American students using Apple 's streaming service were already able to access Hulu . After a few years’ time, it will be difficult for the students to abandon the services when the price increases after graduation – or, at least, that’s the thinking on the streamers’ part. Now for a discounted monthly price of $ 4.99 , the subscription music company is also offering Showtime , home to television series including Homeland , Billions and Ray Donovan . While Spotify view the bundle as a more reasonable way of appealing to streaming - savvy college students , TechCrunch believes it is both it and Hulu 's response to fears surrounding Apple 's own upcoming streaming video service . The latter 's ability to combine its offering with an Apple Music subscription and the iPhone 's ubiquity makes it a considerable factor in Spotify ’s attempts to increase subscriber numbers .
American students using Apple 's streaming service were already able to access Hulu . Now for a discounted monthly price of $ 4.99 , the subscription music company is also offering Showtime , home to television series including Homeland , Billions and Ray Donovan . While Spotify view the bundle as a more reasonable way of appealing to streaming - savvy college students , TechCrunch believes it is both it and Hulu 's response to fears surrounding Apple 's own upcoming streaming video service . The latter 's ability to combine its offering with an Apple Music subscription and the iPhone 's ubiquity makes it a considerable factor in Spotify ’s attempts to increase subscriber numbers .