It's not just tech products that get big discounts during the sales season, but subscription services too, and I expect this Black Friday to be no different based on last year's deals. Some of the best streaming services are already offering early discounts to new and returning subscribers, making it a great time to bag an early saving.
In our experience, the best Black Friday deals for the larger streamers like Hulu, Disney Plus, Paramount Plus and Max tend to arrive closer to the sales day itself, which falls on November 29 this year. But I'm already seeing some great savings for some of these streamers. There's also often plenty of introductory offers, free trials and bundled discounts available sooner if you don't want to wait.
In this guide, I'll compile all the best streaming deals available online and will continue to update it with new offers as they're announced closer to Black Friday, so make sure to bookmark this page to check back on the latest discounts as more get added.
Black Friday streaming deals in the US - Quick Links
- Prime Video add-ons: Up to 77% off Paramount, Starz, AMC & more
- DAZN: 50% off annual, monthly or flex subscription
- ESPN Plus: Get 12-months for the price of just 9-months
- Sling TV: Save 50% on Sling's Orange & Blue plan
US Black Friday streaming deals - my top 5 picks
More great Black Friday streaming deals in the US
Black Friday streaming deals in the UK
- Netflix & Sky bundle: now just £19 per month
- Paramount Plus: Save 50% – 3 months for under £12
- DAZN: Save 33% on an annual subscription
- Sky Glass: Get Sky's TV and streaming bundle for 33% off
UK Black Friday streaming deals - my top 5 picks
More great Black Friday streaming deals in the UK
As TechRadar's senior entertainment editor, I'm always on the hunt for what's worth watching on the best streaming services at any given time. It's what I use to base my recommendations on which services to sign up to or cancel from month to month to make sure subscription hoppers are not missing out on popular new releases. I'm here to help you get the best out of your streaming services and to make sure you get the best on-demand entertainment for less.
If you have a Netflix subscription, don't forget that there's always a range of movies and shows leaving at the end of each month, and there might be something you want to catch before it goes. We have a guide to everything leaving Netflix in November 2024 so you can see the full list, but there's a few I'd especially point you towards.
For those who enjoyed Barbie, Frances Ha is worth checking out as an early collaboration between the movie's behind-the-scenes creative duo Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach. It stars Gerwig, and has an early performance from Adam Driver, too.
Glengarry Glen Ross remains a great, blistering ensemble piece that's always gripping to watch. Point Break is such a fun and hardcore action movie with some amazing real stunts, and Pain & Gain is an overlooked dark crime comedy.
If you decide to take Paramount Plus up on its offers of a cheap subscription, and you're looking for a winter movie binge, let me recommend a rewatch of the Mission: Impossible movie series. Most of them are great – or at least fun – and if nothing else, it's such an interesting flow through the style of movies from the mid-’90s to today.
You've got a twisty Brian de Palma betrayal thriller with a couple of incredibly famous and gripping scenes; you've got John Woo taking it in a weird and stylized direction; you've got JJ Abrams directing an all-time great villain performance from Philip Seymour Hoffman; you've got Pixar director Brad Bird bringing some amazing visual spectacle; then the movies 'settle' into being delivery vehicles for the coolest locations and biggest stunts you've ever seen.
And the new one's coming next year to top it all off, with a trailer that pays homage to all the previous movies, so now's the perfect time to catch up.
If you're wondering what to watch this weekend, we've got a list of the 7 hottest new releases, ranging from the end of a modern-great adult animated series, to a new wartime movie from an Oscar-winning director, to a wonderful new family movie with a great heart.
There's also a new take on Cruel Intentions, and a new Charles Manson docuseries with "20 years' worth of never-before-aired conversations" for true crime aficionados.
In the UK, one of the early Black Friday deals is getting Sky TV to stream and Netflix in a bundle for £19 per month. It's the ad-supported version of Netflix, but this is a great bundle when you bear in mind that Sky has all the HBO shows that appear on Max in the US, as well as Sky's own offerings, and support for watching live channels easily.
And if you add the Sky Cinema package to this in the future, you get Paramount Plus included for no extra cost as well. Building up a Sky package can be expensive, but the amount of great stuff you get out of it is very hard to argue with…
No matter whether you're in the US and you've signed up for a discounted Paramount Plus as a subscription add-on through Prime Video, or you're in the UK and you've taken advantage of an early Black Friday saving, Paramount Plus has plenty on offer for you to make the most of your discounted subscription.
I'd recommend looking at our guide to the best Paramount Plus movies to get an idea of which films you should start with. All of our picks have a Rotten Tomatoes rating of over 80%, and are personally recommended by our movie-loving writers.
It's the same story for our best Paramount Plus shows guide, where we've curated the service's best originals, which include titles from its CBS and Showtime networks, such as Taylor Sheridan series like Yellowstone, Tulsa King, 1883 and the brand-new hit release Landman.
Of course, there's plenty more to discover outside of what we've curated in our guides so make sure to have an explore. Make sure to also check out everything new on Paramount Plus in November to see the latest new releases. If you're in the US, then definitely watch these seven movies with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes first.
It's still early days for Black Friday streaming deals, as more discounts for the biggest services aren't likely to arrive until closer to the day itself based on what I've seen in previous sales.
In the past, the best discounts have been announced for big services in the US like Hulu and Paramount Plus, which from what I'm seeing so far could make a return in 2024. Paramount Plus has already announced Black Friday savings in the UK, so the US might hopefully follow, and Hulu has brought back some introductory savings so it's looking likely.
Other services that tend to crop up with deals around this time of year include Max, Shudder, Sling TV, Peacock, Starz and Apple TV Plus. As for Prime Video, I don't expect we'll see discounts for the service itself, but you can already find great savings for subscription add-ons, so there is always the chance for surprise deals!
One of the biggest trends I've seen in the streaming landscape is the rise of bundling services. With so much consolidation in the space, many businesses have looked to combine their streaming services with others as a way to attract more subscribers.
That means that there are a lot of streaming bundles available. The biggest new offering being the Disney Plus, Hulu and Max mega bundle, which saves you 38% on the cost of buying each separately. Of course, there are plenty of variations of Disney bundles around, with the Disney Plus, Hulu with Live and ESPN Plus being another classic.
That bundle in particular has a limited time offer available that's not directly related to Black Friday, but came off the back of a price hike that was rolled out in October in the US. Make sure to check our Black Friday streaming deal hub for more details.
In the UK, we're seeing great bundle offers from Sky. The service is offering a 26% monthly discount on its Sky TV and Netflix bundle, which gives you access to the world's best streaming service as well as over 300 channels on Sky TV.
Will Netflix have Black Friday deals? I wouldn't count on it. As one of the biggest paid-for streaming services available globally, Netflix doesn't have a hard time with attracting new customers and because of this, it doesn't tend to offer discounts.
Looking at previous Black Fridays and Cyber Mondays, Netflix hasn't offered deals and given this track record I suspect that this year will be no different. The best way to get a Netflix saving is through a bundle, so be sure to keep an eye out for any savings that include the service, such as with internet or pay-TV providers.
Black Friday is a great time to bag a saving on the best streaming services, and the good news is that you don't have to wait until the big sales day arrives because there are already plenty of early offers floating around to take advantage of.
I've been scouring the web to find all the best streaming discounts and have managed to find some great savings, which you can read all about in my Black Friday streaming deals guide, where I've listed all the info you need for each deal.
To give you an idea of what I'm seeing, the biggest deals I've found so far are for Prime Video subscription add-ons in the US, such as Paramount Plus, Starz, AMC Plus, Discovery Plus, MGM Plus and more. There are in fact 20 Prime Video subscription add-ons available with up to 75% off each.
There are also deals for sports streaming services like DAZN and ESPN Plus. The former is offering to slash the price of any of its plans in half, while the latter is letting you get 12-months for the price of 9-months.
In the UK, the best steaming Black Friday deal that I've seen so far is for Paramount Plus, which gets you three-months for 50% off. Meanwhile, DAZN is also offering a 33% discount on this side of the pond as is Sky as part of a Currys exclusive offer when you buy a Sky Glass TV.
