
Those local sports channels, which carry the regular season games of NBA basketball, NHL hockey and MLB baseball teams, are the best reason to subscribe to DirecTV Stream. A monthly subscription starts at $70, and to get access to your local regional sports network you'll need to pay for the $90 Choice package (which just experienced its own $5 hike, while higher tiers are now $10 more). The current version of DirecTV Stream is separate from the DirecTV satellite service, and instead competes against cord-cutter services YouTube TV and Hulu Plus Live TV.ĭirecTV Stream is not cheap. After starting life as DirecTV Now in 2016, it's endured three different name changes, flip-flops on compulsory hardware and a series of price hikes. In its six-year life span, DirecTV Stream has had one of the most tumultuous histories of all of the live TV streaming services.
