| Service | Price/mo | Has FS1? |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Sling splits its lineup into two tiers on purpose: Orange carries the ESPN family and the Disney-owned channels on a single stream, Blue carries Fox News, NFL Network, USA Network, and FS1 on up to three streams. You cannot get both ESPN and FS1 on one Sling tier. If FS1 is the one channel your household would actually miss, Sling Blue alone is the cheapest path, not Orange and not the combo.
The Sling Orange & Blue combo, at $60.99-$65.99/mo, gets you both ESPN and FS1 in one subscription if your household wants both sides of that split. OurNFL Network page covers a channel with the identical pattern: on Sling Blue, missing from Sling Orange, for the same reason.
FS1 and Fox News are both owned by Fox Corporation, and it shows in the carriage data: the two channels match on all seven services we track. Sling Blue, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, and DirecTV Stream carry both. Sling Orange and Philo carry neither. If your household is deciding between the two pages on this site, the carriage math is identical either way; the only real question is which channel you'd actually miss.
That consistency isn't a coincidence. Fox Corporation negotiates its cable networks as a bundle in most carriage deals, so a provider that carries one Fox-owned cable channel almost always carries the rest of the same tier.
Fox and YouTube TV came close to a real blackout in late August 2025: Fox warned it would pull its entire channel slate, FS1 included, right as college football and the NFL season opened. The two sides signed a new multiyear carriage deal days before the deadline, and that deal is still what keeps FS1 on YouTube TV today. We checked for a repeat dispute ahead of this page and found none as of 2026-07-19.
Fox has also blacked out FS1 on Dish Network's satellite service in past carriage fights, most notably a multi-week standoff in 2019 that also hit Dish-owned Sling TV before a long-term deal restored the channel. That dispute is six years settled, not a live 2026 issue, and Sling has been negotiated separately from Dish's satellite product ever since. We found nothing currently unresolved between Fox and any of the five services that carry FS1 here.
FS1 isn't a general entertainment channel with a sports slot bolted on; it's built around live games and studio shows year-round. Regular programming includes MLB games most Saturdays and Mondays during the season, NASCAR Cup Series races, Big Ten and Big 12 basketball, college football overflow from the Big Noon Saturday window, and daily studio shows like The Herd with Colin Cowherd. FS1 also picks up international soccer windows, including a chunk of the 2026 FIFA World Cup schedule.
Like NFL Network, FS1 also runs its own app with a live simulcast, but that stream still requires a TV-provider login tied to one of the five carrying services above, or a cable or satellite account. There's no standalone FS1-only streaming subscription separate from those five plans.
FS1 itself will never be free over the air. It's a cable-only sports network with no broadcast-spectrum presence, at any price, from any provider. Your local FOX affiliate is a separate, free-over-the-air signal in most markets, carrying network football and primetime shows, but not FS1's own studio programming, MLB Saturday games, or NASCAR coverage. See how antennas actually work for the indoor/attic/roof distinction before you buy one.
Check the full monthly cost comparison to see how Sling Blue and the other four carrying services stack up against a typical cable bill before you commit to one.
Sling Blue at $45.99/mo is the cheapest way to keep FS1 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 FS1, ESPN, and a much fuller local-channel lineup at once for $82.99-$89.99/mo. Philo is off the table for FS1 specifically, by design: it skips every live-sports channel to keep its price at $25.00/mo. Check the rest of your household's must-have channels against ourchannel finder before deciding.