For people who are sports junkies or need the History channel and other things like this, the only option is Dish or DirecTV satellite. Others can get their TV fix with just an OTA antenna. If you need to record TV shows the simplest solution is to get one of these from Walmart:
Ematic AT103B Digital Converter Box with LED Display and Recording CapabilitiesAnd one of these to store recordings:
Seagate 1TB USB Hard driveOr this:
SanDisk 64GB Ultra® USB 3.0 Flash DriveFor cellphone, check out Tracfone. If you want more features, Straight Talk may be a better option.
All these are available at Walmart.