Nobody has mentioned fuboTV.
Have had YouTubeTV for several years now, but as others have mentioned, cost keeps creeping up, and channels of interest keep getting removed. Plus, Google is evil, and it tracks everything your view, unless you go into your Google account and shut off the YouTubeTV tracking settings. If you do that, then you can't switch between the channels you recently watched.
Strongly considering FuboTV. Seems to have more sports coverage.
OP asked for what is needed.
(1) Need a high speed internet connection, likely through your cable company or Verizon
(2) Most modern "smart TVs" will let you load YouTube TV, FuboTV, etc as an app. IMO, one of better devices is Roku. There are different price points for Roku. Some like AppleTV better. I would avoid Amazon FireTV and FireSticks, as their devices are clogged with bloatware and Amazon crap.
I don't think FuboTV has the CW channel Pix11 if that matters to you. They still carry some Mets games.
You can do free trials of YouTubeTV and FuboTV, and see which one you like.
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