| Service | Price/mo | Has Hallmark Channel? |
|---|---|---|
| Philo | $25.00 | Yes |
| Sling Blue | $45.99 | Yes |
| Sling Orange | $45.99 | Yes |
| DirecTV Stream | $82.99 | Yes |
| YouTube TV | $82.99 | Yes |
| Fubo | $89.00 | Yes |
| Hulu + Live TV | $89.99 | Yes |
Prices and lineups as of 2026-07-19. Verify on the provider's own page before you sign up; carriage and pricing change often and can vary by zip code.
Hallmark Channel is unusual on this site because nothing actually excludes it. Every service we checked, all seven, carries it in some form, which puts it in the same easy-to-solve bucket as Comedy Central. The difference is Sling. On Comedy Central, both Sling Orange and Sling Blue carry the channel in their base $45.99/mo plan with no extra cost. Hallmark Channel isn't in either Sling base plan at all; it only shows up once you add the $6/mo Lifestyle Extra package, which pushes the real Sling price for Hallmark Channel to $51.99/mo, not the $45.99/mo sticker price most people expect.
That's an easy detail to miss if you're comparing plans by their base price alone. A household that signs up for plain Sling Orange or Sling Blue expecting Hallmark Channel to already be there will find it isn't, and will need to add the package afterward. If Hallmark Channel is the one channel your household cares about most, Philo, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, and DirecTV Stream all skip that extra step entirely.
Sling TV's Lifestyle Extra is a $6/mo genre pack that layers on top of either Sling Orange or Sling Blue. It bundles in Hallmark Channel alongside its two sister networks, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and Hallmark Drama, plus channels like Magnolia Network, Cooking Channel, VH1, FYI, WE tv, Lifetime Movie Network, and UPtv. It works the same way regardless of which base tier you're on, so you're not locked into Orange or Blue specifically to get Hallmark Channel, unlike some channels on this site that split cleanly along the Orange/Blue line.
The practical math: Sling Orange or Sling Blue alone is $45.99/mo and does not include Hallmark Channel. Sling Orange or Sling Blue plus Lifestyle Extra is $51.99/mo and does. That $51.99/mo is still cheaper than YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, or DirecTV Stream, but it's no longer the cheapest option on this page once Philo's $25.00/mo base-lineup price is on the table.
Philo, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, and DirecTV Stream all carry Hallmark Channel as part of their standard base lineup, no add-on package required. Philo is the cheapest at $25.00/mo and includes all three Hallmark networks (Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, and Hallmark Drama), which makes it a strong fit for a household that watches mostly entertainment and lifestyle programming rather than live sports or 24-hour news.
YouTube TV ($82.99/mo), Hulu + Live TV ($89.99/mo), Fubo ($89.00/mo), and DirecTV Stream ($82.99/mo) also carry it, and each of those adds a much broader lineup, including locals in most markets, sports, and 24-hour news, that Philo doesn't cover. If Hallmark Channel is one line item in a bigger household wish list that also includes ESPN or your local news affiliate, one of those four full-lineup plans is the more realistic pick, add-on math included either way.
Hallmark Channel itself will never be free over the air; it's a cable-only network with no broadcast-spectrum presence, at any price, from any provider. Philo doesn't carry local ABC/CBS/NBC/FOX/PBS affiliates either, so pairing Philo's $25.00/mo plan with a one-time antenna purchase is a common combination for exactly that reason. See how antennas actually work for the indoor/attic/roof distinction before you buy one.
One timing note worth flagging: demand for Hallmark Channel typically climbs hard every November and December for its holiday-movie programming. If your household is deciding on a plan mainly for that seasonal lineup, it's worth locking in a service (and, if you're going the Sling route, the Lifestyle Extra add-on) before that window opens rather than scrambling in late October. Check the full monthly cost comparison to see how each option stacks up against a typical cable bill year-round, not just during the holidays.
Philo at $25.00/mo is the straightforward pick if Hallmark Channel sits alongside other entertainment and lifestyle viewing in your household, and you don't also need live sports, 24-hour cable news, or your local network affiliates. It skips all of that by design, which is exactly why it can charge a third of what the full-lineup services cost.
If your household also wants ESPN, Fox News, or a local news affiliate, Philo alone won't cover it, and the Sling route means budgeting for the $51.99/mo add-on price, not the $45.99/mo base price. Check the rest of your household's must-have channels against our channel finder before deciding, since Hallmark Channel alone happens to be one of the easier calls on this site: nothing rules it out, the only real decision is whether the Sling add-on math still beats the four full-lineup plans that skip it entirely.
Hallmark Channel's overall carriage list is nearly as clean as Comedy Central: both are on all seven services checked here, with nothing excluded outright. The difference is that Sling includes Comedy Central free in its $45.99/mo base plan on either tier, while Hallmark Channel requires the extra $6/mo Lifestyle Extra package regardless of tier, the same add-on category that carries Lifetime's sister network, Lifetime Movie Network.
That puts Hallmark Channel in a different bucket than a channel like National Geographic, which is missing entirely from Philo and from YouTube TV's base plan. Hallmark Channel never disappears from any of the seven services; it just costs a bit more on two of them. A household weighing Hallmark Channel against Comedy Central or Lifetime should treat the Sling add-on cost as the deciding line item, not whether the channel is available at all.