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Effective October 12, the company will raise the monthly price of its ad-free plans Disney+ and Hulu plans by more than 20%.
The Disney+ ad-free plan will rise by 27% to $13.99 a month in the US, up from $10.99. That’s double the $6.99 monthly cost Disney charged for the service when it first launched in 2019.
Hulu’s ad-free plan will increase by $3 a month, or 20%, to $17.99 a month. The ad-supported tiers for both services will remain at $7.99 each.
The price hikes come amid Disney’s continued efforts to slash $5.5 billion in costs this year.
The monthly prices of its two Hulu live TV packages will also increase by $7 each for both the ad-free plan and the ad-supported offering. ESPN+ will go up by $1 to $10.99 a month.
Additionally, Disney announced that starting September 6 subscribers in the US will have access to a new ad-free bundled subscription featuring the ad-free Disney+ and Hulu services for $19.99 a month.
On the other hand, it caused me to rediscover the high seas. But I guess they think it’s worth it. Squeeze your users more as we just went through record inflation levels. Perfect. Great idea, suits.
I genuinely appreciate Overseerr having streaming specific categories. Wanna just Arrrr on some Netflix only shows? We got that.
Woah that’s awesome. I’m still getting into this stuff, so still learning. I’ll have to look into Overseerr.