DIRECTV has launched a new free streaming service: MyFree DIRECTV

How to sign up for MyFree DIRECTV

• Register here for MyFree DIRECTV with your email address
• Download the DIRECTV app to your TV, phone or tablet
• Start watching

Why did DIRECTV launch a free service?

In a statement about the launch of the service today, a rep for DIRECTV said that the company is looking to expand its audience beyond the users who are signed up for its premium satellite and streaming services. 

“DIRECTV is excited to bring a successful history of premium content aggregation and an elevated user experience to free TV for the first time,” said Kent Rees, General Manager, MyFree DIRECTV. “The availability of MyFree DIRECTV is the building block of the future for us as we tap into an entirely new audience through this new freemium experience going beyond the traditional pay TV customer.”

Free Ad-Supported TV (FAST) services like Pluto TV and Tubi have been gaining popularity this year as streaming service costs rise and audiences look for free entertainment options. Launching a free, ad-supported service will give DIRECTV a new source of ad revenue, along with introducing new subscribers to the lineup of DIRECTV products in hopes of seeing those subscribers upgrade to paid services as their entertainment needs and budgets change.

DIRECTV will launch more affordable plans

In the press release about the new FAST service, DIRECTV shared a detail about the future of its TV services. DIRECTV is planning to launch paid plans that are "genre-based" with fewer channels at more affordable price points. The strategy sounds similar to Sling TV plans, which offer subscribers a base plan and genre-specific add-ons to create a personalized channel lineup. There is currently no word yet on when the new plans will launch.

MyFree DIRECTV channel lineup

Here are all the channels available on the free service at launch. DIRECTV is already adding more channels and will continue growing the service through the end of the year and beyond. 

Sports

• Fight Network
• FUEL TV
• Origin Sports
• Pickleball TV
• Players TV
• SportsGrid
• SURFER TV
• T2
• TNA

Entertainment

• Alien Nation
• Anger Management
• Are We There Yet?
• Ax Men
• The Bob Ross Channel
• Cold Case Files
• Comedy Dynamics
• Court TV
• Crime 360
• Deal Zone
• Declassified
• Documentary+
• Dog Whisperer
• Dove Channel
• Duck Dynasty
• EBONY TV
• El Rey Rebel
• FailArmy
• Family Handyman
• Fox SoulGreat American Adventures
• HerSphere
• Horror by Alter
• Ice Road Truckers
• INFAST
• INWONDER
• Joel Osteen
• Love Nature
• MeatEater
• Modern Marvels
• Move Favorite by Lifetime
• Nosey
• OZ TV
• PokerGO
• PowerNation
• Pureflix TV
• Racing America
• RVTV
• Scripps News
• Somos Novelas
• Tastemade
• Tastemade Home
• Tastemade Travel
• The Design Network
• The Pet Collective
• Tiny House Nation
• Total Crime
• UnXplained Zone
• Women’s Sports Network
• Yu-Gi-Oh!

Moves & Events

• MovieSphere

News & Information

• Cheddar News
• Fox Weather
• The First
• Yahoo! Finance