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With Super Bowl LX, 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, Italy and 2026 NBA All-Star Game at the Intuit Dome (home of the Los Angeles Clippers) in Inglewood, California all coming up in February, the best live sports events are found on NBCUniversal networks, like NBC, USA Network, CNBC, Telemundo, MS Now (formerly MSNBC), Bravo, NBC Sports and other networks.
In addition, Fubo and NBCUniversal are in dispute over access carrier and network fees, so here’s how Fubo subscribers get access to NBC too. There are a few other ways to livestream NBC networks online, including ways to watch them online for free. Keep reading to learn the streaming options available.
How to Watch NBC Without Cable at Home
The simplest way to get instant access to NBCUniversal networks is through the channel’s official streaming platform, Peacock. While there is no free trial for new users, the platform offers cheap plans starting at just $10.99 per month, or you can get an annual plan for $109.99 per year (which gets you 12 months of streaming for the price of 10).
You can look forward to streaming live sports, such as NBA on NBC, Premiere League, MLB on NBC, 2026 World Cup and other sporting events.
It has TV shows, includes Poker Face, The Traitors, Couple to Throuple, The Best Man: The Final Chapters, Love Island, Yellowstone, Suits, The Office, Modern Family and Parks & Recreation. The streaming service is also the home to exclusive music programming, such as Girl You Know It’s True, Toby Keith: American Icon, When Metal Ruled the World, America’s Got Talent and others.
How to Watch NBC Without Cable for Free Online
For the most amount of content options, live TV streamers let you watch NBCUniversal networks without cable, along with hundreds of other networks. Plus, through free trials and promos going on you can save money and watch NBC at home for free.
You can get access to NBC and other NBCUniversal networks through live TV streamers, such as DirecTV — which is currently offering a free trial. Below are the best ways to watch NBCUniversal networks online.
A subscription to DirecTV — which comes with NBC, USA Network, CNBC, MS Now, Bravo, NBC Sports and other NBCUniversal Networks — gets you access to live TV, local and cable channels, starting at $84.99 for the first month of service ($89.99 per month afterwards) for signature packages. The service even offers a five-day free trial to watch for free, if you sign up now.
You can watch local networks such as ABC, CBS, FOX and PBS, while you can watch many cable networks, including FS1, Lifetime, FX, AMC, A&E, Bravo, BET, MTV, Paramount Network, Cartoon Network, VH1, Fuse, CNN, Food Network, CNBC and many others.
Sling TV offers the Blue package, which goes for $54.99 per month and comes with NBC, USA Network, CNBC, MS NOW, Bravo and others. Blue is one of the most affordable options and comes with more than 40 channels and can be streamed on up to three device at a time. Please note: Pricing and channel availability varies from market-to-market.
For the most content offerings, you can sign up for Hulu + Live TV and get access to the Hulu library with more then 95 live TV channels (including NBC, USA Network, CNBC and others). The streaming platform starts at $89.99 per month.
And, for even more programming, Hulu + Live TV now comes bundled with Disney+ and ESPN Unlimited, which gives you everything within the Hulu library, as well as exclusive content on ESPN for even more sports coverage.
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