Disney has announced that it will offer a three-month deal on Hulu plus Live TV for $49.99 per month until October 11. The discounted $20 per month subscription, which includes ad-supported Hulu, Disney Plus and ESPN Plus, comes just as the final weekend of the US Open Championships kicks off and the first NFL games of the season take place .
Disney’s Hulu trial is timely, given its feud with Spectrum, which leaves cable customers with legally questionable options to watch some of the year’s biggest sporting events.
That includes tennis player Daniil Medvedev, who said last week he had to use pirate streams to watch the US Open while he played in it because the hotel TVs were connected to Spectrum. Medvedev, who won the tournament in 2021, will face Novak Djokovic in the final tomorrow. Deadline reports that ESPN has linked players, press and a few others to Hulu accounts to stream the tournament until it ends.
The deal is open to new subscribers, as well as anyone who hasn’t subscribed to Hulu in the past month. Starting October 12, the price for Hulu plus Live TV will increase to $76.99, a change Disney announced in early August along with other price increases for commercial-free Disney Plus and Hulu subscriptions.
Update September 9, 2023, 5:49 PM ET: Added clarification that the $49.99 Hulu plus Live TV plan includes Hulu with ads and that those who subscribed to Hulu in the past month are not eligible.
Correction September 9, 2023, 6:20 PM ET: This article previously stated that this deal includes commercial-free Disney Plus and ESPN Plus. In fact, the subscription includes the ad-supported versions of those services. We regret the error.