The corona virus is currently forcing many people to spend their time at home. If you don't want to pay for Netflix, you now have free alternatives.
- Since more and more people are staying at home because of the spreading corona virus , they use streaming services such as Netflix .
- But there are also free alternatives to watch films and series online.
- Netflix competitor Sky wants to save viewers from a curfew.
Dortmund - If you are currently not allowed or can not leave your home because of the corona virus , you can spend the day streaming films and series . It doesn't necessarily have to be Netflix , as RUHR24 * reports.
Corona virus curfew? Netflix competitor Sky is now offering a free program
Because while viewers have to pay money for the globally popular streaming service to watch series and films , there are now free alternatives to pass the time and thus help to avoid curfews.
As of Monday (March 23), Netflix competitor Sky will be offering a large selection of entertainment for free to stream . In addition to the Sky Cinema category, this also includes Sky Entertainment including the Sky Box Sets.
Netflix competitor free: Sky customers now have these advantages during the time of the Corona virus
Due to the rapid spread of the corona virus in NRW * and the wider parts of Germany, there are currently massive restrictions. Events are prohibited until at least April 20. In addition, it should be avoided in time to go to the door. Therefore, the free Sky offer is initially valid for one month.
Anyone who is already a customer of the streaming service and has booked the above offers for a fee will receive two films from the associated store for free . An implementation for customers of the cooperation partners Telekom and Vodafone / Unitymedia is also currently being negotiated.
"Big challenges" - Sky boss comments on the corona virus
"The corona virus poses great challenges for us all, the dynamics of developments catch up with us almost every hour," Sky writes on the homepage. Therefore, the streaming service wants to make time as entertaining and enjoyable as possible for people who have to stay at home due to Covid-19 .
Dear Sky customers,
The corona virus poses great challenges for all of us.
In these uncertain times we want to make your life a little easier and more entertaining: https://t.co/6HFtBu1My3
Stay healthy.
Your Sky Social Media Team # standing together
The TV station had already started a similar campaign at the beginning of the corona virus . Sky had advertised to offer some live broadcasts of the Bundesliga games for free *.
Joyn +: ProSieben and Sat.1 app shows 30,000 films and series free of charge because of the corona virus
Competition ProSieben and Sat. 1 add another one to this offer: the otherwise paid Joyn offer should now be available free of charge for three months. There, 30,000 films and series are available on demand for people who are currently at home due to the corona virus . It is also possible at Joyn to watch TV shows like The Masked Singer from ProSieben, where there are dramatic changes due to the corona virus, in the live stream *.
Disadvantage of the streaming service : After the period of three months, as with Sky, users pay for certain content according to the current status. At Joyn + the cost is 6.99 euros per month.
"The Masked Singer" runs on the Joyn streaming app for free as a live stream
© Rolf Vennenbernd / dpa
The free offer should make it easier for people to stay at home because of the high risk of infection. "The corona virus has a firm grip on our everyday life. The population is encouraged to stay at home to curb the spread of the virus, " says Katja Hofem, managing director of Joyn .
"We support all measures wholeheartedly. Streaming services can now make a contribution to bringing entertainment and variety home," explains the company's boss.
Neither Sky nor Netflix: You should know these free streaming services
For real film fans there are also two previously unknown portals for watching free films . While popcorntimes.de mainly contains films from the days of silent film and the first cinemas, blockbusters can also be found at Netzkino.de - although for most users it is probably unknown. Western fans in particular will find what they are looking for here, as t-online writes.
But other films from Rand Spaten that deal with queer issues or Asian productions are also available at Netzkino.de . If you still have one or two euros left, you can invest in a paid version and you have an even wider choice. malm
* RUHR24.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network