Where the price ceiling is
Premium in this market means server capacity and connection count, not channel count. Expect $15 a month for a premium single connection and $25–$45 for two to five. Above about $25 for one connection you are paying for a longer channel list, not better streams. TereaTV is the premium pick for one screen; VocoTV for a household.
Every provider in this market calls itself premium, which makes the word useless unless you attach it to something measurable. Three things genuinely separate the tiers, and none of them is the number on the front page.
Per single connection, US market, 2026.
Cannot cover bandwidth, servers and a support desk. Either the same capacity is sold many times over, or the service is not planning a long life.
Where every service on this page sits. Real capacity, maintained guides, and a support desk that answers. Longer terms move you to the bottom of this band.
For one connection, the extra buys a longer channel list rather than a steadier stream. There is no capacity tier above this that you can feel.
| Subscription | 1 month | 3 months | 6 months | 12 months | Connections | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TereaTV | $15/mo · $15 total | $13.33/mo · $40 total | $10/mo · $60 total | $10/mo · $120 total | 1–5 | 9.4 |
| VocoTV | $15/mo · $15 total | $13.33/mo · $40 total | $10.83/mo · $65 total | $8.33/mo · $100 total | 1–6 | 9.0 |
| VinomTV | $15/mo · $15 total | $13.33/mo · $40 total | $10/mo · $60 total | $10/mo · $120 total | 1–6 | 8.4 |
| FreeGoTV | $15/mo · $15 total | $13.33/mo · $40 total | $10/mo · $60 total | $8.33/mo · $100 total | 1–6 | 9.1 |
Figures are the effective cost per month once the billing term is divided out — the number you actually pay, not the headline rate. Checked against each provider's own plan page in August 2026; see our disclosure.
Why here: The premium single-connection choice — 4K delivery, the steadiest evening playback, and $10 a month from six months on.
Strength: The steadiest peak-hour playback of the eight, and the six-month plan already hits $10 a month — you do not have to commit to a year to get the best rate.
Trade-off: The annual plan costs $120 while two rivals charge $100 for the same twelve months.
Why here: Premium for households: five simultaneous connections on one plan.
Strength: Extra devices cost $5 each rather than a full extra plan — six simultaneous streams is $40 a month, which works out to $6.67 per device, the lowest per-device rate here.
Trade-off: The six-month plan is $65 where TereaTV and ViewTVY charge $60 for the same term.
Why here: Premium up to six connections with adult categories removed entirely from the catalogue.
Strength: The only line-up here with adult categories stripped out entirely — nothing to hide behind a PIN because nothing is there.
Trade-off: Trials only open on Mondays and Thursdays, and the annual plan is $120 where five rivals charge $100.
Why here: Premium by longevity — thirteen years of continuous operation.
Strength: Running since 2013 — the longest continuous track record on this page — and its $100 annual plan ties for the cheapest year here.
Trade-off: The on-demand catalogue is large but sorted less cleanly than newer panels.
These are third-party services we do not operate and have not tested. Everything they publish about pricing, channel counts and uptime is their own claim, listed here for completeness rather than endorsed.
Three things at once: the provider encoding at that bitrate, your connection sustaining 25 Mbps or more, and a wired or strong 5GHz link to the television. Miss any one and you get a 4K label on an HD-quality picture.
Test an actual 4K channel during a trial rather than reading the tier description. It takes two minutes and it is the only way to know which of the three is missing.
For a single screen, premium is capacity you cannot see on a price sheet. For a household it is arithmetic you can: six simultaneous connections costs $40 a month at VocoTV and KroozTV and $60 at VinomTV, for the same catalogue.
If more than two people watch at once, the connection ladder will decide your bill far more than any tier name. Price the number of streams you need before you price the brand.
Server capacity per subscriber, the number of connections included, and how well the guide and catalogue are maintained. Not the channel count.
Only if your connection sustains 25 Mbps or more and the television is on ethernet or strong 5GHz Wi-Fi. Otherwise you are paying for a label.
$15 a month for one connection, $25–$45 for two to five. Above $25 for a single connection you are overpaying.
Usually, because the difference is capacity rather than marketing — which is exactly why a peak-hour trial test tells you more than any tier name.
For a single connection, no. Past that point the extra money buys a longer channel list rather than a steadier stream.
Longer terms sometimes unlock priority support and a longer catch-up window — BexyTV runs 24 hours of catch-up on monthly and seven days on six and twelve-month plans.
Pay for connections and capacity. Do not pay for channel counts. $15 a month for one premium connection is the fair rate in 2026 — anything beyond $25 for a single stream is brand pricing.