Verizon Is Giving Away AMC+ Ahead of Walking Dead Premiere—With a Catch

If you’re a brand new Verizon FiOS buyer who loves gratuitous violence and heartbreak, you simply is perhaps in luck: Starting Thursday, Verizon is offering choose clients as much as 12 free months of AMC+, which can grant them early entry to the premiere of The Walking Dead’s last season.

The provide, a part of a restricted partnership between Verizon and AMC+, solely applies to pick out clients who meet the next standards:

• New or current Verizon clients activating a brand new line via buy of a 5G telephone on the model’s Play More, Do More, or Get More Unlimited plans will obtain entry to 12 months of AMC+
• New clients who activate a brand new line on a Start Unlimited plan will obtain entry to 6 months of AMC+.
• Existing clients on a Verizon Unlimited plan who’re upgrading their telephones will obtain entry to 6 months of AMC+.
• New FiOS Home Internet clients will obtain entry to as much as 12 months of AMC+.

This isn’t the primary time Verizon has inked distribution offers with subscription streaming companies in an try and woo clients; FiOS customers on Unlimited plans have beforehand been granted comparable free entry affords for platforms together with Disney+ and Discovery+.

“Enhancing the way that fans enjoy their beloved content is at the center of what we do at Verizon,” Erin McPherson, the corporate’s head of content material partnerships, stated in a statement. “Adding up to 12 months of AMC+ on us to our robust set of content offerings is just one more way we’re able to give our customers unique experiences.”

“Verizon has been a great and valued partner over the years, and we are pleased to now extend that partnership to our new premium streaming bundle, AMC+,” stated Josh Reader, president of distribution and growth for AMC Networks. “Over the last year, we have seen tremendous interest in AMC+ from consumers and our distribution partners, and the launch of this new partnership with Verizon couldn’t be better timed.”

The Walking Dead—a cult favourite that first premiered on AMC in 2010 and is presently in its 11th and last season—is ready to premiere on Aug. 15 in streaming, and every week in a while the AMC community.