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Hulu launches its live TV service with over 50 channels, starting at $40 a month
June 08, 2025
Nearly a year afterHulufirst confirmed it was going tooffer a live TV service, that day has finally come. The streaming movie and TV show service has launched what it calls Hulu with Live TV. It offers access to over 50 broadcast and cable TV channels for cord and satellite TV cutters, for the starting price of $39.99 a month.
Hulu with Live TV, which is launching to the public with a “beta” label, will let customers access four of the major broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, but sadly not The CW), along with a number of cable TV networks. The selection includes news channels (CNN, Fox News, MSNBC), sports networks (ESPN, Fox Sports, NBC Sports) and other cable TV channels (A&E, Cartoon Network/Adult Swim, Disney Channel, Freeform, FX, HISTORY, Lifetime, National Geographic, TBS, USA Network, and more).
If you have a little extra money, you may get up to 200 hours of Cloud DVR storage for the live TV service for the add-on price of $14.99 per month, which also lets users record as many shows as they want to at the same time, and lets them fast forward through commercials. For another $14.99 a month, you can have as many simultaneous streams as you want in the home, and three simultaneous streams outside the house. If you want both the enhanced Cloud DVR and the unlimited home screens, you can do that for $19.99 a month, which will save you $10 a month. Finally, Hulu with Live TV users can add on-demand access to the Showtime network’s library of TV shows and movies for $7.99 a month.
Hulu with Live TV is launching today, but this market is already crowded with similar services. They includeSling TV,PlayStation Vue,DirecTV Nowand the recently launchedYouTube TV. Recent unconfirmed rumors claim Verizonis also planning to launch an online TV servicesometime this summer.
By the way, Hulu also announced today that it has renewed its recently launched TV adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale for a second season. It has also confirmed it will show two more original drama series in 2018; Runaways, based on the Marvel comic book about six teenage superheroes, and The First, about the first manned mission to Mars.
What do you think of Hulu’s new live TV service? How does it compare with the other cord-cutting services that are already available? Let us know your opinions in the comments!
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