| Service | Price/mo | Has Paramount Network? |
|---|---|---|
| Philo | $25.00 | Yes |
| Sling Blue | $45.99 | No |
| 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.
Some Sling gaps on this site are a tier question: one plan carries the channel, the other doesn't, same price either way. Paramount Network doesn't work that way. Checked against Sling's own add-on pages and current channel-lineup guides on 2026-08-08, Paramount Network isn't in the base lineup on Sling Orange or Sling Blue. It's only reachable through the separate Entertainment Extra add-on, a $6.00/mo genre pack that also carries MTV, TV Land, CMT, and several other Paramount-owned niche channels, and works on top of either base plan for a total of $51.99/mo.
This isn't a new or contested change. Paramount Network briefly sat in Sling Blue's base lineup starting in 2019, then moved permanently to the add-on bundle at the end of August 2020, and multiple 2026 sources (Sling's own channel-lineup pages included) still show it there. Our sqlite data layer had this wrong before this check: Sling Blue was marked as carrying Paramount Network in the base plan, the same kind of stale-data bug caught and corrected on VH1's page here. It's now corrected to reflect that neither tier includes Paramount Network without the add-on.
That makes the real household question "is the $6.00/mo Entertainment Extra add-on worth it," not "which Sling tier do I need." It's the identical shape to ourVH1 page, another Paramount-owned channel that needs its own $6.00/mo add-on (Lifestyle Extra, a different bundle) on both Sling tiers.
Paramount Network has one piece of real dispute history worth knowing about, even though it's resolved. In February 2025, Paramount and YouTube TV let their distribution agreement lapse in a fight over carriage fees. Paramount warned that 23 channels, including CBS, Paramount Network, MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, and VH1, could go dark for YouTube TV subscribers right as the deadline hit. The two sides signed a short-term extension with hours to spare, then reached a new multiyear carriage deal days later. No blackout ever actually happened.
That multiyear deal is still what keeps Paramount Network, and every other Paramount-owned channel on this site, live on YouTube TV today. We checked specifically for a repeat dispute ahead of publishing this page and found none as of 2026-07-19. If you're deciding between services for Paramount Network specifically, the 2025 scare is worth knowing about as context, not a reason to rule YouTube TV out now.
Paramount Network itself will never be free over the air; it's a cable-only network with no broadcast-spectrum presence, at any price, from any provider. If your household also wants local news or network primetime, pairing Philo's $25.00/mo plan with a one-time antenna purchase is a common way to fill that gap cheaply. Seehow antennas actually work for the indoor/attic/roof distinction before you buy one.
Check the full monthly cost comparison to see how Philo and the other four carrying services stack up against a typical cable bill before you commit to one.
Philo at $25.00/mo is the straightforward pick if Paramount Network sits alongside other general-entertainment viewing in your household, the mix Philo was built around. It skips live sports, 24-hour cable news, and every ABC/CBS/NBC/FOX/PBS local affiliate by design, which is why it can charge a third of what the full-lineup services cost.
If your household is leaning toward Sling for other channels, know upfront that Paramount Network adds $6.00/mo on top of either tier rather than riding along for free. YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, DirecTV Stream, and Fubo all carry Paramount Network in their base plan already, at $82.99-$89.99/mo, if one of those already covers more of your household's other must-have channels. Check the rest of your list against ourchannel finder before deciding, since Paramount Network alone rarely settles which plan makes sense for a whole household.
Paramount Network shares a parent company, Paramount Skydance, with three other channels already covered here: Comedy Central,BET, and VH1. Shared ownership doesn't mean shared Sling carriage, though. Comedy Central and BET are both carried on Sling Orange and Sling Blue's base plans at the standard $45.99/mo price, no add-on required. VH1 needs the same shape of fix Paramount Network does: neither Sling tier carries it without a separate $6.00/mo add-on. OurMTV page covers the fourth channel in the family, which shares that exact same add-on-only shape via the same Entertainment Extra bundle.
A household weighing Paramount Network against its Paramount Skydance siblings should budget for the add-on rather than assume shared ownership means shared carriage. Philo, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, DirecTV Stream, and Fubo all carry Paramount Network, Comedy Central, BET, MTV, and VH1 without any Sling add-on question at all, since none of those five services use Sling's tier-and-add-on structure.