At the beginning of this year, shortly after the launch of the other newstreaming service Viaplay, HBO Max made a splash in the Dutch market. Got newsubscribers lifetime whopping 50% discount if they took out amembership in the first weeks. The third newcomer to the streaming landscapeof 2022, SkyShowtime now appears to offer the same promotion at the Dutchintroduction.
New streaming service SkyShowtime offers a lifetime discount of 50% in theNetherlands
Last month, the new streaming service SkyShowtime went live in the first fourEuropean markets: Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. If you took a look atthe website from one of these countries, it turned out that you veryattractive offer received from the video on demand platform: 50% discountfor life.
This is also the case in the Netherlands. A SkyShowtime subscription herenormally costs € 6.99 p/m, but this price is reduced by the promotion to avery competitive cost of only €3.49 per month. Film and series lovers willhave 42 days to take advantage of the promotion, because the offer will expireon December 6th.
SkyShowtime went live in the Netherlands on Tuesday 25 October 2022
In the Netherlands, SkyShowtime was launched in the morning of Tuesday,October 25, 2022 launched. This morning a large catalog with many films andseries appeared online at the video on demand platform. You can now watch allthose titles for half the price. All your life.
As a result of the Scandinavian discount campaign, the Streamwijzer editorshave already made inquiries with the streaming service to ask whether thelifetime offer will also be introduced here. The SkyShowtime spokesperson wasunable to confirm or deny this at the time, but made it clear that we have asimilar system in the Netherlands “competitive” could expect surprise at a_“exceptional price”_.
“The price will be competitive, allowing us to offer great content at anexceptional price. We will announce this in the coming weeks.” – Spokesperson for SkyShowtime*
HBO Max organized the same temporary discount at the beginning of this year
It is certainly a fantastic action, but not quite exceptional anymore. HBOMax was launched in the Netherlands in March and then the Netherlands fellhead over heels for their offer: 50% off forever. At least, until one day youcancel your subscription. Then you lose your advantage and it cannot berecovered.
SkyShowtime may have been inspired by HBO Max’s offering, which was receivedwith great enthusiasm by Dutch film and series lovers. The conditions of thepromotion are similar: the discount expires if you cancel yoursubscription and price increases also apply to your membership, althoughof course only for half. We will of course immediately announce further newsvia your mail as soon as we find out more and you will also find it directlyin the Facebook group with SkyShowtime viewers. You can of course always keepan eye on our website and social media channels for updates.
- Original statement in English: “Pricing will be competitive offering great content at exceptional value and will be announced in the coming weeks”