The best streaming deals of the week include discounts on Paramount+, Amazon Music, Audible and more
In addition to deep discounts on streaming platforms, we've dug up some extended Prime Day deals on music services and audiobooks, too. Some of the best streaming deals this week include deep discounts on Audible, Paramount+ and Starz, here's how to take advantage of them all.
If you're a student (and aren't already on a family streaming plan), a few services offer great limited-time discounts, including Max, which offers 50% off its ad-supported plan (so you'll pay $4.99, though the offer is only good for one 12-month period), and Peacock, which costs students $2.99 a month. (Note that you can often find a similar deal on Peacock around Black Friday, even if you're not a student.) But the best streaming offer for students might just be Hulu's: They offer students a rate of just $1.99/month for as long as you offer proof of enrollment.
Some of the best streaming discounts around aren't through special sales, but your cell phone provider. T-Mobile offers discounts or free subscriptions to Apple TV+, Hulu and Netflix (standard plan with ads), Verizon offers discounted $10 subscriptions to the Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle, a Netflix/Max bundle, and YouTube Premium, and select Cricket Wireless plans get Max (with ads) for free.
If you have or want to switch to Xfinity for your internet or cable provider, you can add the $15 Xfinity Streamsaver bundle into the mix, which includes three streamers putting out some of the best original content around: Apple TV+, Netflix (standard plan with ads) and Peacock. Xfinity internet plans start at $30/month, bringing your total for the Streamsaver bundle to $45/month (that's $10 of savings vs. subscribing to all those services individually).
If you're a Spectrum customer, there's a similar cable and streaming bundle available and it won't even cost you anything: If you subscribe to Spectrum and opt for a TV Select cable plan or higher, you'll receive free ad-supported subscriptions to Disney+, ViX, Paramount+ and Max, which was just recently added to their offerings.
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