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Spotify and Hulu Update Student Deal to Include Showtime, All Bundled for $4.99/Month

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Spotify and Hulu are further sweetening their student subscription offer by adding a monthly Showtime subscription into the mix, pricing everything at $0.99 for the first three months and $4.99 per month after (via The Verge). This means that eligible college students can get a Spotify Premium subscription ($9.99/month), Hulu With Limited Commercials subscription ($7.99/month), and a Showtime subscription ($10.99/month) for $4.99 per month.

The updated student subscription is available beginning today and is open only to higher education students above the age of 18 who haven't already tried Spotify Premium. The offer will be live for just over one month, expiring on October 9, 2018. To verify your status as a student, Spotify uses a third party service called SheerID.

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With the deal, users will be granted access to Showtime via Hulu's in-app premium network add-on feature. Of course, customers can also use their Hulu log-in information to gain access to the separate Showtime Anytime app on devices like iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. For more information about the new student plan, check out Spotify's page right here.

Spotify chief premium business officer told The Verge that its Hulu partnership has been "an overwhelming success."
"We're always trying to find creative solutions to add value back to our premium customers, especially via partnerships, and our focus is on the long-term relationship with each subscriber. If we do the right thing, they reward us with loyalty."

For Showtime, the move provides an excellent way to get in front of -- and attempt to lock in -- the next generation of potential premium cable subscribers. "We had to figure out ways to get into a place where kids could stream us easily," Showtime COO Tom Christie tells The Verge. "There's no other brand out there today that's been more successful in setting up streaming business on campus than Spotify"
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Spotify and Hulu originally partnered for a student plan back in September 2017, offering access to Spotify Premium and Hulu With Limited Commercials at $4.99 per month. Due to its popularity, the companies then expanded to offer a similar plan to all users in April 2018 at a price point of $12.99 per month. Showtime says it is "having conversations" about potentially joining the non-student bundle as well.

Article Link: Spotify and Hulu Update Student Deal to Include Showtime, All Bundled for $4.99/Month
 
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michael31986 said:
Isn't the spotify deal only for a year for students
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No, it’s for a year and then you can continually renew it if you’re a student

Or say you go to university for 1 month then dropout, as long as they’ve accepted you initially you get to keep your discount for the rest of the year
 
GizmoDVD said:
Great deal, but Showtime has nothing to watch so...
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Homeland, Billions, The Affair...there's some pretty damn good options.

Edit: earlier I mentioned True Detective, which is on HBO. It's been too damn long since a good season of it came out; I forgot which network carried it.
 
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Bye bye Apple Music, hello Showtime after hours! Ok, haven’t watched that is years, first thing that popped into my head....
 
I wondered what happened to Showtime actually. They used to be so big when Dexter was around but since then ...? It seems like they were kind of pushed aside by Streaming services
 
that's a damn good deal. i do wish the no commercial option was included. i'd love to see netflix, apple, and hbo get together to combat this.
 
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hlfway2anywhere said:
So basically you have to be a student who's never had Spotify premium in the past and there's no option to pay more for commercial free Hulu. Bummer.
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If I read the terms correctly, previous Spotify users can still get the combo package for $4.99, but they are not eligible for the first three months at $.99.
 
utwarreng said:
Homeland, Billions, The Affair...there's some pretty damn good options.

Edit: earlier I mentioned True Detective, which is on HBO. It's been too damn long since a good season of it came out; I forgot which network carried it.
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OT: Season 3 of True Detective looks fantastic, and way more like S1, at least tonally (and from what I get out of a 2 minute trailer).
 
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