Stan ditches its 30-day free trial ahead of Olympics coverage

Australian streamer Stan has removed its 30-day free trial and its 7-day free trial offer for Stan Sport ahead of its comprehensive coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics. 

Stan's streaming plans cost between $12 and $21 per month for standard TV and movie streaming, whereas Stan Sport is a $15 per month add-on. That brings the minimum monthly cost of Stan Sport to $27 per month (Stan Basic + Stan Sport.) Considering Stan's Olympics coverage is exclusive to Stan Sport, those signing up to catch the games will pay between $27 and $36 per month from the day they sign up. 

The Stan app was recently added to Foxtel's Hubbl platform but at the time of writing, there are no plans for Stan to be included in Hubbl's Stack & Save discount or Single-View billing features. 

Stan is far from the first streaming service to remove its free trial offer. Netflix ditched its free trial way back in 2020 and Disney Plus followed later that year right before it released the Hamilton movie. 

Here's a run-down of Stan's plans in 2024:

Stan Sport is certainly offering the premium 2024 Paris Olympics experience, with ad-free 4K streaming and dedicated programming for eight different countries (France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, and the United Kingdom) but it's not your only option for watching the games live. Channel 9 and catch-up service 9NOW will still offer complete coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics but they will be ad-supported as usual and limited to a High Definition broadcast.