DirecTV's new no-contract 'Genre Packs' start at $35 - and you can try them for free

If you canceled YouTube TV after the latest round of price increases, these smaller, cheaper streaming packages from DirecTV Stream might be just what you're looking for.

If you dropped your cable service in favor of a TV streaming service like YouTube TV or Hulu's Live TV, you've probably been as disappointed as we are to see the prices of those one-time bargains climb steadily over the past few years, with most such services offering nearly identical bundles of 50 or more cable channels.

The dream is an a la carte option, where you can pick and choose which channels you pay for and leave out those you're not interested in, building what dedicated cordcutters call a "skinny bundle."

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Today, DirecTV Stream announced a handful of ...