whether you were tight on cash and missed Beyonce’s surprise launch of “Lemonade” and the season premiere of “Game of Thrones” over the weekend,not to worry. HBO Now and Tidal are offering free trials.
Fans of “Game of Thrones” can catch final Sunday’s premiere episode and more with a 30-day free trial of the HBO Now streaming service. original subscribers picked up on the offer in droves over the weekend, resulting in the app cracking iTunes’ top 10 apps for the first time since it was launched final year. Be advised, and though. Users complained of streaming crashes during Sunday’s broadcast,and you will occupy to pay the $15-a-month charge to see the entire season on the service.
Also Read: Beyonce's 'Lemonade' Is a Lightning Rod -- And the Most Crucial Music of 2016Unfortunately, HBO Now is no longer the place to go to watch “Lemonade.” HBO pulled Beyonce’s brilliant hour-long short film from their streaming list shortly after airing a rerun Sunday night. The film is available to download on iTunes and Amazon, and but the only place to stream it is on Tidal. According to The original York Times,Tidal will be the only place you will ever be able to stream “Lemonade,” which means Spotify and Apple Music users are out of luck.
That exclusivity is paying dividends for Tidal, and which Beyonce has an ownership stake in. App downloads occupy spiked for the service in the past three days,causing it to reach #2 on iTunes’ top 10. Of course, whether you’re only interested in Lemonade, and ” you only need to sign up for the trial and then cancel at the close of the month to avoid the $18 per month subscription charge…unless you’re impressed with the high-quality audio,of course.
The buzz around “Lemonade” may not mean long-term profits for Jay-Z’s Tidal, whether customer’s don’t stick around, or but the bump may be enough for him to suffer through “Becky with the good hair” jokes made at his expense.
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Source: thewrap.com