![]() Spectrum TV Stream costs $37.94 for two years, then becomes $47.94. However, with TV Stream, you can access local stations you also get all the other services in the TV Essentials plan. ![]() Spectrum TV Stream is another subscription plan you can choose this plan offers you only 25 cable channels– nowhere near the 70 channels you can get on the TV Essentials plan. Spectrum TV Essentials costs $19.99/month you must also be a Spectrum internet package user to access the service. The total number of channels offered on TV Essentials is 70. Also, you have access to the company’s local news services in select cities like Los Angeles, New York, and Tampa. There are no local news networks like FOX, ABC, and CBS on Spectrum TV Essentials, and international news is available from the BBC and Bloomberg. The channels Spectrum TV Essentials offers are mostly Verizon-owned channels like MTV, Nickelodeon, and BET they also don’t offer channels like ABC, FX, and National Geographic. This library gives you access to shows available on the live channels, subscription to additional content providers, movie premieres, and the ability to add premium channels like SHOWTIME, Starz, and HBO to your viewing options for extra fees. You can access their on-demand digital content library if you subscribe to Spectrum TV Essentials. AT&T’s Watch TV has more in-demand channels for the same price, but if The Weather Channel, Paramount, Travel Channel, Nick Jr., and CMT are important to you, go with Spectrum.Spectrum TV Essentials is the primary subscription plan on Spectrum TV the plan is not available to everyone, and only customers who meet specific criteria can qualify for it. It has virtually the same channel lineup as Philo, but it is a dollar cheaper per month. While it’s only available to Spectrum Internet customers in select markets right now, Spectrum TV Essentials is a solid deal if you don’t want to pay extra for sports and local channels. Here’s how it compares to the other skinny bundles: Most notably, it’s missing Fire TV and non-Samsung smart TVs, which eliminates a lot of users. Unfortunately, that list is more limited than we’d like from a TV streaming service. Spectrum TV Essentials runs through the Spectrum TV app, so it works with all of the same devices and smart TVs. What’s more, unlike Spectrum TV Essentials, AT&T’s Watch TV is available to anyone you don’t need an AT&T Internet plan to subscribe. Here’s where the skinny bundles don’t line up: (Philo and Spectrum have almost the exact same channels the biggest difference is that Spectrum includes The Weather Channel.) ![]() When it comes to the channels people actually want, Watch TV provides better value, with two more channels in the top ten that consumers want the most according to TiVo’s 2017 Video Trends Report. Spectrum has more total channels - 62 to Philo’s 44 and WatchTV’s 42 - but there are a lot of diminishing returns in there, with five different versions of MTV, four BETs, and four Nicks. Spectrum TV Essentials’s closest competitors are Philo ($16/month) and AT&T’s named-by-an-SEO-bot WatchTV ($15). (There are also a number of excellent free streaming services that can help fill that sports-filled hole in your TV schedule.) How it compares to other skinny bundles That way, you can still see the biggest games and events without paying a colossal monthly fee. You can also supplement it with a TV antenna, which costs around $30, has no monthly fees, broadcasts in HD, and picks up your local ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC channels. ![]() If these things aren’t crucial viewing to you, a skinny bundle is by far your best option. The reason Spectrum TV Essentials and other skinny bundles are so much cheaper than other live streaming services is that they cut out all the channels that have the highest distribution fees - namely, the stuff that must be viewed live, like sports, news, and awards shows. Image: Spectrum Great if you don’t care about sports Here’s how it stacks up to other skinny bundles. It’s only available to Spectrum Internet customers, costs $15 a month, and includes more than 60 channels and all of their associated on-demand libraries. It looks like they’ve been true to their word, as Cord Cutters News reports that Spectrum has begun rolling the service out in select markets. The service would be called “Spectrum TV Essentials” and promised to launch by “the end of March,” according to Charter’s press release. In February, Charter announced that it would be adding itself to the live TV streaming Spectrum.
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