Price Storm: Why Major Streaming Services Have Hiked Rates This Year
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variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor Binge-watching, America’s new favorite pastime, has become more expensive than ever. In October alone, seven top streaming plans increased their U.S.
pricing. Apple TV+ now costs $9.99 a month — marking the second increase in a year — while Netflix raised prices on two plans.
Also last month, Disney hiked fees for Disney+ and Hulu plans without ads, as well as ESPN+, and so did Warner Bros. Discovery’s Discovery+.
Across those tiers, the monthly price rose on average 23% — well above the 3.7% 12-month inflation rate for the U.S. as of September.
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