April 4, 2023 at 5:03 p.m. PST
- Apple TV refers both to a device and app.
- Apple TV+ is a video subscription service, similar to Netflix and Hulu, but with less content and a lower price.
- Apple TV Channels are niche content services offered within the Apple TV app, often with inexpensive subscription fees.
- Anyone with an iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Windows PC, or select smart TV can access Apple TV channels.
What Are Apple TV Channels?
Apple TV Channels are low-cost streaming channels offered within the Apple TV app. You don’t need an Apple TV device to access Apple TV Channels. You can also enjoy these streaming content providers with your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows PC, smart TV, Android device, or streaming stick. Apple has come a long way, baby!
By providing channels within the Apple TV app, content providers reduce costs, which they pass on to consumers. Since Apple is hosting their content and creating most of the application, companies like Starz, Showtime, and Cinemax save on software development and hosting costs.
In theory, they can pass these savings on to consumers. This is why you see many Apple TV channels offered as low as $2.99 per month. If they had to develop their own app and host the content themselves, they’d likely charge a higher fee or not offer the service at all.
The consumer also benefits from Apple TV channels. Most of your content lives in the Apple TV app, with few exceptions. Whatever device you use, as long as you log in with your Apple ID, you’ll be able to access your Apple TV Channels.
We’ve ordered the following list of Apple TV Channels by cost. This list is constantly updated as Apple adds new channels and prices change.
Apple TV Channels by Cost
The following table presents Apple TV channels ordered by cost.
Channel | Cost |
---|---|
Curiosity | $2.99 |
PBS Living | $2.99 |
ScreenPix | $2.99 |
Tastemade | $2.99 |
Eros Now Select | $3.49 |
OUT TV | $3.99 |
A&E Crime Central | $4.99 |
BBC Select | $4.99 |
CJ ENM Selects | $4.99 |
History Vault | $4.99 |
Lifetime Movie Club | $4.99 |
Motortrend | $4.99 |
UP faith & family | $4.99 |
allblk | $5.99 |
BFI Player Classics | $5.99 |
Hallmark Movies Now | $5.99 |
IFC Films Unlimited | $5.99 |
MGM+ | $5.99 |
Shudder | $5.99 |
Topic | $5.99 |
Acorn TV | $6.99 |
Apple TV+ | $6.99 |
Sundance Now | $6.99 |
BritBox | $7.99 |
Carnegie Hall+ | $7.99 |
noggin | $7.99 |
The Great Courses Signature Collection | $7.99 |
AMC+ | $8.99 |
Starz | $8.99 |
BET+ | $9.99 |
Cinemax | $9.99 |
Paramount+ | $9.99 |
MUBI | $10.99 |
Showtime | $10.99 |
Streaming Services by Cost
Service | Cost |
---|---|
ABC | Free |
AHC GO | Free |
Bloomberg | Free |
CBS News | Free |
Cheddar News | Free |
Crackle | Free |
E! Online | Free |
FilmRise | Free |
History Classics | Free |
PBS Kids | Free |
pluto tv | Free |
Red Bull TV | Free |
TBS | Free |
The CW | Free |
TNT | Free |
truTV | Free |
Tubi | Free |
Animal Planet GO | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Bravo | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Cartoon Network | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
CBS | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
CBS Sports | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
CNBC | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
CNNgo | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Comedy Central | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Cooking Channel | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Destination America GO | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Discovery GO | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Discovery Life GO | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Food Network | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
FOX News | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
FOX NOW | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Freeform | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
FXNOW | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
HGTV | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
History | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Lifetime | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
MTV | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
National Geographic | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
NBC | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Oxygen True Crime | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
PAC-12 Live | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Paramount Network | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Science Channel | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Showtime Anytime | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Smithsonian Channel | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
SYFY | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Telemundo | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
TLC GO | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Travel Channel | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
VH1 | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Watch OWN | Limited Free | Full Access with TV Provider |
Classix | Limited Free | $3.99/mo Premium |
Garage | Limited Free | $4.99/mo Ad-Free, Full Catalog |
Viki | Limited Free | $5/mo or $59.99/yr Standard | $8.33/mo or $99.99/yr Plus |
PBS | Limited Free | $5/mo or $60/yr for Passport |
Amazon Music | Limited Free | $5.99/mo HD Student | $4.99/mo Single Device | $8.99/mo HD Individual | $15.99/mo Family (6 accounts) |
Hopster | Limited Free | $7.99/mo | $59.99/yr |
YouTube | Free with Ads | $11.99/mo Ad-Free |
MUTV | Limited Free | $35.75/yr (price varies) |
Paramount+ | $4.99/mo |
Peacock | $4.99/mo or $49.99/yr with Ads | $9.99/mo or $99.99/yr Ad-Free |
Boomerang | $5.99/mo | $44.99/yr |
Arrow | $6.99/mo |
Netflix | $6.99/mo with Ads | $15.49 Standard | $19.99 Premium |
Crunchyroll | $7.99/mo Fan | $9.99/mo Mega Fan | $14.99/mo Ultimate Fan |
Funimation | $7.99/mo Premium | $9.99/mo Premium Plus |
Hulu | $7.99/mo with Ads | $14.99/mo Ad-Free | $12.99/mo with Disney+ and ESPN+ with ads | $19.99/mo with Disney+ and ESPN+ Ad-Free | $69.99/mo with Disney+, ESPN+, Live TV with Ads |
Amazon Prime | $8.99/mo |
Disney+ | $9.99/mo (with Hulu & Ads) | $12.99/mo (with Hulu, ESPN & Ads) | $19.99/mo (with Hulu, ESPN, No Ads, Downloadable) |
HBO Max | $9.99/mo, $99.99/yr with Ads | $15.99/mo, $149.99/yr Ad-Free |
globoplay | $13.99/mo |
DAZN | $19.99/mo Monthly Saver | $24.99/mo Flexible Pass | $224.99/yr Annual Super Saver |
Spectrum | $59.99/mo |
YouTube TV | $64.99/mo |
fuboTV | $75.99/mo Pro | $84.99/mo Elite | $94.99/mo Premier | $24.99/mo Latino |