{"id":1170615,"date":"2023-08-11T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1170615"},"modified":"2023-08-11T09:00:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:00:01","slug":"the-tv-streaming-apps-broke-their-promises-and-now-theyre-jacking-up-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1170615","title":{"rendered":"The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they\u2019re jacking up prices"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week, Disney+ and the Disney-controlled Hulu became the latest streaming video services to increase prices<\/a>. Starting in October, the ad-free tier of Disney+ will rise from $11 to $14 a month, while ad-free Hulu will increase from $14 to $18 a month. Both services will also be offered together for $20 a month, and the ad-supported tiers will maintain their current pricing; both strategies seem intended to drive viewers to either sign up for multiple services or drop down to an ad-supported tier.<\/p>\n

This is the\u00a0second<\/em> price hike for both services in the last calendar year, and most subscription services have been doing the same thing recently. Here are the big-name video streaming services that have increased their prices in the last 12 months (not counting bundles or other discounts or add-ons, all prices monthly):<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\nNetflix<\/th>\nHulu<\/th>\n(HBO) Max<\/th>\nDisney+<\/th>\nAmazon Prime Video<\/th>\nApple TV+<\/th>\nParamount+<\/th>\nPeacock<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Ad-free (before)<\/th>\n$13.99<\/td>\n$12.99<\/td>\n$14.99<\/td>\n$7.99<\/td>\n$8.99 standalone, $12.99 with Prime<\/td>\n$4.99<\/td>\n$9.99<\/td>\n$9.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ad-free (after)<\/th>\n$15.49<\/td>\n$17.99<\/td>\n$15.99<\/td>\n$13.99<\/td>\n$8.99 standalone, $14.99 with Prime<\/td>\n$6.99<\/td>\n$11.99<\/td>\n$11.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
With ads (before)<\/th>\nN\/A (launched November 2022)<\/td>\n$6.99<\/td>\n$9.99<\/td>\nN\/A (launched December 2022)<\/td>\nN\/A, but “in talks<\/a>“<\/td>\nN\/A, but hiring personnel<\/a><\/td>\n$4.99<\/td>\n$4.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
With ads (after)<\/th>\n$6.99<\/td>\n$7.99<\/td>\n$9.99<\/td>\n$7.99<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n$5.99<\/td>\n$5.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

And that’s just capturing price increases from the last year or so; many of these services have increased prices steadily over the last two or three years, as subscriber growth has slowed or declined<\/a>. If you pay for more than a couple of these services (and especially if you pay for music, games, or other software on top of your streaming apps), your prices have either gone up a lot in the last year, or you’ve decided to let TV advertising back into your life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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