--- title: Amazon Prime Members Can Now Stream Showtime and Starz (If They Pay Up) description: Amazon's new Streaming Partners Program will charge around $9 a month each for subscriptions to networks including Showtime and Starz. authors: - name: Martha C. White role: Writer url: https://money.com/author/martha-c-white/ education: BA, English, Princeton University at_money_since: 2015 articles: 350 covers: - Technology - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Federal Reserve Rate Cuts - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes published: '2015-12-09T17:03:09.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T10:42:39.000Z' section: Technology tags: - Amazon - Amazon Prime - amazon prime instant video - amazon prime video - digital streaming - movie streaming - pay TV - pubdesk - Showtime - starz - streaming - streaming television word_count: 242 canonical: https://money.com/amazon-prime-stream-showtime-starz/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Paul Giamatti as Chuck Rhoades and Toby Leonard Moore as Bryan Connerty in Billions (Season 1, Episode 1) on SHOWTIME](https://img.money.com/2015/12/151209_em_amazonshowtime.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2100px%2C1181px&quality=85) *SHOWTIME shows like "Billions" will soon be available for streaming by Amazon Prime members.* Even as more people are "cutting the cord" and defecting from traditional cable to online streaming services, Interned-based providers are rolling out options that look more and more like the old cable-TV bundles being left behind. Yesterday, Amazon announced that Prime members β€” who already pay $99 a year for access to a library of streaming content, among other perks β€” will be able to subscribe on a monthly, a la carte basis to a number of other channels, including the premium cable channels Showtime and Starz. Under the new Streaming Partners Program, Amazon Prime members will be able to sign up for a free trial. After that, the channels will cost $8.99 each per month. That's less than the $11 people using iTunes or other platforms would pay for a Showtime subscription, the *[*Los Angeles Times*](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-st-amazon-showtime-starz-20151209-story.html)* pointed out, and on par with the add-on monthly subscription fee for Showtime charged by Hulu. ##### [![Best college education image](https://content.money.com/wp-content/themes/money2018/img/college-site-banner-01.png)](https://best-colleges.time.com/money/search-colleges/?xid=cm-mcpTop200Widget) β€œThe way people watch TV is changing, and customers need an easier way to subscribe to and enjoy multiple streaming subscriptions,” Amazon vice president of digital video Michael Paull said in a [release](http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2121003) announcing the new streaming subscription service. Prime members will get access to new shows at the same time as people who subscribe through traditional cable providers, and the content can be streamed via the Amazon Video app or Amazon Fire devices. **Read Next: The Brilliant Way Slackers Can Give to Charity and Clean Out Their Closets** ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/amazon-prime-stream-showtime-starz/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Technology", "item": "https://money.com/technology/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "TVs and Monitors", "item": "https://money.com/tvs-and-monitors/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Amazon Prime Members Can Now Stream Showtime and Starz (If They Pay Up)" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/amazon-prime-stream-showtime-starz/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/amazon-prime-stream-showtime-starz/", "name": "Amazon Prime Members Can Now Stream Showtime and Starz (If They Pay Up)", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2015-12-09T17:03:09.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/amazon-prime-stream-showtime-starz/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/amazon-prime-stream-showtime-starz/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-05-16T10:42:39.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Amazon Prime Members Can Now Stream Showtime and Starz (If They Pay Up)", "articleSection": "Technology", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2015/12/151209_em_amazonshowtime.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2100px%2C1181px&quality=85", "width": 1012, "height": 569, "caption": "151209_EM_AmazonShowtime" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martha C. White", "url": "https://money.com/author/martha-c-white/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/martha-c-white/#author", "image": "https://img.money.com/2014/01/martha.png?w=350&h=430&crop=1", "jobTitle": "Writer", "alumniOf": "BA, English, Princeton University", "worksFor": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2015-12-09T17:03:09.000Z", "description": "Amazon's new Streaming Partners Program will charge around $9 a month each for subscriptions to networks including Showtime and Starz.", "abstract": "Amazon's new Streaming Partners Program will charge around $9 a month each for subscriptions to networks including Showtime and Starz.", "@id": "https://money.com/amazon-prime-stream-showtime-starz/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-05-16T10:42:39.000Z", "wordCount": 242, "keywords": [ "Amazon", "Amazon Prime", "amazon prime instant video", "amazon prime video", "digital streaming", "movie streaming", "pay TV", "pubdesk", "Showtime", "starz", "streaming", "streaming television" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Technology", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Display device", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_device" ] } ] } ] } ```