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube Television | |
| Nick Jr. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nick Music | ✓ | ||||||
| Nickelodeon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Nicktoons | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NAO | ✓ | ||||||
| outer channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Outdoor TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| POSSESS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Oxygen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| LIVE STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube Television | |
| PAC-12 Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Primal Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PBS | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| popular television | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Popular | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Chase Channel | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| REELZ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Revolt | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| RFDTV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Root Sports Northwest | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Science channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| LIVE STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube Television | |
| SEC Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Show time | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Smithsonian | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| SNY | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Sony movie channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Jock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Stadium | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Start TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Sundance Television | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| SyFy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| LIVE STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube Television | |
| Made with taste | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| TBS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| TeenNick | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Telemundo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| string tennis | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CCM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| DTT | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| travel channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| TruTV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| LIVE STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube Television | |
| TUDN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Classic Turner Movies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| television land | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| TVOne | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| UNIMAS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Universe | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| university | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| UPtv | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| LIVE STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube Television | |
| American Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| VH1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vice-TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| US TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| weather channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| MeteoNation | ✓ |
✓* – Channels are available on Sling Freestream
* Sling TV will allow you to stream one or three streams at a time, depending on the plan you sign up for. You can also use your Sling TV connection for certain apps such as ESPN.
* Please check the website of the services you would like to try to see which locations are offered in your area.
*Fubo, DIRECTV STREAM and Sling TV include several international packages.
* Hulu also includes access to Hulu’s on-demand service with Disney+.
*Channels may vary depending on the viewer’s plan, plan and location.
*You found an error ? Please email us, and we’ll fix it.
Next, you should look at which of these services work on the devices you own:
| LIVE STREAM | fubo | Hulu | Philo | TV Sling | Vidgo | YouTube Television | |
| Roku | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fire TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AppleTV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android-TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Chromecast | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| iOS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| android | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Xbox | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| PlayStation | ✓ | ✓ |
*Note: Chromecast will work on all Chromecast-enabled devices, such as Android TV and Google TV.
- DIRECTV STREAM comes with unlimited hours of DVR storage for free with all plans for new customers.
- Philo includes a one-year unlimited DVR, plus on-demand programming.
- Sling TV is now offering a free 50 hour DVR for all Sling TV customers. If you want more, Sling TV offers 200 hours of DVR space with no recording expiration for $5 a month.
- YouTube TV has unlimited DVR storage space and will keep shows for nine months.
- fubo offers 1000 hours of personal cloud DVR storage with no expiration and no additional charge. For an additional $9.99 per month, the Cloud DVR 250 offers subscribers an additional 250 hours of space and the Cloud DVR 1000 for an additional $16.99 per month.
- Hulu + Live TV offers unlimited storage.
- Vidgo includes 20 hours of free DVR for the first 90 days with its basic plan.
DVRs
Below are the basic plan prices for each service:
Be sure to check each service’s site for current prices, as they are subject to change.
The service that suits you best is the one that offers the channels you want.
So, which service to choose?
No one but you can decide which service is right for you. Fubo, Sling TV, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Philo, Vidgo, and DIRECTV STREAM are all great options. If you are still not sure, take advantage of their free trials to test them out and choose the one you like.