All of the below apps are available to stream via the Apple TV as well as some other streaming devices. You can read more about the different types of streaming devices here.

We’ve written a little summary of some of these services and included examples of what they look like. You’ll also find links to extended reviews of many of the services.

If you want to know more about the difference between a Free, Subscription and TV Everywhere streaming app read our article The 4 main types of streaming services.

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Netflix expanded to Canada in 2010. They are one of the biggest streaming services in the world. Netflix allows subscribers to stream television series and films via the Netflix website on personal computers, or the Netflix software on a wide variety of supported platforms.

Netflix is commercial free and has a mix of movies and TV series that come from other studios but they also produce a lot of their own content.

Netflix allows the creation of individual profiles and allows some content to be downloaded for offline playback on some devices.

Hulu is an on demand subscription streaming service originally established as a joint venture between ABC, Fox, NBC & Turner Broadcasting. It is now fully controlled and majority owned by Disney.

It has a huge selection of TV and movies from a wide range of content providers. Hulu also has its own original content that it produces like The Handmaid’s Tale.

Hulu has two subscription levels. $7.99 per month for a ‘limited commercial’ version and $14.99 per month for a commercial free version.

You can create multiple profiles with Hulu which means you can share the service and you can download content to small screen devices (phones, tablets) for offline viewing.

As it is now owned by Disney you there are various add on subscription deals you can get. You can add Disney+ for $2.99 a month, ESPN+ for $9.99 a month.

CBC Gem is the free streaming app from CBC. To make use of the app fully you will be asked to create an account. Once you have an account you are able to watch all of the regional local CBC channels live for free. You also have access to thousands of hours of CBC content on demand free.

Check out our CBC Gem quick look video below.

The $4.99 per month subscription will give you access to CBC’s 24 hour cable news channel live as well as make all the on demand content commercial free.

CTV is one of Canada’s largest privately owned television networks and is owned and operated by Bell Canada. The networks programming consists mainly of American series.

You can watch the most recent episodes of shows for free for 7 days after they have been broadcast but it will include commercials. After 7 days you need to login with a cable subscription.

Watch our quick look video review of the CTV app below.

You also need a cable login and password if you want to watch any of the channels live.

There are some older TV series that are free to watch and a good selection of older films as well but they also come with commercials.

Where Hulu is a partnership between 3 of the 4 major US networks, CBS decided to launch their own independent subscription service. Formally called CBS All Access, they renamed and relaunched it as Paramount+ on March 4th, 2021. You can see what the service looks like here on our YouTube channel Quick Look video.

Paramount+ has two subscription levels. $5.99 per month for the ‘limited commercial’ version and $9.99 per month for the commercial free version.

There is a Canadian version of this service that has also been rebranded into Paramount+, you can read our full review of the Canadian CBS All Access here.

Max replaces the HBO Max streaming service. Max loses the HBO moniker in its name with Discovery now taking ownership of the service due to the merger of the two companies. Max includes all of the HBO content as well as bringing content from Discovery.

There are 3 tiers of pricing. Max ad lite which includes ads for $9,99 per month. The ad free tiers are $15.99 per month and $19.99 per month for Max Ultimate Ad Free, which removes ads, allows for 4K streaming, and ups the number of concurrent streaming devices from two to four.

Disney+ is the home of a wide range of content from Disney including Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar content. In Canada a new section called Star was launched in Feb 2021 which raised the price of Disney+ from $8.99 to $11.99.

You can read our full review of the new content here.

Apple TV + (pronounced Apple TV Plus) is Apple’s own streaming service.

There tends to be some confusion by people on what is what when it comes to Apple. Many people confuse the actual Apple TV streaming device with the Apple TV app and the Apple TV + streaming service.

The Apple TV streaming device is specifically that, an external streaming device you hook up to any TV.

The Apple TV app is an app that users can download and use on a variety of devices like Apple TV, Roku and certain smart TV’s.

Apple TV + is a subscription streaming service from Apple that costs $8.99 (CA) a month and offers up a small but growing selection of Apple original shows including The Morning Show, See, Severance, Ted Lasso, Dickinson, For All Mankind, Snoopy in Space, Oprah’s Book Club, Little America and others.

You may be eligible for a free year of the service as Apple has been giving away subscriptions with the purchase of certain new Apple devices.

Apple also recently took the first step in adding some outside content to the service by acquiring the exclusive streaming rights to all 96 episodes of Fraggle Rock. They also are planning on producing a new reboot of the series. Apple has also said they will look to acquire more older series and movies for their service.

Apple TV Channels are streaming services that you can buy and stream directly in the TV app of the Apple TV, although the TV app is also now available on other streaming devices. All billing is handled through Apple itself and the video is hosted by Apple. This means you watch it directly in the TV app on iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple TV.

Channels as of now include Nick+, Starz, Paramount+, Britbox, SuperChannel, AMC+, Acorn TV, Out TV, IFC Films, Cottage Life, Mubi, Love Nature, ErosNow, Topic, Urban Movie Channel and TasteMade. All priced differently and most offer an initial free trial of anywhere between 7 - 30 days.

Peacock is a fairly new streaming service from NBC. Peacock’s content includes live news, sports, new original series and a large back catalogue of TV shows and movies.

There is a free ad supported model and then two paid subscription tiers to choose from.

You can read our full review and deep dive of the service here.

Showtimes subscription based streaming service is similar to HBO’s except the focus is on Showtimes catalogue of original series as well as a huge selection of movies, documentaries, comedy specials and sports content including boxing. You can see what the service looks like and see a sample of the content here.

The Starz service has original shows like Outlander, Power, American Gods & Black Sails. There is also a huge selection of movies. You can see a full list of TV series and movies available on Starz here.

Epix Now is a subscription based streaming service owned by a subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It’s library consists of recent and older theatrically released motion pictures, original television series, documentaries, and music and comedy specials.

Discovery+ launched in January 2021 and is a new service from Discovery. It includes 55,000 episodes from shows on the Discovery Channel, Food Network, HGTV, Animal Planet, TLC, A&E, BBC, The History Channel, Lifetime and other Discovery Inc.-owned channels. There are two subscription levels, $4.99 monthly or $6.99 for an ad-free version. You can read our full review of this service here.

There is also now a Discovery+ Canada. You can read our review of it here.

Sling TV is one of the many US based ‘live tv’ streaming services. They have several packages that are $35 per month that include 40+ channels live as well as on demand content.

Sling TV also has the option to add on a lot of speciality and international channels that includes Arabic, Bangali, Cantonese, French, German, Hindi, Mandarin, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish and others.

Philo is similar to Sling TV but the service has no local or sports channels. As of now there are 60+ channels available live through the service. The service includes channels such as

Philo includes A&E, AMC, Animal Planet, AXS TV, BBC America, BET, CMT, Comedy Central, Cooking Channel, Discovery, Discovery Family, Discovery Life, DIY, Food Network, FYI, GSN, Hallmark, HGTV, History, IFC, Investigation Discovery, Lifetime, MTV, Nickelodeon, OWN, Paramount Network, TLC, Travel Channel, TV Land, TV One, upTV, VH1, Viceland, and WE tv.

It’s one of the more affordable live TV services. Philo has an unlimited DVR capability. Search, save, and then see your shows in Saved. Besides live TV there is also on demand content available.

River TV is a Canadian live TV subscription based streaming service owned and operated by internet service provider VMedia. It currently features over 30 live and on demand channels.

River TV is similar to US services like Sling TV and Philo. It is unique for Canada as it doesn’t require the user to make use of a specific internet provider like similar services like TekSavvy TV and Bell Fibe TV.

Amazon Prime Canada is not as big as the US version of the service but it does include most of Amazon’s original shows and movies.

There are also add on channels that range in cost. Add on channels include StackTV, Starz, hayu, BritBox, BBC Earth, PBS, Shudder and others.

Stack TV is not a independent streaming service, instead it’s an add on to Amazon Prime Canada.

You can read our full deep dive review here .

Crave (formally known as CraveTV) is a subscription based service owned and operated by Bell. The service features a variety of content from HBO, Showtime, Straz, CBS and Comedy Central.

Crave recently changed their subscription tiers and now offer a mobile only version of the service for $9.99 per month and a full on tier for $19.99 per month. There are also annual subscriptions.

You can read our full review of Crave here.

The BBC iPlayer streaming app is free to download and use. It has a large collection of old and new BBC content as well as offers the ability to watch all of the BBC channels live.

PBS streaming service is free to download and use. It has a variety of their current shows on demand. You pick which PBS station you want to associate your streaming service with and you can switch it at any time. 

You can also donate to PBS monthly through the app to gain access to even more content.

PBS Kids streaming service is free to download and use. It has a variety of their current shows on demand and you can watch the channel live.

The CW’s streaming service is free to download and use. The channel is owned and operated by CBS, AT&T and UPN. Current episodes of their shows are available for a limited time and includes commercials.

CityTV’s app is free to download. It’s classified as a TV Everywhere app. You can watch the most recent episodes of shows for free for 7 days after they have been broadcast but it will include commercials. After 7 days you need to login with a cable subscription.

The CityTV app does allow you to watch the channel live without the need for a cable login and password which is notably different than other TV Everywhere apps like the CTV & Global TV app.

Global TV’s app is another TV Everywhere streaming app. The app is free to download and use, but most of the content is locked behind the need for a cable login and password. This includes watching the channels live. The app was recently updated to include other Corus channels like History, Food Network Canada, HGTV Canada and others.

You can watch some episodes free within 7 days of broadcast.

Sometimes also branded as British Columbia's Knowledge Network, is a Canadian publicly funded educational cable television network serving the province of British Columbia.

Knowledge Network covers a range of topics including politics, history and culture, arts and music, health, parenting, and science.

TSN’s direct to consumer subscription service is $19.99 per month. For that you can watch all 5 TSN channels (TSN 1 - 5) live and since the app was updated in Feb 2021 you can now watch a whole host of on demand content. You can read a full review of the new TSN here.

There is some on demand content on the website with the subscription service.

You can also buy a 24 hour day pass to the service for $7.99.

You can also use the app as a TV Everywhere app and access the app by logging in with a valid cable subscription from a supported cable provider .

Sportsnet’s subscription based streaming service was recently lowered from $19.99 per month to $14.99 per month for SN Now Standard. There is also a $34.99 per month plan for SN Now Premium. Both versions give you access to the live Sportsnet channels. There is also some on demand content.

Users can watch clips and highlights for free without a subscription. There is also an annual subscription for $149.99 per year for SN Now Standard and $249.99 for SN Now Premium.

DAZN Canada is the home of all NFL games in Canada including NFL Game Pass and access to NFL RedZone. DAZN also holds the exclusive Canadian rights to the UEFA Champions League and Europa League. DAZN also announced that it had acquired Canadian rights to the Premier League.

RDS (Réseau des sports) is the Quebecois streaming service of it’s English-language sister network, TSN. RDS like TSN offers both a subscription based service as well as a TV Everywhere option.

The Société de télédiffusion du Québec branded as Télé-Québec. Télé-Québec is equivalent to Ontario's TVOntario and TFO, and British Columbia's Knowledge Network, and similar to the American Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). All programming on Télé-Québec is in French, although there are a few shows and movies that are presented in the original language (predominantly English), with French subtitles.

TV5 Québec Canada (or TV5) is a Canadian French language specialty channel that focuses primarily on programming from international French-speaking broadcasters. TV5 broadcasts a variety of French-language programming from Canada and around the world, including drama, sports, documentaries and information programming among a variety of other genres.

TVA + brings combines several specialized channels such as addikTV, CASA, Évasion, MOI ET CIE, Zeste, PRISE2 and YOOPA. With TVA+ you can watch TVA live and catch up on shows on demand.

Noovo is a Canadian French-language television network owned by Bell Media. The content consists predominantly of reality and non-fiction programming as well as dubbed versions of English Canadian or American comedy or drama series, rather than original francophone comedy or drama; however, it does include a few Quebec-produced comedies and drama series. Most of the content requires a cable login and password to view.

The ESPN app is really two apps in one. ESPN+ is technically separate from ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNews, so a subscription to ESPN+ will not grant you access to live games on those networks. For ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNews you must login with a valid US cable provider.

ESPN+ includes a mix of live games from College Baseball & Softball (from more than 15 conferences including the Big 12, American, Sun Belt and C-USA), MLB, more than 5,000 NCAA Men's & Women's basketball games, UFC, more than 35 exclusive boxing events, Cricket, 35 golf tournaments in 2022 totalling more than 4,300 hours of coverage, NHL, KHL, PHL, College and IIHF World Championships. and It also features original shows like "30 for 30," as well as full replays of historic NFL games on-demand.

For baseball fans MLB.TV is the service for you. You get access to all games live and on demand. Although a US based service it is available in Canada.

Even without a subscription you can watch highlights, clips and interviews.

The NBA’s subscription streaming service offers several pricing options depending on how many games and what teams you want to watch.

AHL TV is the American Hockey Leagues own independant streaming service giving you access to all AHL games live and on demand.

Besides season wide packages you can subscribe monthly or for a single day. The interface isn’t has splashy as the NHL’s service but it still gets you all the games you want.

Pluto TV is an American internet television service owned by ViacomCBS. Pluto is a free, advertiser-supported video on demand service that primarily offers a selection of programming content through digital linear channels designed to emulate the experience of traditional broadcast programming.

Pluto TV licenses its content directly from providers, and as of March 2020 has deals with 170 content partners providing more than 250 channels and 100,000 unique hours worth of programming.

Tubi is one of the many free American ad-supported streaming services, it’s owned by Fox. Tubi's programming includes movies and television series from content providers such as Fox Entertainment (Tubi's parent company), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., Studio 100, Shout! Factory, Nelvana, WildBrain, 9 Story Media Group, Bridgestone Multimedia, Funimation, Viz Media, and NBCUniversal.

Crackle is another free ad supported streaming platform that is a joint venture between Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television.

The service is available in 21 countries on connected devices including mobile, tablets, smart TVs, desktop, and gaming consoles. There use to be a Canadian version of the service but it was shut down in 2018.

Crackle features many films and TV shows, some of them on an exclusive basis, mainly from Sony Pictures and its subsidiaries, including Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Classics, Funimation, and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions.

Knowledge Kids is operated by Knowledge Network, British Columbia’s trusted public broadcaster. They are a publicly-supported, non-profit broadcaster.

Knowledge Kids is where you’ll find the best and brightest content for kids aged two to eight, all completely commercial free.

TVO Kids does not have their own independant streaming app but they do offer a free live stream via their YouTube channel.

The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary films, animation, web documentaries, and alternative dramas.

BritBox is a subscription based streaming service that showcases content from the BBC and iTV.

Acorn TV is a subscription based streaming service that showcases UK, Australian, New Zealand and Canadian TV content including original shows like Murdoch Mysteries, Agatha Christie & Foyle’s War.

Curiosity Stream is a subscription based streaming service that features content from producers such as the BBC and NHK and has also produced a number of original documentaries and series.

Curiosity Stream offers both annual and month-to-month subscriptions including an option of a 4K plan which accounts for the different price options.

Sundance Now is a subscription based streaming service that carries original and exclusive dramas, comedies, and true-crime series, in addition to award-winning movies from every genre, including foreign-language and documentary features — all streaming commercial-free.

BET+ is a subscription based streaming service operated by Tyler Perry Studios and the BET Networks unit of ViacomCBS. BET+ offers 2,000 hours of Black content from the best Black creators.

Shudder is a subscription based streaming service owned and operated by AMC Networks that focuses on horror, thriller and supernatural fiction content.

Crunchyroll is a subscription based streaming service focused on streaming anime, manga, and doram. Crunchyroll offers over 1,000 anime shows, more than 200 East Asian dramas to users, and 50 manga titles as Crunchyroll Manga, although not all programming is available in every country due to licensing restrictions.

HIDIVE is a subscription based streaming service which specializes in Japanese animation and Asian cinema. HIDIVE is the exclusive carrier of select licensed titles from Sentai and Section23.

hayu is a subscription based streaming service that focuses on reality shows.

Hallmark Movies Now is a subscription based streaming service that offers family-friendly movies, documentaries and short films.

DC Universe will shut down its movie and TV show streaming options on January 2021. It will change to DC Universe Infinite, and will only have online comic books from the DC Comics library of titles. The movies and TV shows will move over to HBO Max.

DC Universe provides old and new seasons of DC Comics-based live-action and animated TV content. Not available are recent shows based in The CW’s Arrowverse. These include Arrow, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Black Lightning, and Batwoman.

The iTV Hub streaming app is a free app to download and use. You can enjoy a large amount of recently broadcast content on demand as well as being able to watch all of the iTV channels live.

All 4 is the free streaming service from the British public-service free-to-air television network Channel 4. All 4 commissions all of its programming from companies independent of itself.

My5 is the free UK streaming service from Channel 5. It is a general entertainment channel that shows both internally commissioned programs as well foreign programming from the US.

SBS On Demand is the free streaming service from The Special Broadcasting Service a hybrid-funded Australian public service broadcaster. SBS operates five TV channels (SBS, SBS Viceland, SBS World Movies, SBS Food and NITV)

You will find a mix of imported US and European shows on the service along with local content from Australia and New Zealand.

ABC iView is a free streaming service run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The service provides on-demand access to almost all the TV programs that are broadcast linear broadcast channels (ABC, ABC Comedy, ABC Me, ABC Kids, ABC News), as well as simulcast live streams of those channels.

9Now is an on demand free streaming service run by the Nine Network in Australia. It offers online live streaming of Channel 9, 9Gem, 9Go!, 9Life and 9Rush, as well as live news.

7 Plus is a free on demand streaming service run by the Seven Network in Australia. There is a mix of local Australian shows as well as UK & US shows.

10 Play is a free Australian streaming service from Network 10 which is one of five national free-to-air Australian networks.

TVNZ or Television New Zealand is a state opertaed free streaming service similar to CBC in Canada but based out of New Zealand. Along with local content their library is made up of a lot of US and UK content as well.

Three is a nationwide television channel in New Zealand. Three Now is the on demand free streaming service of Three. Three Now’s library includes select programmes from Three and sister channel Bravo.

The CTV News app is free to download. Normally the app requires a valid cable login and password to use but over the last few months due to the current global pandemic the app is free to use.

It’s a fairly basic app. There are a few live streams of the channel, no on demand content, no clips.