Cinema, Education, Creativity, and Sports: Free Resources for Boring Self-Isolation

During the global pandemic, many applications and sites that make money on subscriptions or individual lessons and courses have become free for everyone, almost free or free for new subscribers for a month or three months. Russian service Bi-bi-si made a selection of the most interesting things - from NBA and NHL matches to fitness applications, audiobook services and online courses.

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Movies and TV shows

Mubi (classics and arthouse) - 3 months for 100 rubles (price varies depending on the country)

Amediateka (Western TV series in Russian) - a month of free access or 50% discount for new subscribers

TV channel 2 × 2 (cartoons) - free until April 7

Movie Search HD (movies and TV series) - free until the end of April

TNT Premier (Russian films and TV series) – free access to Gazprom Media TV series and films

Okko (movies and TV series) - first month free

more.tv (TV, films and series) - 45 days of free subscription

therein (films and TV series) - first month for 1 ruble

Wink (films and TV series) - free access to Russian TV series and films, as well as educational content for children

CBS All Access (movies and TV series) - first month free (US bank card required)

Electronic and audio books

National Emergency Library from Internet Archive (e-books) - free until June 30

Audible stories (audiobooks for children and teenagers) - first month free

bookmates (electronic and audiobooks) - free month

Storytel (audiobooks) - free month

mybook (e-books) – free month

Smart reading (non-fiction summaries) - free until April 20

Liters: Library (electronic and audio books) - free while libraries are closed in Russia

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News and analytics

New York Times — materials about coronavirus are available without a subscription

Wall Street Journal — materials about coronavirus are available without a subscription

Washington Post — materials about coronavirus are available without a subscription

Bloomberg — materials about coronavirus are available without a subscription

Foreign Policy — materials about coronavirus are available without a subscription

Los Angeles Times — materials about coronavirus are available without a subscription

Financial Times — materials about coronavirus are available without a subscription

Dazed — free digital version of the new issue of the magazine

Education

"Radio Arzamas" (lectures and podcasts) - free until April 15

covideducation.ru (courses) - free content from SkillFactory and a selection of courses

Geekbrains (courses) - three courses on programming and IT free until March 31

French Institute of Fashion (lectures on fashion) - free online course “Understanding Fashion: From Business to Culture” from March 30, among the lecturers is Sir Paul Smith

Duolingo ABC (English for children from 3 to 6) - free application

JSTOR (academic books and journals) - free access to healthcare industry journals until June 30

Cambridge University Press (academic books and journals) - free access to research on coronavirus

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Спортивные трансляции

NBA League Pass (basketball) - free until April 22

NHL TV (hockey) - free viewing of matches of the 2019-2020 season

PSG TV (football) - all Paris Saint-Germain matches from 2018 to 2020 for free

NFL Game Pass (American football) - free until the end of July

MLB.TV (baseball) - all games of the 2018 and 2019 seasons are free

Applications for yoga, fitness and meditation

Adidas Training (fitness) - free home workouts

Nike Training Club (fitness) - free home workouts

Centr, by Chris Hemsworth (fitness) - first six weeks of training free

Peloton App (cycling) - first three months of video classes free

Headspace (meditation/mindfulness) - free collections in the application

Down Dog (yoga, fitness, Pilates) - the entire line of applications is available for free until May 1

Sanvello (anti-stress and anxiety) - free access to meditation collections and exercises

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Creation

Final Cut Pro X (video editor) - first three months free

Logic Pro X (music processing) - first three months free

Fender Play App (guitar lessons) - first three months free for first 100k subscribers

KORG Kaossilator app (synthesizer) - free until March 31st

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