Disney needs a way to pay for their expensive $2.62 billion per year NBA media rights deal...
Disney has been ruining every franchise it owns.
Disney will soon increase the cost of its suite of streaming services, including Hulu, ESPN+, and Disney+. Prices will go up for both ad-supported and ad-free plans, and some of Disney's bundles will also be more expensive. Most plans are increasing by $1 to $2.
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The Disney Duo Basic plan with ad-supported versions of Hulu and Disney+ is going from $9.99 to $10.99, but pricing for the premium version is not changing and will remain at $19.99.
- Disney+ With Ads - $9.99, up from $7.99
- Disney+ Ad-Free - $15.99, up from $13.99
- Hulu With Ads - $9.99, up from $7.99
- Hulu Ad-Free - $18.99, up from $17.99
- ESPN+ - $11.99, up from $10.99
The ad-supported trio bundle with Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ is increasing from $14.99 to $16.99, and the premium trio bundle is increasing from $24.99 to $26.99. Hulu's Live TV plan with VoD ads will be priced at $82.99, up from $76.99, and the ad-free version will be priced at $95.99, up from $89.99.
Disney is giving Disney+ subscribers access to ABC News Live and new continuous playlists starting on September 4, with the first playlist offering preschool content. Four additional curated playlists are set to come out later this year with seasonal content, "Epic Stories" from franchises like Marvel and Star Wars, "Throwbacks" with nostalgic pop culture content, and "Real Life" with documentaries and biopics.
Disney plans to implement the pricing increases on Thursday, October 17. Disney said in its blog post that its subscription plans "remain among the best values in streaming today."
Article Link: Disney Raising Prices for Hulu, ESPN+, and Disney+ This Fall
Literally talking about a dollar or two here, and people all in their feelings lol
Didn't cable have ads as well?Paying for ad supported plans makes no sense. More so now that streaming services keep increasing both prices and amount of ads.
I miss cable
Not to mention all the apps that want you to pay them every month for something you may only use a few times each month.A dollar here, a dollar there. When everyone starts asking for a dollar here and a dollar there, it adds up.
Eating out costs a dollar or two more per person here... oh well
Groceries cost a dollar or two here per item ... oh well
Electricity costs a few dollars per bill ... oh well
Gas costs a dollar or two more per gallon... oh well
Netflix costs...
Hulu costs...
Disney+ costs...
Parmount+ costs...
Amazon Prime costs...
Cell phone bill costs...
Internet bill costs...
Higher auto loan rates...
Higher mortgage rates...
At some point, people just say enough is enough and start cutting back. I'm at a point in my life where, even though I can afford to eat out and afford to have all of these services, we've just chosen to cut back because it isn't necessary. It's made me realize what's important and what's not. When eating out started becoming increasingly more expensive, we just started making meals at home and being more aware of our intake. As a result, we've lowered our cholesterol and blood sugar, lost weight, and stopped eating so much processed junk that we previously did for the sake of convenience.
And paying inflated prices for a streaming service that we don't fully utilize is the next thing that we're going to give the boot.
And a higher price.Didn't cable have ads as well?
Meanwhile, Spectrum cable tv (SPECTRUM TV SELECT SIGNATURE, 150+ Channels) is $64.99/mo for the first 12 months then it jumps to who knows what. And I have to watch content based on their schedule, not mine like with streaming.
I fed these numbers into chatGPT and had it calculate the projected monthly rates by year for the next 11 years based on the average growth rate, which it found to be 21.08% per year (Price change/increase history:
Disney+ Premium (No Ads)
$6.99/mo (2019)
$7.99/mo (2021)
$10.99/mo (2022)
$13.99/mo (2023)
$15.99/mo (2024)
Maybe slow down with exclusive content for starters. It’s mostly crap because they rush it.So my question is, what are these companies supposed to do? Production is getting more expensive, actors are getting more expensive, licensing is getting more expensive, costs are just going up. Are they supposed to just eat the costs?
chatGPT if off and the further out you go, the more wrong chatGPT is. Thanks for proving that AI sucks. 🤣I fed these numbers into chatGPT and had it calculate the projected monthly rates by year for the next 11 years based on the average growth rate, which it found to be 21.08% per year (
Surely this madness will stop at some point? The long-term average inflation rate since records have been kept dates back to 1913 in the US and it is 3.1%. How do these companies keep getting away with 7x that??
- 2025: $19.36
- 2026: $23.44
- 2027: $28.38
- 2028: $34.37
- 2029: $41.61
- 2030: $50.38
- 2031: $61.00
- 2032: $73.86
- 2033: $89.43
- 2034: $108.29
- 2035: $131.11