Want Cheaper Showtime Streaming? Subscribe Via Hulu

Showtime and HBO are branching out on their own with standalone streaming services, but Showtime has a new partner: Hulu.

Going forward, Hulu will let members add a Showtime subscription to their accounts for $17 total per month ($7.99 for Hulu and $8.99 for Showtime), starting with a 30-day free trial. On its own, Showtime costs $10.99 per month for streaming, so Hulu customers get a slight discount.

The option to add Showtime will arrive before the July 12 premiere of Ray Donovan and Masters of Sex, Hulu said.

Once it's active, Showtime shows will be accessible on the Hulu app on Android, iOS, Apple TV, Xbox One, Wii and Wii U, Roku players, PlayStation 3 and 4, Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, and Chromecast, as well as smart TVs and the Web.

Subscribers will also be able to watch the East and West Coast feeds of Showtime live on Hulu.com.

While they wait for Showtime, Hulu subscribers can start watching Seinfeld, which arrives on June 24.

If you don't want Hulu, standalone Showtime will also arrive in early July with Apple as an initial partner. U.S. users will be able to subscribe on their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Apple TV device — no cable or satellite plan needed — and begin watching Showtime right away.

In April, Cablevision inked a deal with Hulu to offer the subscription streaming service to its Optimum Internet customers, making Cablevision the first cable or satellite provider to resell Hulu's catalog of on-demand content.

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