NFL · 2026 season
How to watch NFL RedZone
Which streaming services and TV providers carry RedZone, what it costs, and this Sunday's games.
NFL RedZone is a Sunday-afternoon channel that jumps between all the games being played to show every touchdown and big scoring chance live, splitting the screen to show as many as eight games at once. Scott Hanson hosts it. Sundays from 1 p.m. ET until the late-afternoon games wind down, around 8 p.m. ET (about seven hours), in Weeks 1-18 of the regular season (Sept. 13, 2026 to Jan. 10, 2027). You can stream it on YouTube TV, Fubo, Sling Blue, DirecTV Stream, Hulu + Live TV and NFL+ Premium; the cheapest add-on is Hulu + Live TV's, at $9.99 a month on top of the base plan.
Streaming
| Service | How you get it | Price |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube TV | NFL RedZone with Sports Plus add-on With a YouTube TV plan: the Base Plan ($82.99 a month) or one of the genre plans, such as the Sports Plan Sold only as a package: it also adds beIN SPORTS, Tennis Channel, FanDuel TV, VSiN and other sports channels. NFL Sunday Ticket doesn't include RedZone unless you pick Sunday Ticket with RedZone at checkout (an extra $42 for the season). | $10.99/mo |
| Fubo | Sports Plus with NFL RedZone add-on With a Fubo base plan It also adds other sports channels. Some higher-priced Fubo plans already include Sports Plus, so check your plan's channels before adding it. | $10.99/mo |
| Sling Blue | Sports Extra add-on With Sling Blue (it also works with Sling Orange & Blue or the smaller Sling Select plan) Only the Blue-side Sports Extra has RedZone. It also adds NBA TV, NHL Network and other sports channels. | $11/mo |
| Sling Orange | Not available: Sling Orange's Sports Extra add-on is a different pack without RedZone Sling's day passes are for Sling Orange, so they don't include RedZone either. | Not available |
| DirecTV Stream | Sports Pack add-on (already included with the PREMIER plan) With any DIRECTV Signature plan: ENTERTAINMENT, CHOICE or ULTIMATE RedZone is on channel 211 on Sundays. On DIRECTV's MySports plan ($64.99 a month), RedZone comes with the MySports Extra mini-pack for $13.99 a month instead. | $14.99/mo |
| Hulu + Live TV | Sports Add-on With Hulu + Live TV Hulu + Live TV does carry RedZone, but only with this add-on. It also adds Tennis Channel, FanDuel Racing and other sports networks. | $9.99/mo |
| NFL+ Premium | NFL+ Premium subscription (RedZone is included) NFL+ Premium is sold on its own by the NFL ($14.99 a month or $99.99 a year) RedZone plays in the NFL app on phones, tablets and TV devices such as Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Google TV, Xbox and recent Samsung, LG and Vizio TVs, not inside YouTube TV or other live TV apps. Only NFL+'s live local and primetime games are limited to phones and tablets. | $14.99/mo |
| Disney+, Hulu, ESPN Unlimited bundle | NFL+ Premium add-on (RedZone is included) With a plan with ESPN Unlimited, such as the Disney+, Hulu, ESPN Unlimited bundle ($35.99 a month with ads) ESPN Unlimited includes NFL Network but not RedZone. The add-on gives you the full NFL+ Premium, so RedZone plays in the NFL app, not the ESPN or Disney+ app, and NFL+'s live local and primetime games are phone and tablet only. | $10/mo |
| NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube | NFL Sunday Ticket with NFL RedZone, chosen at checkout With NFL Sunday Ticket, through YouTube Primetime Channels or as a YouTube TV add-on Here RedZone is a one-time extra for the whole season ($42 for 2026), not a monthly add-on. Sunday Ticket by itself doesn't include RedZone. | See notes |
Cable and satellite
| Provider | Package | Price | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIRECTV | Sports Pack add-on on any Signature plan; included with PREMIER On Sundays during the regular season. DIRECTV's streaming service uses the same channel number. | $14.99/mo | 211 |
| DISH | Multi-Sport Pack add-on, with America's Top 120 Plus or a bigger package You can also watch it away from home with DISH Anywhere. | Ask | 155 |
| Xfinity | More Sports & Entertainment add-on; needs Xfinity X1 and the Sports & News TV tier or higher The channel number depends on your area. To add it on X1, say "Upgrade to NFL RedZone" into the voice remote. RedZone is back on Xfinity for the 2026 regular season after a fee dispute kept NFL Network and RedZone off from May to August 2026. | $9.95/mo | Check your lineup |
| Spectrum | Sports View add-on The channel number depends on your area; check your local Spectrum lineup. | $10/mo | Check your lineup |
| Cox | Sports Pack 2 add-on, with Contour TV Preferred or Ultimate Cox is now part of Spectrum. Existing Cox TV plans stay the same for now, while new customers sign up for Spectrum plans, where RedZone comes with the Sports View add-on. The channel number depends on your area. | $10/mo | Check your lineup |
| Verizon Fios | Sports Pass add-on Fios lists RedZone as a seasonal channel, on during the football season. Ask Verizon for the current Sports Pass price. | Ask | Check your lineup |
| Optimum | Sports Pack add-on Channel 220 is for most of Optimum's New York, New Jersey and Connecticut areas. It's 262 around Hendersonville, N.C., and 130 in parts of Warren and Sussex counties, N.J.; elsewhere, check your local Optimum lineup. | Ask | 220 |
RedZone on Sunday, October 18
All NFL gamesThe afternoon games RedZone moves between:
Good to know
NFL RedZone is its own channel, separate from NFL Network. Most live TV plans include NFL Network, but RedZone almost always costs extra as an add-on. You may see it listed as "NFL RedZone," "RedZone" or "NFL RedZone from NFL Network"; they are all the same channel. DIRECTV's old Red Zone Channel for Sunday Ticket subscribers, hosted by Andrew Siciliano, ended after the 2022 season, so NFL RedZone with Scott Hanson is now the only one. NFL Sunday Ticket doesn't include RedZone on its own: on YouTube you can add RedZone when you buy Sunday Ticket (an extra $42 for the 2026 season), and YouTube TV members can instead add the NFL RedZone with Sports Plus add-on for $10.99 a month. With NFL+ Premium, RedZone works on TV devices as well as phones and tablets; only NFL+'s live local and primetime games are limited to phones and tablets. ESPN now distributes RedZone to TV providers, and ESPN Unlimited includes NFL Network but not RedZone; the Disney+, Hulu, ESPN Unlimited bundle offers RedZone through a $10-a-month NFL+ Premium add-on. RedZone is no longer completely commercial-free: it runs a few short ads during breaks in play. Streaming services list RedZone by name in their live guides rather than by channel number; DIRECTV's streaming service is the exception and uses channel 211, the same as satellite.
From each service's and provider's own pages, checked October 16, 2026. Prices and packages change; check before you subscribe. How to watch the NFL without cable