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Best live TV streaming service: YouTube TV vs Sling TV vs Hulu + Live TV and the rest
Jun 8, 2025
When you’re ready to cut the cord, shopping for a live TV streaming service is a natural starting point. They offer many of the same channels you had with cable or satellite TV, but deliver them over the internet to your smart TV or streaming device.
These services also include cloud-based DVRs, so you can record your favorite shows (not to mention skip through the commercials when you play them back). In many cases, they provide the only means of watching specific pay TV channels without cable.
All that said, live TV streaming services have been getting more and more expensive, and in some ways they won’t be exactly like what you had with cable or satellite. Our top picks will help you avoid overpaying and get the TV features you most care about.
Why you should trust us
As TechHive’s resident cord-cutting expert, I’ve been reviewing live TV streaming services ever since the launch of Sling TV back in 2015, and I’ve been a cord-cutter myself since 2008. Beyond just product reviews, I write a weekly column about streaming and over-the-air TV for TechHive, and my Cord Cutter Weekly newsletter has more than 30,000 readers.
The TV streaming services TechHive recommends
Pros
Simple interface makes live TV easy to navigate
Unlimited DVR allows for a huge on-demand library (with skippable ads)
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