Deal Alert! These Streaming Services Start at Just $1 for Black Friday: Hulu, Philo, Paramount+ & More
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The best Black Friday deals this year aren’t just limited to earbuds, clothes, beauty and home gadgets — you can also score some great streaming deals.
What Are the Best Black Friday Streaming Deals?
We’ve rounded up the Best Black Friday streaming deals for 2023 which span popular on-demand streamers as well as live TV streaming sites for those who cut the cord from cable. As with any limited deal, you’ll have to act fast because these Black Friday promos will expire soon.
Keep reading for a breakdown of the best streaming offers for Black Friday 2023.
Join Hulu for 99 Cents a Month for a Year
The online streaming site has dropped its subscription price to just $0.99/month as part of a Hulu Black Friday/Cyber Monday deal. The deal, which launched Tuesday (Nov. 21), gets you instant access to Hulu’s ad-supported plan for less than $1 per month for an entire year. That works out to savings of 88% off the monthly subscription. Plus, you can add Starz for an additional $0.99/month for three months.
This is one of the cheapest Hulu deal we’ve ever seen. Hulu’s Black Friday offer ends at 11:59pm PT on Tuesday, Nov. 28.
Searching for a Disney+ deal? Consider a Hulu bundle offer that lets you add Disney+ (with ads) for just $2/month. You can also go through Verizon, which offers a discount with a select Verizon Unlimited plans. Find more details here.
Save Up to 75% Off Paramount+, Showtime, AMC+, MGM+ and Starz
If you’ve been looking to sign up for Paramount+, Showtime, AMC+, MGM+ or Starz, you’ll want to snag Amazon’s Prime Video channels deal, which saves you up to 75% off select streaming channels. The Prime Video deals gets you two months of Paramount+ for only $1.99 per month, Starz for $2.50 per month and AMC+ and MGM+ for $1.50 per month for two months.
Paramount+ is 67% off for Black Friday, but you have the option of joining through Prime Video or directly through the streaming platform. Subscribe to the Paramount+ essentials plan for $1.98/month for three months; or bundle Paramount+ and Showtime for just $3.99/month for three months. Use code: BLACKFRIDAY to redeem the offer.
Paramount+ with Showtime usually cost up to $11.99 per month on its own, so this deal essentially gets you nearly 70% off the monthly subscription for three months. The streaming deal ends on Dec. 3 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
Prime Video’s Black Friday channels deal gets you two full months of service for just $2. Other channels that you’ll find in the Black Friday Amazon streaming deal include Epix, Lifetime Movie Club, Hallmark Movies Now, Britbox, Motortrend, Vix, Noggin, PBS Masterpiece, PBS Kids, PBS Dcoumentaries, Allblk and Accorn TV.
Keep in mind, you’ll need to be an Amazon Prime member to score the Prime Video channels streaming deal. Not a Prime member? Use this link to get a 30-day free trial here. That’ll give you instant access to shop this Prime Channels deal along with all the 2023 Black Friday deals.
$1.99 Peacock Subscription
You can subscribe to Peacock for just $1.99/month (regular $5.99/month) for 12 months with code: BIGDEAL, or $19.99 for a year with code: YEARLONG. This limited offer, which runs from Nov. 22-27, only applies to new subscribers (current Peacock Premium and Premium Plus subscribers are excluded from the promo).
Stream AMC, A&E, MTV, BET, Discovery, VH1, Food Network, History, Nickelodeon, OWN, TLC, Lifetime, HGTV, TLC, WEtv, Hallmark Channel, Paramount, TV One and much more on Philo.
The promotion is open to all new Philo subscribers and ends on Nov. 28.
$20 Sling Subscription
Sling TV is offering a $20 a month deal for your first month, before its $40 per month charge (additional offers include a free Amazon Fire TV stick). Sling TV offers live television streaming with 30+ channels and on-demand content over the internet, which you can watch on your phone, laptop or any other smart device.
Direct TV is offering up to a $400 reward card to eligible customers, discounts on TV packages including Spanish-language subscriptions and a free preview lineup for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. From Nov. 22-26, subscribers will get free access to Showtime, Starz, MGM+, Cinemax and other paid channels.
Get 3 Months of ExpressVPN Free
ExpressVPN allows subscribers to access Paramount+, Peacock, DirecTV Stream and more from outside of the U.S. The VPN service typically includes a 30-day free trail at sign up, but subscribers can get 12 months at a discount, plus an additional three months free under the Black Friday offer.
Music Subscriptions
There are several music streaming deals that you can take advantage of during Black Friday. For example, Tidal offers 30-days free and student discounts.
Looking for an Apple Music streaming deal? Get up to six months free with the purchase of eligible Beats headphones and earbuds, Apple AirPods, or HomePod Mini. Similarly, Apple TV+ offers up to three months free (regular $6.99/month) with the purchase of an Apple device (get up to a year free through T-Mobile.
Tim Chan
Billboard