Streaming a good movie, TV show or even some music can be a welcome distraction during these challenging times. Services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus, BritBox and Spotify are all available in the UK, so there’s plenty to choose from.
But what if you’re strapped for cash and can’t afford to pay for streaming subscriptions right now? While using free streaming alternatives is one way to go, fintech firm thinkmoney has found a way for people to access content from some of their favourite streaming subscriptions, free of charge, for up to 7.5 months.
Here’s everything you need to know.
How to get free streaming subscriptions
It’s quite simple actually.
Almost every subscription-based streaming service offers a free trial period, which may range from a few days to a couple of months. So, by taking advantage of these free trial periods, you could end up enjoying free content including movies, TV and music from streaming services for up to 7.5 months.
Free movie and TV streaming subscriptions for 2.5 months
Movies and TV shows are definitely the most popular when it comes to streaming, so we’ll start with them. By signing up for free trials on some of the streaming services available in the UK, you could enjoy up to 2.5 months of free content.
Amazon Prime, with a catalogue that includes thousands of movies and TV shows, has a free one-month trial period.
Now TV, which features a wide range of content including movies, TV shows, live sports and kids entertainment, offers seven days for free. British TV streaming service BritBox also offers a free 7-day trial for free.
Another service, Hayu, which streams American TV content, provides subscribers with a free 30-day trial period.
So in total, that is 2.5 months of TV and movie streaming without spending a penny.
Free music streaming subscriptions for 4 months
With Amazon Music and Spotify Premium, you can get up to 4 months of free music streaming. Amazon Music offers three months for free while Spotify Premium offers one month.
Free audiobooks for one month
Listening to audiobooks is yet another great way of passing time. Currently, Audible, an audiobook streaming service and subsidiary of Amazon, has a free 30-day trial period.
Using free trials wisely
When you pull all of these offers together, it means that you can get free streaming subscriptions for a total of 7.5 months. You could break it up into something like this:
- Month one to month three: Amazon Music for three months.
- Month four: Amazon Prime for 30 days.
- Month five: Hayu for 30 days.
- Month six: Audible for 30 days.
- Month seven: Spotify Premium for 30 days.
- Month eight: Now TV for seven days and BritBox for seven days.
Naturally, the order in which you access the free trials is entirely up to you. You could always mix things up depending on the mood you’re in that month. The key thing is that you won’t have to spend anything for all this great content.
For more useful information and content on streaming services in the UK, check out our article on which of the UK’s streaming services offers the best value per title.
