Soon, YouTube TV will launch in major cities, offering 40 streaming cable channels, including Disney, ESPN, FOX News, even some regional sports networks, for 35-dollars per month, but remember there are channel tradeoffs with these slimmer streaming services.
So if you can't live without a certain channel, make sure it's offered before you sign up. For example, right now YouTube TV doesn't offer Comedy Central, CNN, HBO, HGTV and a few other channels, though you can pay extra to get Showtime.
Sling TV starts at $20/month, but its 40-dollar "All Channels" package includes 50 channels add-ons for local broadcast, sports, movies and premium channels range from five to 15-dollars a month.
Direct TV Now has a promotional price of 35-dollars a month for sixty channels, or 60-dollars a month for over a hundred channels. Hulu is also expected to launch a streaming TV service called Hulu Live.
One thing to remember: All these streaming services require a smart TV or streaming media player, and a decent broadband connection. If your Internet service isn't fast enough, they might not be the best choice.
And if you have a lot of TVs, you might have to limit how many people are watching at the same time since each service limits the number of simultaneous streams.