
YouTube Music has the might of YouTube’s video platform Apple has been working on an expensive video subscription product for months that many music-industry analysts expect will be make for a killer combo with Apple Music. While Spotify did not immediately respond to request for comment, the streaming service’s choice to layer on a video subscription for free is likely fueled by continued cutthroat competition in the music-streaming space, as several of its rivals build out entertainment offerings on top of music. So - what’s the catch? For users, there isn’t much of one. 'Protect Survivors, Not Predators': Why a Former Nickelodeon Star Is Protesting the Network and Music Industry Institutions

The joint offering - which current premium users can activate by visiting the “Your Services” page in their accounts - makes available Hulu’s catalog of 85,000 television episodes, including those from popular series like The Handmaid’s Tale and Pen15, to approximately 20 million U.S. Anyone currently paying for a $12.99 Spotify-and-Hulu bundle will see their fees drop down to the normal $9.99 a well. users on the $9.99-a-month premium tier, both new and existing, will receive free subscriptions to the ad-supported tier of Hulu, which normally costs $5.99 a month (and used to be $7.99 before Hulu tweaked its pricing model a few weeks ago). The Swedish music-streaming service made the unexpected announcement via blog post that all U.S. Now that deal stands out even further: Starting Tuesday, all Spotify subscribers in the U.S.

Amid the myriad of discounts that music-streaming services offer to entice new users (one month free! six months free!), Spotify’s decision in 2017 to team up with video-streaming service Hulu to deliver bundled student subscriptions was unusual because it was one of the first times that two disparate entertainment services had come together.
