| Service | Price/mo | Has NFL Network? |
|---|---|---|
| Philo | $25.00 | No |
| Sling Blue | $45.99 | Yes |
| Sling Orange | $45.99 | No |
| 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.
Carriage checked 2026-07-19. Hulu + Live TV's row was corrected during this check: NFL Network is in Hulu + Live TV's base lineup, not gated behind an add-on.
Sling splits its lineup into two tiers on purpose: Orange carries the ESPN family and Disney-owned channels on a single stream, Blue carries Fox News, USA Network, and the NFL Network on up to three streams. You cannot get both ESPN and NFL Network on one Sling tier. If NFL Network is the channel your household would actually miss, Sling Blue alone is the cheapest path, not Orange and not the combo plan.
The Sling Orange & Blue combo, at $60.99-$65.99/mo, gets you both ESPN and NFL Network in one subscription if your household wants both sides of that split. OurMTV page covers a channel with the identical pattern: on Sling Blue, missing from Sling Orange, for the same reason.
Before publishing this page, we re-checked NFL Network's carriage against current provider channel lists, the same step we run before every channel page on this site. Our data layer had Hulu + Live TV marked as not carrying NFL Network. That's wrong. Hulu + Live TV includes NFL Network in its base lineup at $89.99/mo as of 2026-07-19, the same tier that includes ESPN and most local broadcast affiliates. We've corrected the row in our carriage database and the table above reflects the fix.
This matters because Hulu + Live TV is one of the pricier plans on this site. If you'd ruled it out for NFL Network specifically, based on outdated information, it's actually one of five services that carries the channel, not one of two that don't.
NFL Network is a sports channel with real carriage-fee weight, and the broader, higher-priced live-TV plans build their pitch around not making a sports fan choose. Fubo leans sports-first by design and includes NFL Network alongside CBS, FOX, and NBC in most markets. YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream both put NFL Network in their base lineups rather than a separate sports add-on, the same way they handle ESPN.
Philo is the one clean miss here, and by design rather than a gap. Philo skips every live-sports channel, every 24-hour news channel, and every local broadcast affiliate to keep its price at $25.00/mo. NFL Network was never going to be on that list.
A free antenna will never carry NFL Network. It's a cable-only channel with no over-the-air spectrum presence at any price, from any provider, full stop. What an antenna does get you free in most markets: ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS, and The CW, including the NFL games those networks broadcast during the regular season and playoffs. NFL Network's own exclusive games, the Thursday Night Football package it historically shares with other carriers and its standalone weekly programming, are cable-only and won't show up on an antenna at any signal strength. Seehow antennas actually work for the distance and terrain caveats, and the full monthly cost comparison for how a Sling Blue-plus-antenna setup stacks up against cable.
NFL Network also runs its own app with some on-demand content and a live simulcast, but the live stream requires a TV-provider login (a "TV Everywhere" sign-in) tied to one of the five services above, or a cable or satellite account. There's no standalone NFL Network-only streaming subscription; NFL+ is a separate product from the league itself and covers different games and features than the NFL Network channel does.
Once you've signed up for Sling Blue, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, or DirecTV Stream, that same login unlocks NFL Network's app on phones, tablets, and streaming boxes, on top of the channel inside your streaming service's own guide.
Search interest in NFL Network tracks the football calendar: it climbs in August with preseason and training-camp programming, peaks through the regular season and playoffs, and drops off after the Super Bowl. If you're subscribing specifically for NFL Network, it's worth deciding upfront whether you want a plan you'll keep year-round or one you'll cancel and re-subscribe to each August, since none of the five carrying services offer a season-only discount for doing that.
Sling Blue at $45.99/mo is the cheapest way to keep NFL Network if it's the one sports channel your household needs and you don't also want ESPN. It streams on up to three devices at once and skips most local affiliates.
If your household also wants ESPN, the Sling Orange & Blue combo runs $60.99-$65.99/mo for both. YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, or DirecTV Stream cover NFL Network, ESPN, and a much fuller local-channel lineup at once for $82.99-$89.99/mo. Just remember Sling Orange alone and Philo are both off the table for NFL Network specifically, no matter which other plan you'd otherwise pick. Check the rest of your household's must-have channels against our channel finder before deciding.