YouTube TV vs. DIRECTV: Full Channel Comparison

YouTube TV may be the most popular live TV streaming service, but DIRECTV has a channel lineup that crushes it. If you’re trying to decide between the two, be sure to check our head-to-head comparison guide. (Spoiler: We prefer DIRECTV.)

Depending where you live, there may be a few local, independent channels available beyond what you see here.

Another note: some of these channels may require additional packages beyond the base lineup. To determine what this will cost you, be sure to consult the DIRECTV or YouTube TV sign-up pages.

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Channel	DIRECTV	YouTubeTV
5StarMAX	Yes	Yes
A&E	Yes	No
ABC	Yes	Yes
ABC Localish	Yes	Yes
ABC News Live	Yes	Yes
ACC Digital Network	Yes	No
ACC Network	Yes	Yes
AccuWeather	Yes	No
ActionMAX	Yes	Yes
Adult Swim	Yes	Yes
Alien Nation	Yes	No
All Reality We TV	No	Yes
Altitude Sports	Yes	No
AMC	Yes	Yes
AMC Thrillers	No	Yes
America’s Test Kitchen	Yes	No
American Crimes	No	Yes
American Heroes Channel	Yes	No
Anger Management	Yes	No
Animal Planet	Yes	Yes
Antena 3	Yes	Yes
Are We There Yet	Yes	No
Aspire	Yes	No
Atres Cine	Yes	No
Atres Series	Yes	No
Ax Men	Yes	No
AXS TV	Yes	No
BabyFirst HD	Yes	No
BabyTV	Yes	No
Bandamax	Yes	Yes
BBC America	Yes	Yes
BBC News	Yes	Yes
beIN Sports	No	Yes
BET	Yes	Yes
BET Her	Yes	Yes
Big 12 Studios	Yes	No
Big Ten Network	Yes	Yes
BilliardTV	No	Yes
Bloomberg TV	Yes	No
Bob Ross	Yes	No
Boomerang	Yes	No
Bounce	Yes	Yes
Bravo	Yes	Yes
Buzzr	Yes	No
C-SPAN	Yes	No
C-SPAN2	Yes	No
Canal 22 Internacional	Yes	No
Caracol TV	Yes	No
Cartoon Network	Yes	Yes
CBS	Yes	Yes
CBS Sports Network	Yes	Yes
Centroamérica TV	Yes	No
Charge!	No	Yes
Cheddar News	Yes	Yes
Chicago Sports Network	Yes	No
Cine Estelar	Yes	No
Cine Mexicano	Yes	Yes
Cine Nostalgia	Yes	No
Cinelatino	Yes	Yes
Cinema Dinamita	Yes	No
Cinemax	Yes	Yes
CleGuardians.TV	Yes	No
CleoTV	Yes	No
CMT	Yes	Yes
CNBC	Yes	Yes
CNBC World	Yes	No
CNN	Yes	Yes
CNN En Español	Yes	Yes
CNNi	Yes	No
Cold Case Files	Yes	No
Comedy Central	Yes	Yes
Comedy Dynamics	Yes	No
Comedy.TV	Yes	Yes
Comet	No	Yes
Cooking Channel	Yes	No
Court TV	Yes	Yes
Cozi TV	Yes	Yes
Crime 360	Yes	No
Curiosity Now	Yes	No
CW, The	Yes	Yes
Dabl	No	Yes
Dance Moms by Lifetime	Yes	No
Daystar	Yes	No
Daystar Español	Yes	No
DBacks.TV	Yes	No
De Película	Yes	Yes
De Película Clásico	Yes	Yes
Deal Zone	Yes	No
Declassified	Yes	No
Design Network, The	Yes	No
Destination America	Yes	No
Discovery	Yes	Yes
Discovery En Español	Yes	Yes
Discovery Familia	Yes	Yes
Discovery Family Channel	Yes	No
Discovery Life	Yes	No
Disney Channel	Yes	Yes
Disney Junior	Yes	Yes
Disney XD	Yes	Yes
Documentary+	Yes	No
Dog Whisperer	Yes	No
Dove Channel	Yes	No
Drool	Yes	No
Duck Dynasty	Yes	No
E!	Yes	Yes
EarthxTV	Yes	No
EBONY TV	Yes	No
Ecuavisa Internacional	Yes	No
El Rey Rebel	Yes	No
Enlace	Yes	No
ESPN	Yes	Yes
ESPN Deportes	Yes	Yes
ESPN2	Yes	Yes
ESPNEWS	Yes	Yes
ESPNU	Yes	Yes
Estrella News	Yes	No
Estrella TV	Yes	Yes
EWTN Español	Yes	No
FailArmy	Yes	No
Family Feud (Steve Harvey)	Yes	No
Family Handyman	Yes	No
Family Movie Classics (FMC)	Yes	No
FanDuel Sports Detroit	Yes	No
FanDuel Sports Florida	Yes	No
FanDuel Sports Great Lakes	Yes	No
FanDuel Sports Midwest	Yes	No
FanDuel Sports North	Yes	No
FanDuel Sports Ohio	Yes	No
FanDuel Sports Oklahoma	Yes	No
FanDuel Sports SoCal	Yes	No
FanDuel Sports South	Yes	No
FanDuel Sports Southeast	Yes	No
FanDuel Sports Southwest	Yes	No
FanDuel Sports Sun	Yes	No
FanDuel Sports West	Yes	No
FanDuel Sports Wisconsin	Yes	No
FanDuel TV	Yes	Yes
Fight Network	Yes	Yes
First, The	Yes	No
FM	Yes	No
Food Network	Yes	Yes
FOROtv	Yes	Yes
FOX	Yes	Yes
FOX Business Network	Yes	Yes
FOX Deportes	Yes	Yes
FOX News Channel	Yes	Yes
FOX Soccer Plus	No	Yes
FOX SOUL	Yes	Yes
FOX Sports 1	Yes	Yes
FOX Sports 2	Yes	Yes
FOX Weather	Yes	Yes
Freeform	Yes	Yes
FUEL TV	Yes	No
Fuse	Yes	No
FX	Yes	Yes
FX Movie Channel	Yes	Yes
FXX	Yes	Yes
fyi,	Yes	No
Galavisión	Yes	Yes
Game Show Network	Yes	Yes
getTV	Yes	Yes
Golf Channel	Yes	Yes
GolTV	Yes	No
GoTraveler	Yes	No
Great American Adventures	Yes	No
Great American Family	Yes	No
GRIT	Yes	No
Hallmark Channel	Yes	Yes
Hallmark Family	Yes	Yes
Hallmark Mystery	Yes	Yes
HBO	Yes	Yes
HBO Comedy HD	Yes	Yes
HBO 2	Yes	Yes
HBO Family	Yes	Yes
HBO Latino	Yes	Yes
HBO Signature HD	Yes	Yes
HBO Zone HD	Yes	Yes
Heroes & Icons (H&I)	Yes	No
HerSphere	Yes	No
HGTV	Yes	Yes
Hipstr	Yes	No
History & Warfare Now	Yes	No
History En Español	Yes	No
HITN TV	Yes	No
HLN	Yes	Yes
Hogar de HGTV	Yes	Yes
¡HOLA! TV	Yes	No
Horror by Alter	Yes	No
HSN	Yes	Yes
Ice Road Truckers	Yes	No
IFC	Yes	Yes
Impact Wrestling	No	Yes
INFAST	Yes	No
Investigation Discovery (ID)	Yes	Yes
INWONDER	Yes	No
ION	Yes	Yes
Jamie Oliver	Yes	No
Jewelry TV	Yes	No
Jim Rome Show, The	Yes	No
Joel Osteen	Yes	No
JusticeCentral.TV	Yes	Yes
Law & Crime	No	Yes
Let’s Make a Deal	Yes	No
Lifetime	Yes	No
LiveNOW from Fox	No	Yes
LMN	Yes	No
Local Now	No	Yes
Logo HD	Yes	No
Love Nature	Yes	No
MagellanTV Now	Yes	No
Magnolia Network	Yes	Yes
Marquee Sports Network	Yes	No
MASN	Yes	No
MAVTV	Yes	Yes
MAX Latino	Yes	No
MeatEater	Yes	No
MEGA TV	Yes	No
Meganoticias	Yes	No
Merit Street	Yes	No
MeTV	Yes	No
MLB Network	Yes	No
Modern Marvels	Yes	No
Monumental Sports Network	Yes	Yes
MoreMAX	Yes	Yes
MotorTrend	Yes	Yes
Movie Favorites by Lifetime	Yes	No
MovieMAX	Yes	Yes
MovieSphere	Yes	No
MSG	Yes	No
MSG Sportsnet	Yes	No
MSNBC	Yes	Yes
MTV	Yes	Yes
MTV Classic	Yes	Yes
MTV2	Yes	Yes
Multimedios	Yes	No
Nat Geo Mundo	Yes	No
Nat Geo WILD	Yes	Yes
National Geographic	Yes	Yes
NBA TV	Yes	Yes
NBC	Yes	Yes
NBC News Now	No	Yes
NBC Sports Bay Area	Yes	Yes
NBC Sports Boston	Yes	Yes
NBC Sports California	Yes	Yes
NBC Sports Philadelphia	No	Yes
NESN	Yes	No
Newsmax	Yes	Yes
NewsNation	Yes	Yes
NFL Network	Yes	Yes
NFL RedZone	Yes	Yes
NHL Network	Yes	No
Nick Jr.	Yes	Yes
Nickelodeon	Yes	Yes
Nicktoons	Yes	Yes
Nosey	Yes	No
NTN24	Yes	Yes
Nuestra Tele	Yes	Yes
Nuestra Vision	Yes	No
ONCE MEXICO	Yes	No
Origin Sports	Yes	No
Outdoor Channel	Yes	No
Outside TV	No	Yes
Ovation	Yes	No
Overtime	No	Yes
OWN	Yes	Yes
Oxygen True Crime	Yes	Yes
OZ TV	Yes	No
Padres.TV	Yes	No
Paramount Network	Yes	Yes
Paramount+ with SHOWTIME	Yes	Yes
Pasiones	Yes	Yes
PBS	Yes	Yes
PBS Kids	Yes	Yes
PCMag	No	No
Perú Mágico	Yes	No
Pet Collective, The	Yes	No
Pickleball TV	Yes	No
Players TV	Yes	Yes
PokerGO	Yes	Yes
Pop (Pop TV)	Yes	Yes
Portlandia	No	Yes
PowerNation	Yes	No
The Price is Right: Drew Carey	Yes	No
The Price is Right: The Barker Era, Jamie Oliver	Yes	No
Pureflix TV	Yes	No
Pursuit Channel	Yes	No
QVC	Yes	Yes
RACER Network	No	Yes
Racing America	Yes	No
Rangers Sports Network	Yes	No
Recipe.TV	Yes	Yes
REELZ	Yes	No
Revolt	Yes	No
RFD-TV	Yes	No
Rig TV	Yes	No
ROAR	No	Yes
Rockies.TV	Yes	No
ROOT SPORTS Northwest	Yes	No
RVTV	Yes	No
Science	Yes	No
Scientology Network	Yes	No
Scripps News	Yes	Yes
SEC Network	Yes	Yes
SHO X BET	Yes	Yes
Shop LC	Yes	No
ShortsTV	Yes	No
SHOWTIME 2	Yes	Yes
SHOWTIME EXTREME	Yes	Yes
SHOWTIME Family Zone	Yes	Yes
SHOWTIME Next	Yes	No
SHOWTIME Showcase	Yes	Yes
Smithsonian Channel	Yes	Yes
Somos Novelas	Yes	No
Sony Cine	Yes	No
Space City Home Network	Yes	No
Space Science Now	Yes	No
Spectrum SportsNet	Yes	No
Spectrum SportsNet LA	Yes	No
SportsGrid	Yes	Yes
Sportsman Channel	Yes	No
SportsNet New York (SNY)	Yes	No
SportsNet Pittsburgh	Yes	No
Stadium	Yes	Yes
Start TV	Yes	Yes
STARZ	Yes	Yes
STARZ Cinema	Yes	Yes
STARZ Comedy	Yes	Yes
STARZ Edge	Yes	Yes
STARZ ENCORE Action	Yes	Yes
STARZ ENCORE Black	Yes	Yes
STARZ ENCORE Classic	Yes	Yes
STARZ ENCORE	Yes	Yes
STARZ ENCORE Family	Yes	Yes
STARZ ENCORE Suspense	Yes	Yes
STARZ ENCORE West	Yes	Yes
STARZ ENCORE Westerns	Yes	Yes
STARZ In Black	Yes	Yes
STARZ Kids & Family	Yes	Yes
Stories by AMC	No	Yes
SundanceTV	Yes	Yes
Supermarket Sweep	Yes	No
SUR Perú	Yes	No
Surfer TV	Yes	No
Swerve Combat	Yes	No
SyFy	Yes	Yes
T2	Yes	Yes
Tastemade	Yes	Yes
Tastemade Home	Yes	No
Tastemade Travel	Yes	No
TBS	Yes	Yes
TC Internacional	Yes	No
TCM	Yes	Yes
TeenNick	Yes	Yes
TeleCentro	Yes	No
Telefe	Yes	No
Telehit	No	Yes
Telemundo	Yes	Yes
Tennis Channel	Yes	Yes
TheGrio	Yes	No
ThrillerMAX	Yes	Yes
Tiny House Nation	Yes	No
TLC	Yes	Yes
TNA	Yes	No
TNT	Yes	Yes
Torque by History	Yes	No
Total Crime	Yes	No
Tr3s	Yes	Yes
Travel Channel	Yes	Yes
True Crime Now	Yes	No
truTV	Yes	Yes
TUDN	Yes	Yes
TV Chile	Yes	No
TV Globo	Yes	No
TV Land	Yes	Yes
TV One	Yes	No
TVE	Yes	No
Twins.TV	Yes	No
TyC Sports	Yes	Yes
TYT Network	No	Yes
UniMás	Yes	Yes
Universo	Yes	Yes
Univision	Yes	Yes
Univision telenovelas	Yes	Yes
UnXplained Zone	Yes	No
UPtv	Yes	No
USA Network	Yes	Yes
VePlus	Yes	No
VH1	Yes	Yes
VICE	Yes	No
Videorola	Yes	No
Vme	Yes	No
VSiN	No	Yes
Walking Dead Universe, The	No	Yes
WAPA América	Yes	Yes
Waypoint TV	Yes	No
WE tv	Yes	Yes
Weather Channel, The	Yes	Yes
Willow	No	Yes
Women’s Sports Network	Yes	No
World at War	No	Yes
Yahoo Finance	Yes	No
YES Network	Yes	No
Yu-Gi-Oh!	Yes	No
ZooMoo	Yes	No