These Streaming Services Are Offering Free 30-Day Trials Right Now

Variety's chief TV critics take a closer look at the new streaming service and debate the pros and cons of its mobile-only interface.

Quibi officially launched on Monday, April 6, adding yet another streaming service to the increasingly crowded landscape. Quibi does set itself apart from other services, such as Hulu, Netflix, and even YouTube, with its unique strategy to only create short-form videos that you have to watch on your phones.

You might already watch a lot of stuff on your phone, since there's no shortage of options, between big platforms like Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, and Twitch, or the social media streams of TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram. But what if some of those programming options — particularly the ones on Netflix and Hulu — are just too long for the handheld viewing experience?

Even before the coronavirus pandemic had us all under lockdown, if you made the decision to stay indoors and never leave your house for the next five years, you’d still have no chance to finish watching all the shows, movies, stand-up specials and documentaries now available on a myriad of streaming services.

With everyone listening to medical doctors and spending a great deal more time in their homes amidst the coronavirus pandemic, multiple streaming services and pay cable networks are currently offering 30-day free trials or discounted pricing to new subscribers in an effort to help families safely pass the time indoors.

With everyone listening to medical doctors and spending a great deal more time in their homes amidst the coronavirus pandemic, multiple streaming services and pay cable networks are currently offering 30-day free trials or discounted pricing to new subscribers in an effort to help families safely pass the time indoors.

After freeing his Monster mixtape onto streaming services for the project's fifth anniversary last year, today (April 3), Future opts to repeat the cycle by releasing his Zaytoven-produced opus, Beast Mode to all digital platforms.Released in January 2015, Beast Mode was the second of three mixtapes to enshrine Future's status as a decorated trap savant.The eight-song project boasted features from Juvenile and Young Scooter. In 2018, Future and Zaytoven doubled up and released Beast Mode 2.

Future’s 2015 mixtape, Beast Mode, is now available on all streaming platforms. He released it as part of a legendary run of projects kicking off with Monster, which the Atlanta rapper brought to streaming services for the first time in October 2019.

Days after vinyl copies of his songs arrived at fans' doorsteps, Frank Ocean released his new singles, “Cayendo” and “Dear April,” on streaming services. Although the vinyls feature both acoustic and remixed versions of the songs, only the latter are currently available on streaming.

The double A side single was previously a vinyl exclusive

By Tim Dams

Fair City fans have been bracing themselves for the final episodes that were recorded before filming had to shut down and now, RTÉ has revealed when we’ll see the last of them. 

By Jill Goldsmith

With the coronavirus outbreak going rampant as the days go by and the death toll increasing at an alarming rate, many celebrities have been stepping up to make sure to contribute to the cause. This includes Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, who generously donated USD 1 million to be split between Feeding America and Food Banks Canada on March 17, 2020.

The band's debut record release from 2012

By Nellie Andreeva

Pornhub is offering a free 30-day trial of its Premium service to those who are practicing social distancing.

There are many streaming platforms to source movies old and new, but with many to choose from, how does one sort the good from the bad. Well, over the past few days, we’ve been scouring the likes of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and the others to present some recommendations. Here is what we’ve come up with.

With everyone spending a great deal more time in their homes amidst the coronavirus pandemic, multiple streaming services and pay cable networks are offering free 30-day trials or discounted pricing to new subscribers in an effort to help families safely pass the time indoors. So if you don't have subscriptions to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, or Disney+ — or if you're just looking for something new — there are still plenty of options at your fingertips.