Disney decides that he has not sufficiently irritated people, announces disney + price increases
Although it is mired in the controversy on all sides, the Walt Disney Company has unveiled the price increases for Disney + and its other streaming services today.
As of October 21, Disney + will cost up to 20% more, depending on the plan you have. Disney + with ads goes from $ 10 to $ 12 per month, while the plan without advertising goes from $ 16 to $ 19 per month. The annual plan without advertising will drop from $ 160 to $ 190.
The acquisitions allowed Disney to have several streaming services, so it is not only Disney + subscribers that will be affected. The subscriptions for Hulu and ESPN Select will also increase, just like all live television plans Hulu + and the groups of three streaming services based on Disney subscription.
And whoever buys Disney + and Hulu Gap with HBO Max by Warner Bros. Discovery will also have to pay (up to 17.6%) more on October 21.
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Unfortunately, for millions of cuttings, an increase in prices for streaming services is not surprising. Disney + recently increased prices in October 2024. It also increased prices in October 2023 and December 2022. (Disney + made its debut in November 2019, and Disney Global Streaming activities became profitable in the third quarter of 2024).
Disney timing here is similar to its previous price increases: the announcement is made in September, the new prices taking effect in October. However, September 2024 was very different From September 2025, which will remain in the memories as an era when Disney was involved in the boycotts of streaming subscribers, broadcasting viewers, activists of freedom of expression, celebrities, liberals and conservatives.
On September 17, ABC belonging to Disney made the historic announcement that Jimmy Kimmel Live! “Would be pre -emptied indefinitely.” The announcement follows the comments Kimmel made during a September 15 program on the murder of right -wing influencer Charlie Kirk. His comments attracted the anger of the president of the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr, and the affiliates of affiliation ABC Nexstar and Sinclair later withdrawn the show from their stations.
It didn’t take long for the public to turn against Disney. Hundreds of people protested outside Disney studios in Burbank, California. Calls to cancel Disney + flooded social media and, according to Yipit data cited by the New York Times today, it has had a greater impact on the unsubscribe of subscribers than other Boycotts in streaming.
