Compare DIRECTV Streaming vs Satellite
By Provider Check OTT Team
Edited by: Carlos Parodi
Last updated: 2/4/2026
On this page, we compare all the key aspects of DIRECTV's streaming and satellite service. From comparing lineups, missing channels and top features, we'll help you decide which is the better fit. Throughout, the DIRECTV logo with a WiFi icon means it's the Streaming service and this one's Satellite.
Table of Contents
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Features & Specs
Feature
Connects via
Internet (>5 Mbps rec'd)
Satellite
Contract
None
2 Years
Prices
$84.99 - 149.99Entert - Premier
$89.99 - 169.99Entert - Premier
Price-Lock
✕
✓ (2 years)
Best deal
$10 off for 3 months (save $30)
Free premium movies
Channels
90 - 185(no fluff/music)
175 - 350
Regional Sports
✓
✓
Local Channels
✓
✓
Receiver /Device
Gemini: $10/mo(optional)
Genie or Gemini: $10/mo(required)
Trial Period
✓5 Days
✕
Best for
Anyone w/ good internet
Rural homes
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Connects via
Internet (>5 Mbps rec'd)
Satellite
Contract
None
2 Years
Prices
$84.99 - 149.99Entert - Premier
$89.99 - 169.99Entert - Premier
Price-Lock
✕
✓ (2 years)
Best deal
$10 off for 3 months (save $30)
Free premium movies
Channels
90 - 185(no fluff/music)
175 - 350
Regional Sports
✓
✓
Local Channels
✓
✓
Receiver /Device
Gemini: $10/mo(optional)
Genie or Gemini: $10/mo(required)
Trial Period
✓5 Days
✕
Best for
Anyone w/ good internet
Rural homes
Learn more
Learn more
Channel Comparison
Below, you can easily compare DIRECTV Stream and Satellite's lineups. Click on a plan name to re-sort the list (show its channels first) or change the packages displayed via the "change plans" link. To learn more about their plans and features, check out our DIRECTV streaming or satellite reviews.
Note: A - means it's not available in any of the provider's base plans (may be found in add-on packages).
Channel Lineup vs Plans
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| DIRECTV Stream | DIRECTV | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channel | Entertainment | Choice | Ultimate | Entertainment | Choice | Ultimate |
| 20/20 | • | • | • | - | ||
| 50 Cent Action Channel | • | • | • | - | ||
| A&E | • | • | • | • | ||
| ABC | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| ABC Localish | • | • | • | - | ||
| ABC News Live | • | • | • | - | ||
| ACC Digital Network | • | • | • | - | ||
| ACC Network | • | • | • | • | ||
| AccuWeather | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Alien Nation | • | • | • | - | ||
| Altitude Sports1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| Always Funny | • | • | • | - | ||
| Always Funny: Pranks & Fails | • | • | • | - | ||
| AMC | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| America's Test Kitchen | • | • | • | - | ||
| American Crimes | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| American Heroes Channel | • | • | ||||
| Anger Management | • | • | • | - | ||
| Animal Planet | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Aqui | - | • | • | • | ||
| Are We There Yet | • | • | • | - | ||
| Arirang TV | - | • | • | • | ||
| ASPIRE | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Ax Men | • | • | • | - | ||
| AXS TV | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| BabyFirst TV | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| BBC America | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| BBC News | • | • | ||||
| Beach Day | • | • | • | - | ||
| beIN Sports Xtra | • | • | • | - | ||
| BET | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| BET (West) | - | • | • | • | ||
| BET Her | • | • | ||||
| Big 12 | • | • | • | - | ||
| Big Ten Network | • | • | • | • | ||
| Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern | • | • | • | - | ||
| Bloomberg TV | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Blossom | - | • | • | • | ||
| Bob Ross | • | • | • | - | ||
| Boomerang | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| BOUNCE TV | • | • | - | |||
| BounceTV | - | • | • | |||
| BRAVO | - | - | - | • | • | • |
| Bravo Vault | • | • | • | - | ||
| BUZZR | • | • | • | - | ||
| BYUtv | - | • | • | • | ||
| C-SPAN 1 | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| C-SPAN 2 | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Canal Once | - | • | • | • | ||
| Cartoon Network (East) | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Cartoon Network (West) | - | • | • | • | ||
| CBS | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| CBS Sports Network | • | • | ||||
| Celebrity Shopping | - | • | • | • | ||
| CGTN | - | • | • | • | ||
| Cheddar News | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Chicago Sports Network1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| Cinemáx | ||||||
| Cinemax (East) | ||||||
| Cinemax (West) | - | |||||
| Cinemax Action | ||||||
| Cinemax Classics | ||||||
| Cinemax Hits | - | |||||
| Cleo TV | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| CMT | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| CNBC | - | - | - | • | • | • |
| CNBC World | - | - | • | • | ||
| CNN | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| CNN en Español | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| CNN International | - | • | • | • | ||
| CNNi | • | • | • | - | ||
| Cold Case Files | • | • | • | - | ||
| Comedy Central | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Comedy Central West | - | • | • | • | ||
| Comedy Dynamics | • | • | • | - | ||
| Comedy TV | • | • | • | • | ||
| Confess by Nosey | • | • | • | - | ||
| Cooking Channel | • | • | • | • | ||
| Cosmic Frontiers | • | • | • | - | ||
| Court TV | • | • | • | - | ||
| Cowboy Channel | - | • | ||||
| Cozi TV | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Crime 360 | • | • | • | - | ||
| CTN | - | • | • | • | ||
| Curiosity Now | • | • | • | - | ||
| CW | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Dance Moms by Lifetime | • | • | • | - | ||
| DangerTV | • | • | • | - | ||
| Daystar | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Daystar Español | - | • | • | • | ||
| Deal Zone | • | • | • | - | ||
| Declassified | • | • | • | - | ||
| Destination America | • | • | ||||
| DIRECTV 4K Live | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| DIRECTV 4K Live 2 | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| DIRECTV News Mix | - | • | • | • | ||
| DIRECTV SportsMix | - | • | • | |||
| Discovery | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Discovery Family Channel | • | • | ||||
| Discovery Life | • | • | ||||
| Disney Channel (East) | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Disney Channel (West) | - | • | • | • | ||
| Disney Junior | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Disney XD | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Documentary+ | • | • | • | - | ||
| Dog Whisperer | • | • | • | - | ||
| Dove TV | • | • | • | - | ||
| DraftKings | • | • | • | - | ||
| Drool | • | • | • | - | ||
| Duck Dynasty | • | • | • | - | ||
| E! | - | - | - | • | • | • |
| E! Keeping Up | - | - | - | - | ||
| Earth Touch | • | • | • | - | ||
| EarthX | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Ebony TV | • | • | • | - | ||
| El Rey Rebel | • | • | • | - | ||
| Enlace | - | • | • | • | ||
| ESNE | - | • | • | • | ||
| ESPN | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| ESPN2 | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| ESPN8: The Ocho | • | • | • | - | ||
| ESPNews | • | • | • | • | ||
| ESPNU | • | • | • | • | ||
| EWTN | - | • | • | • | ||
| FailArmy | • | • | • | - | ||
| Family Feud (Steve Harvey) | • | • | • | - | ||
| Family Handyman | • | • | • | - | ||
| Family Movie Classics (FMC) | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| FanDuel Sports Cincinnati1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| FanDuel Sports Detroit1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| FanDuel Sports Florida1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| FanDuel Sports Midwest1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| FanDuel Sports North1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| FanDuel Sports Ohio1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| FanDuel Sports Oklahoma1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| FanDuel Sports SoCal1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| FanDuel Sports South1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| FanDuel Sports Southeast1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| FanDuel Sports Southwest1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| FanDuel Sports Sun1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| FanDuel Sports West1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| FanDuel Sports Wisconsin1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| FanDuel TV | • | • | • | • | ||
| FETV | - | • | • | • | ||
| Fight Network | • | • | • | - | ||
| FLiX | - | |||||
| FM | • | • | • | • | ||
| Food Network | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Fox | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Fox Business Network | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Fox News Channel | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| FOX SOUL | • | • | • | - | ||
| Fox Weather | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Free Speech TV | - | • | • | • | ||
| Freeform | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| FS1 | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| FS2 | • | • | ||||
| FUEL TV | • | • | • | - | ||
| Fuse | • | • | • | • | ||
| FX | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| FX Movie Channel | • | • | ||||
| FXX | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| fyi | • | • | ||||
| Galavisión | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Game Show Network | • | • | • | • | ||
| GEB America | - | • | • | • | ||
| Gem Shopping Network | - | • | • | • | ||
| GET | • | • | • | • | ||
| GOD TV | - | • | • | • | ||
| Golf Channel | - | - | • | • | ||
| GolfPass | • | • | • | - | ||
| GoTraveler | • | • | • | - | ||
| Great American Adventures | • | • | • | - | ||
| Great American Family | • | • | • | • | ||
| GRIT | • | • | • | • | ||
| Gusto TV | • | • | • | - | ||
| Hallmark Channel | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Hallmark Mystery | • | • | ||||
| HBO (East) | ||||||
| HBO (West) | - | |||||
| HBO Comedy | ||||||
| HBO Drama | ||||||
| HBO Hits (East) | ||||||
| HBO Hits (West) | - | |||||
| HBO Latino | ||||||
| HBO Movies | ||||||
| HDNet Movies | - | • | • | |||
| Heroes & Icons | • | • | • | • | • | |
| HerSphere | • | • | • | - | ||
| HGTV | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| History & Warfare | • | • | • | - | ||
| History Channel | • | • | • | • | ||
| HITN | - | • | • | • | ||
| HLN | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Hope Channel | - | • | • | • | ||
| Horror by Alter | • | • | • | - | ||
| HSN | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| HSN 2 | - | • | • | • | ||
| i24 News | - | • | ||||
| Ice Road Truckers | • | • | • | - | ||
| IFC | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| iHeartRADIO | - | • | • | • | ||
| IMPACT | - | • | • | • | ||
| In Touch + | - | • | • | • | ||
| INFAST | • | • | • | - | ||
| INSP | - | • | • | • | ||
| Investigation Discovery | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| INWONDER | • | • | • | - | ||
| ION Television | - | • | • | • | ||
| ION TV (East) | • | • | • | - | ||
| Jamie Oliver | • | • | • | - | ||
| JBS | - | • | • | • | ||
| Jewelry TV | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Jewish Life TV | - | • | • | • | ||
| Joel Osteen | • | • | • | - | ||
| Justice Central | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Kids Mix Channel | - | • | • | • | ||
| Let's Make a Deal | • | • | • | - | ||
| Lifetime | • | • | • | • | ||
| Living Faith Network | - | • | • | • | ||
| LMN | • | • | • | • | ||
| Logo | • | • | ||||
| LooLoo Kids | - | • | • | • | ||
| LooLooKids | • | • | • | - | ||
| Love Nature | • | • | • | - | ||
| MagellanTV Wildest | • | • | • | - | ||
| Magnolia Network | • | • | ||||
| Marquee Sports Network1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| MASN1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| MeatEater | • | • | • | - | ||
| MeTV | • | • | • | • | • | |
| MeTV Toons | • | • | • | • | ||
| Military Heroes | • | • | • | - | ||
| Million Dollar Listing Vault | • | • | • | - | ||
| MLB Network | • | • | • | • | ||
| Modern Marvels | • | • | • | - | ||
| Monumental Sports Network1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| Motor Trend | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Movie Favorites by Lifetime | • | • | • | - | ||
| MovieSphere | • | • | • | - | ||
| MSG1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| MSG SportsNet1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| MSNBC | - | - | - | • | • | • |
| MTV | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| MTV 2 | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| MTV Classic | • | • | ||||
| MTV West | - | • | • | • | ||
| Mythbusters | • | • | • | - | ||
| Nat Geo Wild | • | • | ||||
| National Geographic | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| NBA TV | • | • | • | • | ||
| NBC | - | - | - | • | • | • |
| NBC Sports Bay Area1 | - | - | • | • | ||
| NBC Sports Boston1 | - | - | • | • | ||
| NBC Sports California1 | - | - | • | • | ||
| NBC Sports NOW | - | - | - | - | ||
| NESN1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| News Mix | - | • | • | • | ||
| Newsmax | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| NewsNation | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Next Level Sports | - | |||||
| NFL Network | • | • | • | • | ||
| NFL RedZone | - | |||||
| NHK | - | • | • | • | ||
| NHL Network | • | • | ||||
| Nick Jr | • | • | • | • | ||
| Nickelodeon (East) | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Nickelodeon (West) | - | • | • | • | ||
| Nicktoons | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Nosey | • | • | • | - | ||
| NRB | - | • | • | • | ||
| Outdoor Channel | ||||||
| Ovation | • | • | • | • | ||
| OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) | • | • | • | • | ||
| OWN West | - | • | • | |||
| Oxygen True Crime | • | • | ||||
| Oxygen True Crime Archives | • | • | • | - | ||
| Paramount Network | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Paramount+ Premium (East) | ||||||
| Paramount+ Premium (West) | - | |||||
| PBS | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| PBS Kids | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Pickleball TV | • | • | • | - | ||
| Players TV | • | • | • | - | ||
| PokerGO | • | • | • | - | ||
| Pop TV | • | • | • | • | ||
| Positiv | - | • | • | • | ||
| Powernation | • | • | • | - | ||
| Pureflix TV | • | • | • | - | ||
| Pursuit | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| QVC | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| QVC 2 | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| QVC 3 | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Racer Network | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Racing America | • | • | • | - | ||
| Real Housewives Vault | • | • | • | - | ||
| Recipe TV | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Reelz | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Revolt | • | • | • | • | ||
| RFD-TV | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Rig TV | • | • | • | - | ||
| ROOT Sports Northwest1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| RVTV | • | • | • | - | ||
| Say Yes To The Dress | • | • | • | - | ||
| Science Channel | • | • | • | • | ||
| Scientology Network | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Scripps News | • | • | • | - | ||
| SEC Network | • | • | • | • | ||
| Shop LC | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| ShortsTV | • | • | • | • | ||
| Showtime 2 | - | |||||
| Showtime 2 (East) | - | |||||
| Showtime Extreme | ||||||
| Showtime Famliy Zone | - | |||||
| Showtime Next | ||||||
| Showtime Showcase | ||||||
| SHOxBET | ||||||
| Smithsonian Channel | • | • | ||||
| SNL Vault | • | • | • | - | ||
| SNY1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| So Yummy | - | • | • | • | ||
| Somos Novelas | • | • | • | - | ||
| SonLife Broadcasting | - | • | • | • | ||
| Space City Home Network1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| Spectrum SportsNet1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| Spectrum SportsNet Los Angeles1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| Speedvision | • | • | • | - | ||
| Sports mix | - | • | • | |||
| SportsGrid | • | • | • | - | ||
| Sportsman Channel | • | • | ||||
| SportsNet Pittsburgh1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| Stadium Stream | • | • | • | - | ||
| Start TV | • | • | • | • | • | |
| STARZ | ||||||
| STARZ Cinema | ||||||
| STARZ Comedy | ||||||
| STARZ Edge | ||||||
| STARZ Encore | • | • | ||||
| STARZ Encore (West) | • | • | ||||
| STARZ Encore Action | • | • | ||||
| STARZ Encore Black | • | • | ||||
| STARZ Encore Classic | • | • | ||||
| STARZ Encore Family | • | • | ||||
| STARZ Encore Suspense | • | • | ||||
| STARZ Encore Westerns | • | • | ||||
| STARZ In Black | ||||||
| STARZ Kids & Family | ||||||
| STARZ West | - | |||||
| SundanceTV | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Supermarket Sweep | • | • | • | - | ||
| Surf Cinema | • | • | • | - | ||
| Swerve Combat | • | • | • | - | ||
| Syfy | - | - | - | • | • | • |
| Tastemade | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Tastemade Home | • | • | • | - | ||
| Tastemade Travel | • | • | • | - | ||
| TBN | - | • | • | • | ||
| TBN Inspire | - | • | • | • | ||
| TBS | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| TBS West | - | • | • | • | ||
| TCM | • | • | • | • | ||
| TCT Network | - | • | • | • | ||
| TeenNick | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Telemundo | - | - | - | • | • | • |
| Tennis Channel | • | • | • | • | ||
| Tennis Channel 2 | • | • | • | - | ||
| The Design Network | • | • | • | - | ||
| The First | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| The Jim Rome Show | • | • | • | - | ||
| The Movie Channel (East) | - | • | ||||
| The Movie Channel (West) | - | • | ||||
| The Movie Channel (Xtra) | - | |||||
| The Pet Collective | • | • | • | - | ||
| The Price is Right: Drew Carey | • | • | • | - | ||
| The Price is Right: The Barker Era, Jamie Oliver | • | • | • | - | ||
| theGrio | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Three Stooges | • | • | • | - | ||
| Tiny House Nation | • | • | • | - | ||
| TLC | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| TNA | • | • | • | - | ||
| TNT | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| TNT West | - | • | • | • | ||
| Top Chef Vault | • | • | • | - | ||
| Torque by History | • | • | • | - | ||
| Total Crime | • | • | • | - | ||
| Travel Channel | • | • | • | • | ||
| Tribeca Channel + | - | • | • | • | ||
| Tribeca Festival + | • | • | • | - | ||
| Tribeca Festival+ | - | • | • | • | ||
| True Crime Now | • | • | • | - | ||
| TruTV | • | • | • | • | ||
| TUDN | • | • | • | • | ||
| TV Land | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| TV One | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Unimás | • | • | • | • | ||
| UNIVERSO | - | • | ||||
| Univision (Este) | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Univision (Oeste) | - | |||||
| UPTV | • | • | • | • | ||
| USA Network | - | - | - | • | • | • |
| VH1 | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Vice | • | • | • | • | ||
| Victory | - | • | • | • | ||
| Waypoint TV | • | • | • | - | ||
| WE tv | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Weather Channel | • | • | • | • | ||
| Willow | - | |||||
| Willow Sports US | • | • | • | - | ||
| WNBA on ION | • | • | • | - | ||
| Women’s Sports Network | • | • | • | - | ||
| Word Network | - | • | • | • | ||
| World Harvest TV | - | • | • | • | ||
| Yahoo Finance | • | • | • | - | ||
| YES Network1 | • | • | • | • | ||
| Yu-Gi-Oh! | • | • | • | - | ||
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1 Regional Sports Network (RSN) - access depends on your zip code
Note: we have not included any of the all-music channels (Sirius, etc).
Last updated: 1/27/26
Note: we have not included any of the all-music channels (Sirius, etc).
Last updated: 1/27/26
We do our best to keep this table as accurate as possible but channels drop off or get added quite often (licensing issues happen a few times a year as well). If you spot an error, please let us know. Thanks!
Missing Channels
With streaming and satellite being quite different delivery methods, there are licensing agreements that prevent channels/shows from being broadcast in one or the other. In the table below, you'll find the missing channels for each service. For example, in the DIRECTV Streaming missing list, those are the channels NOT currently available with streaming but are with satellite (i.e., all the channels shown with a - in the full table above).
Missing Channels: DIRECTV Stream vs Sat
71 channels
Aqui
Arirang TV
BET (West)
Blossom
BounceTV
BYUtv
Canal Once
Cartoon Network (West)
Celebrity Shopping
CGTN
Cinemax (West)
CNN International
Comedy Central West
Cowboy Channel
CTN
DIRECTV SportsMix
Disney Channel (West)
ESNE
EWTN
FETV
FLiX
Free Speech TV
GEB America
Gem Shopping Network
GOD TV
HBO (West)
HBO Hits (West)
HDNet Movies
Hope Channel
HSN 2
i24 News
iHeartRADIO
IMPACT
In Touch +
INSP
ION Television
JBS
Jewish Life TV
Kids Mix Channel
Living Faith Network
LooLoo Kids
MTV West
News Mix
Next Level Sports
NFL RedZone
NHK
Nickelodeon (West)
NRB
OWN West
Paramount+ Premium (West)
Positiv
Showtime 2
So Yummy
SonLife Broadcasting
Sports mix
STARZ West
TBN
TBN Inspire
TBS West
TCT Network
The Movie Channel (East)
The Movie Channel (West)
The Movie Channel (Xtra)
TNT West
Tribeca Channel +
Tribeca Festival+
Univision (Oeste)
Victory
Willow
Word Network
World Harvest TV
120 channels
20/20
50 Cent Action Channel
ABC Localish
ABC News Live
ACC Digital Network
Alien Nation
Always Funny
Always Funny: Pranks & Fails
America's Test Kitchen
Anger Management
Are We There Yet
Ax Men
Beach Day
beIN Sports Xtra
Big 12
Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
Bob Ross
BOUNCE TV
Bravo Vault
BUZZR
Cinemax Hits
CNNi
Cold Case Files
Comedy Dynamics
Confess by Nosey
Cosmic Frontiers
Court TV
Crime 360
Curiosity Now
Dance Moms by Lifetime
DangerTV
Deal Zone
Declassified
Documentary+
Dog Whisperer
Dove TV
DraftKings
Drool
Duck Dynasty
E! Keeping Up
Earth Touch
Ebony TV
El Rey Rebel
ESPN8: The Ocho
FailArmy
Family Feud (Steve Harvey)
Family Handyman
Fight Network
FOX SOUL
FUEL TV
GolfPass
GoTraveler
Great American Adventures
Gusto TV
HerSphere
History & Warfare
Horror by Alter
Ice Road Truckers
INFAST
INWONDER
ION TV (East)
Jamie Oliver
Joel Osteen
Let's Make a Deal
LooLooKids
Love Nature
MagellanTV Wildest
MeatEater
Military Heroes
Million Dollar Listing Vault
Modern Marvels
Movie Favorites by Lifetime
MovieSphere
Mythbusters
NBC Sports NOW
Nosey
Oxygen True Crime Archives
Pickleball TV
Players TV
PokerGO
Powernation
Pureflix TV
Racing America
Real Housewives Vault
Rig TV
RVTV
Say Yes To The Dress
Scripps News
Showtime 2 (East)
Showtime Famliy Zone
SNL Vault
Somos Novelas
Speedvision
SportsGrid
Stadium Stream
Supermarket Sweep
Surf Cinema
Swerve Combat
Tastemade Home
Tastemade Travel
Tennis Channel 2
The Design Network
The Jim Rome Show
The Pet Collective
The Price is Right: Drew Carey
The Price is Right: The Barker Era, Jamie Oliver
Three Stooges
Tiny House Nation
TNA
Top Chef Vault
Torque by History
Total Crime
Tribeca Festival +
True Crime Now
Waypoint TV
Willow Sports US
WNBA on ION
Women’s Sports Network
Yahoo Finance
Yu-Gi-Oh!
So, DIRECTV satellite has a lot more missing channels but that's mostly because the streaming version has a bunch of internet-specific channels dedicated to a single series or show (e.g., The Price is Right). In reality, they mostly include the same core channels but if you do dig one of the more minor channels in one or the other, it might sway you in a particular direction.
Final Thoughts
At first glance, this is a pretty easy comparison. DIRECTV streaming has way more flexibility (no contract), you can use your own equipment and there's no dish to install. The subtlety lies in the missing channels and price lock. With satellite, you're guaranteed the same price for the life of your contract (2 years), it has all the SiruisXM music channels and doesn't require fast internet.
So, for the most part, rural homes with spotty internet should take a serious look at satellite. Otherwise, there's a lot to like about DIRECTV's streaming plans.
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