You can often find a deal on some streaming TV channels. Currently you can get about 20% off HBO Max and other channels when you subscribe for a full year. Get six months of Starz for half price. Get three months of Apple TV+ for free, and 15% off Criterion.
Here are the newest and best deals from the major TV streaming services, in alphabetical order.
Acorn TV Subscription Deals
Acorn TV specializes in British films and TV shows, particularly mystery series like Dagliesh, Harry Wild, Manhunt, Line of Duty, Foyle’s War, George Gently, Midsomer Murders, and Murdoch Mysteries.
Acorn has a 7-day trial, after which you pay $6.99 a month. Several times a year, Acorn offers a $1.99 / mo for three month promotion but that deal is not currently in effect. You can, however, get this Acorn TV deal now: get a one-year subscription for $69.99, the price of 10 months. For more details or to order, visit:
Amazon Prime Video Subscription Deals
Amazon Prime Video has dozens of original series and movies, plus thousands of new and classic TV shows and movies. An Amazon Prime membership gives you both Prime Video plus free shipping on Amazon orders, free Prime Music, and more benefits.
You can subscribe and get a 30-day free trial of Amazon Prime at:
After your free trial you’ll be billed at $14.99 / month or $139 / year.
If you already have Amazon Prime you can add these channels at a discount:
AMC+ with Starz fpr $13.99 / month (save $5 / mo)
AMC+ with MGM+ for $10.99 / month (save $4 / mo)
Max with Cinemax for $20.99 / month (save $5 / mo)
PBS Kids with PBS Masterpiece for $7.99 / mo (save $3 / mo)
You can find these deals under “Subscriptions” on Amazon Prime Video.
Amazon Prime Discounts
Amazon offers big discounts for students and those on government assistance.
If you are a student or EBT/Medicaid recipient you can get Amazon Prime for about half price. View more at: Amazon Prime Discounts
Amazon Prime members also get up to 50% off on movie purchases and rentals. See the current movie rental deals at: Amazon Prime Movie Deals
Amazon Prime Video $8.99 / Mo
If you just want Amazon Prime Video, without the Amazon Prime benefits of free shipping, you can get it for $8.99 a month. To get the $8.99 Amazon Prime Video deal, visit:
Amazon Prime Video only Subscription
You’ll need to create an Amazon account if you don’t have one. Then click on Plan Change and you should see the option for the $8.99 subscription.
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AMC+ Subscription Deals
AMC+ has exclusive new series like The Ipcress File and classic AMC series like Mad Men and The Walking Dead. AMC+ also has top shows from BBC America, IFC, Sundance TV, Shudder, Sundance Now and IFC Films Unlimited.
AMC+ has these subscription plans:
- $4.99 monthly, with ads
- $8.99 monthly, no ads, or $83.88 for a full year (save 20%)
Start with a 7-day free trial. Several times a year, AMC+ offers a $1.99 / mo for three month promotion but that deal is not currently in effect. You can, however, get this AMC+ deal now if you want to prepay for 12 months: Get a one-year subscription of the ad-free AMC+ for $83.88. That’s about the price for 9 months if you pay monthly. For more details or to order, visit:
Apple TV+ Subscription Deals
Apple TV+ has exclusive movies like Tetris, documentaries like Prehistoric Planet, and original series like The Morning Show, Ted Lasso and Slow Horses, and
Apple TV+ has exclusive movies like Napoleon and Killers of the Flower Moon, series like Franklin, Sugar, Ted Lasso and Slow Horses, and documentaries like Prehistoric Planet. The regular subscription price for Apple TV+ is $9.99 with a free 7-day trial to start. For more details visit:
Apple TV+ Subscription – regular price
Instead of subscribing through Apple at the link above you can get better deals by signing up elsewhere. Get your first three months for free when you subscribe to Apple TV+ at Best Buy.
IBest Buy Apple TV+ Special: If you have a Best Buy rewards account you can purchase a three-month AppleTV+ subscription for free. Sign into your Best Buy rewards account and click Add to Cart to purchase an AppleTV+ subscription. The price is $0 so it’s totally free. Sign up at:
Get 3 Months of Apple TV+ Free at Best Buy
More Apple TV+ Subscription Deals
Here are more deals on Apple TV+ subscriptions:
- Purchase a new Apple device and get three months of Apple TV+ for free. READ MORE
- T-Mobile customers with a Go5G Plus plan can get a free Apple TV+ subscription. READ MORE
- College students can get a free Apple TV+ subscription when they purchase an Apple Music subscription. READ MORE
Apple TV+ Sharing
Apple says you can share an Apple+ subscription with up to five family members. For more details visit: Apple Family Sharing
BritBox Subscription Deal
BritBox is another streaming service like Acorn TV that specializes in British TV shows and movies. BritBox shows include British mystery collections like The Best of Agatha Christie, the Poirot Collection, Vera, and Jericho of Scotland Yard.
Britbox is regularly priced $8.99 a month or $89.99 a year (the price of 10 months). Start with a 7-day free trial. For more details or to subscribe visit:
Several times a year, BritBox offers a $1.99 / mo for three month promotion but that deal is not currently in effect. The best deal now is the annual plan.
Criterion Subscription Deals
The Criterion Channel offers more than 1,000 of the finest American and international classic films like Fellini’s 8 1/2, Chimes at Midnight, The Asphalt Jungle, The Long Goodbye and Fanny and Alexander.
Regular price for Criterion is $10.99 a month or $99.99 for a full year but currently you can get a 15% discount on either plan with promo code HAPPY5 for the annual plan or HAPPY5MO for the monthly plan. Promo ends April 30, 2024. For more details or to subscribe visit:
Disney+ Subscription Deals
Disney+ is the exclusive home for many of your favorite movies and TV shows from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic. Regular rate for Disney+ is $13.99 a month without ads, or $7.99 with ads (Basic). Save 16% if you buy the annual plan.
Disney+ with Hulu Special
If you want both Disney+ and Hulu you can get this bundle deal: Disney+ basic with Hulu for $9.99 a month. Sign up for this deal at:
HBO Max Subscription Deals
HBO Max – now rebranded as just “Max” – is HBO’s online streaming service that gives you access to HBO’s original series such as Succession, Game of Thrones, plus many movies, recent and classic, and TV series such as Friends. HBO also partners with TCM to bring you many classic movies like The Maltese Falcon and Asphalt Jungle. Max also includes many popular shows from Discovery, HGTV, and Food Network. Also starting Oct. 5, 2023, Max will broadcast NBA games and other sports events.
Max normally costs $9.99 with commercials or $15.99 / month with no commercials, or $19.99 / mo for higher 4k quality and Dolby Atmos audio. Save up to 20% when you buy a one-year subscription. Sign up at:
Several times a year, HBO Max offers additional discounts but currently the only deal is the 20% off with an annual plan.
Free HBO Max
If you already get HBO through your cable or satellite TV provider, you may get HBO Max streaming for free. Details are at: Get HBO Max free.
You can also view several free episodes of HBO Max series, without subscribing, at: HBO Max Free Shows
Hulu Subscription Deals
Hulu is a premium streaming service that offers some of the top TV, movies and documentaries. Regular price is $7.99 a month with ads, or $17.99 a month with no ads. Get your first month free. Sign up at:
Several times a year, Hulu offers a $1.99 / mo for three month promotion but that deal is not currently in effect.
Hulu Student Discount
If you have a college student in the household you can qualify for the Hulu student discount, which gives you a subscription for just $1.99 a month. Apply for the Hulu student discount.
Hulu also offers a full live TV version. Hulu + Live TV offers 75+ channels of live TV plus Disney+ and ESPN+. Hulu + Live TV is $75.99 a month.
MGM+ Subscription Deals
MGM+ is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The channel’s programming consists of recent and older theatrically released motion pictures, original series, documentaries, and music and comedy specials.
MGM+ is regularly priced at $6.99 a month or get 3 months for $18.99, a savings of 10%. Start with a 7 day free trial. Subscribe or read more at:
MHz / Topic Subscription Deals
MHz with Topic is a streaming service that has international series and films from more than 40 countries, including Nordic Noir, French political thrillers, and supernatural mysteries from Italy and Senegal. Originals include the Agatha Christie inspired series, Hjerson. MHz Choice now includes the content from Topic, another provider of international shows.
You can watch the MHz channel on any Roku TV or with a TV that has a Roku device attached.
MHz with Topic regularly costs $7.99 a month but you can get a full year for $79.99, the price of 10 months. Start with a 7-day free trial. You can subscribe at:
Netflix Subscription Deals
Netflix is the world’s top streaming service with 158 million paid memberships in over 190 countries. Netflix has dozens or original series and movies, plus thousands of TV shows and movies, both recent and classic, American and international.
Netflix offers three different plans, with lower prices for lower resolution video. Netflix also has a new ad-supported plan for $6.99. The four plans and monthly prices are:
- $6.99 Standard – 720p resolution WITH COMMERCIALS
- $15.49 Standard – 1080p video with no commercials
- $22.99 Premium – 4K + HDR video with no commercials
You can sign up at:
Free Netflix
Netflix never offers promotional discounts when you subscribe directly. Currently the only way to get a Netflix deal is if have a T-Mobile account:
- T-Mobile customers: Get one year of Netflix free with most T-Mobile Go5G and Go5G Plus Plans: READ MORE
Sharing a Netflix Account
You can share a Netflix account with other “members of your household.” You can watch on 4 different devices at the same time with Premium, 2 with Standard and 1 with Basic. More details from Netflix are at: Sharing Your Netflix Account
Paramount+ Subscription Deals
Paramount+ (formerly known as CBS All Access) offers original series like 1883, Mayor of Kingstown, and Star Trek Discovery plus your favorite CBS shows.
Paramount+ is regularly priced at $5.99 / mo for Paramount+ Essential (with commercials) or $9.99 / mo for Paramount+ Premium (the commercial free version). To subscribe to Paramount+, visit:
You can also get Paramount+ with all of Showtime for $11.99 / month. Sign up at:
Paramount+ and Showtime Subscription Deal
More Paramount+ Subscription Deals
- Paramount+ comes free with a Walmart+ subscription. Walmart+ is $12.95 a month or $98 a year. For details, visit: Paramount+ Free with Walmart+
- Students can get a 25% discount on a Paramount+ subscription; for details visit: Paramount+ Student Discount
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Peacock Subscription Deals
Peacock is a streaming service from NBCUniversal with full seasons of exclusive originals; next-day airings of current NBC, Bravo, and Telemundo hits; can’t-miss live sports; plus thousands of hours of TV shows and movies available.
Peacock Premium regularly costs $5.99 a month with ads or $11.99 with no ads. Or get a full year for the price of 10 months. Sign up at:
Peacock Student Deal
If you have a college student in the household you can get Peacock Premium for the student rate: $1.99 / mo for 12 months. See details at: Peacock Student Discount
Showtime Subscription Deals
Showtime’s streaming plan offers online access to commercial-free, award-winning SHOWTIME original series, can’t-miss movies, groundbreaking documentaries, laugh-out-loud comedy specials, hard-hitting sports and much more. Watch live TV or catch up on-demand on your TV, tablet, phone or computer. Plus, you can download full episodes and movies to your favorite mobile devices and watch them offline.
Showtime is now bundled with Paramount+. The regular price for both Showtime and Paramount+ is $11.99 a month. Sign up at:
Starz Subscription Deals
Starz offers theatrically released motion pictures and first-run original television series such as Outlander, Power Book and Heels.
Starz normally costs $9.99 a month but currently you can get this half-price deal: Starz for $19.99 for your first 6 months. For more details visit:
Sundance Now
Sundance Now is known for true crime, thriller films and shows like John Le Carre’s The Little Drummer Girl and The Pact. Sundance Now content comes free with AMC+.
Free TV Streaming Channels
In addition to the premier, fee-based TV streaming services there are several that are always free, though like regular TV, they are supported by advertising and you’ll have to suffer through commercials. Here they are.
Freevee
Freevee is a free streaming service from Amazon. Freevee has many new and classic movies, and Amazon Prime Video original series like Bosch and Schitt’s Creek.
Notable series on Freevee include Bosch, Schitt’s Creek, The Chosen, Manhattan and Lost.
Free always: Freevee
Pluto TV
Pluto TV offers live TV channels plus on-demand movies and TV shows. Pluto TV is owned by ViacomCBS and was founded in 2013. As of March 2020 Pluto TV has deals with 170 content partners providing more than 250 channels worth of programming. Its content is available via its website and supported apps. As of March 2020, the service averages more than 20 million monthly active users.
Notable movie offerings include new and old classic movies like many of the James Bond movies, Terminator, Bull Durham, and In Harm’s Way. Also available are series TV shows like Midsomer Murders, Third Rock from the Son, Duck Dynasty, the Dick Van Dyke Show, the Adams Family and Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations.
Free always: Pluto TV
Tubi
Tubi is an ad-supported free steaming service owned by Fox. It offers over 20,000 older TV shows and movies to watch for free.
Notable movie offerings include popular movies like The Passion, Total Recall, Quigley Down Under, Zulu, Rio Lobo, and The Big Short. Also available are series TV shows like Alf, Dead Zone, 3rd Rock from the Sun and The Apprentice.
Free always: Tubitv.com
How to Stream TV Channels
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Choosing the Right TV or Device to Watch Streaming Video
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