Top 3 Best Live TV Streaming Services

Here are some of the most popular ways to watch live TV for less money than cable or satellite TV.

While on-demand TV is great and all, you may not be quite ready yet to kick the live TV habit. These are some of the top live TV services that will let you watch live TV without paying for an expensive cable TV or satellite subscription.

While prices of live streaming TV services have been creeping higher and higher, there are still some sweet deals to be found compared to the cost of a cable subscription.

#1. fuboTV

If you love sports, fuboTV is the number one must have live TV streaming service. FuboTV has more sports channels than pretty much all other live streaming services combined.

• Full 4K and HDR support.

• They have pretty much every major college, national, and international live sports leagues covered like NFL, MLB, NBA, MLS and international soccer with ESPN the only major sports channel missing from their lineup.

• FuboTV also includes a wide range of entertainment channels which you can watch on pretty much any of your favorite streaming TV devices.

• Their DVR service includes 30 recorded hours for no extra charge. For an additional $9.99/month record up to 500 hours. Recordings stay until deleted!

• Fubo now offers 80+ live TV channels for only $44.99/month and 100+ channels for $49.99/month. See their full channel line up here.

• Enjoy a Free 7/day fuboTV trial!

#2. YouTube TV Live

If you are lucky enough to live in a major metro area where YouTube TV is available, this seems to be a popular choice right now for many cord-cutters.

This is a completely cable-free live TV solution. You can stream YouTube TV on a Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV or Nvidia SHIELD without a cable TV box.

• Included are the major broadcast channels like ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN, AMC and more. YouTube TV also gives you access to your local sports & news channels. Missing are the Viacom channels like Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1), Discovery, and Scripps (Food Network & HGTV)

• Watch YouTube TV on most devices, including smartphones, tablets, PC or your big screen TV.

• Cloud DVR is included in the price which gives you an unlimited amount of DVR storage space. Every recording will be available for 9 months and you can record at the same time you're watching another show. Compare other live TV services DVR storage

• YouTube TV includes 6 individual user accounts per household. This gives all 6 users their own login, recommendations and cloud DVR for storing their favorite shows.

• No long-term commitments, no contracts and you can cancel or restart their service anytime.

• Try a free-trial for 1 month to YouTube TV - After your free trial is over their live streaming TV service costs $40/month.

#3. Philo TV

This $16/month live TV streaming service from Philo is great for those that aren't into watching sports at all. Their news channels are also pretty limited.

• Philo includes 45+ entertainment channels which help makes this one of the least expensive Live Streaming TV Services you can buy. See the Philo Channel Lineup here.

• You won't find your local network channels like CBS and NBC on Philo. Although, with a strong antenna you should be able to get most or all of these local channels for free.

• Philo also comes with an unlimited clould-based DVR. Their DVR service will only hold onto your recordings for a total of 30/days before they are deleted forever.

• Besides Live streaming, Philo also offers a 72/hour rewind buffer which is great for watching shows that may already have past. They also carry episodes of popular TV shows that are available on-demand. These shows will be labeled with a (VOD) tag.

• Philo includes guide when you browse their site Philo.com from a computer that works very well. Lacking is a usable guide on Roku so it's best to setup your programming from your PC.

• You can start watching Philo for free without a credit card as long as you have a cell phone number. Visit Philo.com and enter your phone number. They will send you a text with a code. Enter it on their website and start watching the first few days for free. After a few days they will text you to finish signing up and watch for the rest of your free trial.

While there are certainly some other live TV streaming services available, these three offer some of the best value in live streaming television. They are also priced where they can fit into most budgets. Each offers a wide range of content along with a cloud-based DVR.

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