Spotify and Hulu Team Up to Offer Amazing Deal for Students

Spotify, a music streaming service that provides to millions of songs, and Hulu, a video streaming service, announced a team up to offer an entertainment bundle where some U.S. college students can now have monthly access to both streaming services for a total of $4.99 per month.

About Spotify and Hulu Team up

Spotify and Hulu’s partnership will offer bundle which includes Spotify Premium, the company’s on-demand music service, and Hulu’s Limited Commercials plan.

The bundle is a discount of about 73% and savings of $12.99 per month compared to what someone who signed up for the services and did not have a discount to either streaming plan would pay.

Separately, Spotify’s ”Premium for Students” service usually costs $5, and Hulu’s basic ad-supported service costs $8 a month.

Both companies said they would offer other bundles in the future targeting the broader market. Details regarding those plans were not disclosed.

“In bringing Spotify and Hulu together, we’re now able to offer students, both millions already on Spotify Premium, and those who are new to Spotify, access to the world’s best music, TV, and movie content in the simplest possible way,” said Alex Norstom, Chief Premium business officer at Spotify.

“We’re very excited to be partnering with Hulu, a like-minded company which is as focused as we are on delivering the very best in high quality streaming content.”

In the past, both companies have actually worked with other companies to bundle their offerings. For instance, Hulu would sell you a subscription to Showtime, and the New York Times would give new digital subscribers a year of Spotify for free.

Hulu’s SVP and head of distribution and partnerships, Tim Connolly, said, “We are proud to announce Spotify as our newest strategic partner – they’re an iconic brand in music streaming and a proven leader in reaching and engaging young consumers.”

“By bundling our enormous catalogues of content together in a sale, highly compelling offer, we’re making it easier for people to enjoy all of the TV and music they love, whenever and wherever they want.”

This is the first time that Spotify has teamed up with a streaming TV and movie service like Hulu, and it arrives when the company has reconsidered its own, existing video offerings.

In fact, according to some reports, Spotify had once tried to line up a selection of TV channels on its own for  a live video service in Europe, before the advent of YouTube TV, Hulu, Vue, and others. Unfortunately, it failed to make the needed deals, so it ended up forsaking those plans.

Qualifications for the bundle

To be entitled to the discount, a student must be enrolled at a U.S. title IC accredited college or university and be at least 18 years old.

The companies will verify enrollment status through the use of a third-party service called Sheer ID.

About Spotify and Hulu Services

Recently, Spotify hit 60 million paid subscribers, up from 50 million subscribers in March. Spotify Premium is an ad-free service, lets unlimited skips of songs you don’t want to hear and has better quality audio.

Hulu provides various on-demand videos and current TV series, as well as other series, such as Seinfeld and South Park. It has access to different programming, such as ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and MTV, along with other original programming for $39.99 per month. It also has its own exclusive programming, including The Mindy Project and The Handmaid’s Tale.