| Service | Price/mo | Has HISTORY? |
|---|---|---|
| Philo | $25.00 | Yes |
| Sling Blue | $45.99 | Yes |
| Sling Orange | $45.99 | Yes |
| DirecTV Stream | $82.99 | Yes |
| YouTube TV | $82.99 | No |
| Fubo | $89.00 | No |
| 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.
These are two different stories that land on the same answer. YouTube TV has simply never signed a carriage deal with A+E Networks for HISTORY. It is not a channel that was dropped or blacked out; it has been absent from every version of YouTube TV's lineup since the service launched, and there is no public negotiation suggesting that changes soon.
Fubo's situation is newer and messier. A+E Networks pulled HISTORY off Fubo, along with A&E, Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network, FYI, and Vice TV, after the two companies could not agree on new carriage terms. Both HISTORY's and A&E's own support pages confirm the channels are gone from Fubo, not paused for a few days. As of 2026-07-19, there is no confirmed date for a new deal. If HISTORY is the one channel your household would miss, treat both YouTube TV and Fubo as off the table right now, not just less convenient.
Once you rule out YouTube TV and Fubo, HISTORY's carriage is actually simple: everything else checked here carries it, and there's no Sling Orange-versus-Blue trap the way there is with channels like MTV or Bravo. Both Sling plans include HISTORY at the same $45.99/mo price, so picking the wrong Sling tier isn't a risk for this particular channel. Philo, at $25.00/mo, is the cheapest of the five and the one to pick if HISTORY sits alongside other lifestyle and general-entertainment viewing rather than sports or 24-hour news.
Hulu + Live TV and DirecTV Stream also carry HISTORY, at $89.99/mo and $82.99/mo, and both add a broader lineup, including locals in most markets, that Philo doesn't cover. If your household needs more than HISTORY alone, one of those two full-lineup plans is the next step up rather than a workaround.
A free antenna will never carry HISTORY, no matter how strong your signal is or how close you live to the broadcast towers. It's a cable-only network 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, plus whatever local subchannels your market carries. None of that is HISTORY or anything close to its programming, so an antenna is a companion for the local-news side of your lineup, not a substitute here.
If you're pairing Philo's $25.00/mo plan with an antenna to also cover local news and network primetime, see how antennas actually work for the indoor/attic/roof distinction and the distance caveats before you buy one. And check thefull monthly cost comparison to see how a Philo-plus-antenna setup stacks up against a typical cable bill.
Philo at $25.00/mo is a strong pick if HISTORY sits alongside other lifestyle and general-entertainment viewing in your household, the kind of channel mix Philo was built around. It skips live sports, 24-hour cable news, and every ABC/CBS/NBC/FOX/PBS local affiliate entirely, by design, which is exactly why it can charge a third of what the full-lineup services cost.
If your household also wants ESPN, a 24-hour news channel, or local network affiliates, Philo alone won't cover it, and HISTORY alone shouldn't be the reason you overpay for a bigger plan you don't otherwise need. Sling Orange or Sling Blue at $45.99/mo is the next step up that still carries HISTORY, and Hulu + Live TV or DirecTV Stream covers everything at once for $82.99-$89.99/mo. Just remember YouTube TV and Fubo are both off the table for this one channel, no matter which tier you'd otherwise pick. Check the rest of your household's must-have channels against our channel finder before deciding, since HISTORY rarely stands alone as the single deciding factor in which plan to buy.
HISTORY's carriage pattern is close to Discovery Channel and Food Network in one respect: Philo is the cheapest carrier for all three, at the same $25.00/mo price. But HISTORY is the outlier of that group once you look at the full table. Discovery Channel and Food Network are carried on every service checked here, no exceptions. HISTORY is not: it's the only one of the three missing from both YouTube TV and Fubo, thanks to the ongoing A+E Networks carriage dispute.
That's worth knowing if you're comparing several channels at once to decide on a plan. A household that wants HISTORY plus Discovery Channel or Food Network is fully covered by Philo's $25.00/mo plan for all three. A household that's already on YouTube TV or Fubo for other reasons, on the other hand, needs to know upfront that HISTORY isn't part of either lineup right now, and won't be until A+E Networks and Fubo settle their dispute, if they do. See our Bravo carriage page for how a similar NBCUniversal-Fubo dispute played out last year, and how long it took to resolve.