Streaming

Building a football package from four apps costs $73.96 a month. YouTube TV’s Sports Plan is $64.99 and carries more. Every route priced.

Netflix’s ad-free upgrade costs $11 a month — $132 a year, more than a full year of HBO Max with ads. The hours-per-week maths that decides it.

Disney+ is $11.99 a month with ads. Adding Hulu costs $1 more. The arithmetic on every tier, bundle and the annual break-even, verified today.

Peacock Premium is $12.99 a month, $129.99 a year. One Apple bundle hands you Apple TV for nothing. Here is the arithmetic on all three tiers.

Apple TV costs $12.99 a month, $155.88 a year, and has no annual plan. One bundle hands it to you free. Here is the arithmetic.

Discovery+ is $5.99 a month with ads or $9.99 ad-free — $71.88 or $119.88 a year. Only one of those two is worth paying. Here’s the arithmetic.

Crunchyroll runs $9.99 to $17.99 a month, or $99.99 to $179.99 a year. Only one of the three tiers is worth paying for. Here’s the arithmetic.

Channels charges the same monthly rate as going direct — but only direct sells annual plans. Starz alone costs $73.89 more a year through Amazon.

AMC+ is $10.99 a month or $109.99 a year — only $10 more than Shudder alone, which it includes. The arithmetic, and who should skip it.

Starz is $11.99 a month or $69.99 a year — a 51% annual discount it never advertises. Here’s the break-even, and who should skip it.

Paramount+ is $8.99 or $13.99 a month. If you pay for Walmart+ you already have it free — and NFL fans should pay monthly, not annually.

Prime Video Channels bills 100+ streamers through one account. The consolidation is the real product — here’s which channels justify the line item.