While peace is conflicting from all sides, Walt Disney introduced a increase in prices for Disney+ and other streaming services today.
As of October 21, Disney+ will cost 20 percent more, depending on your plan. Disney+ with advertising increases from 10 to 12 dollars per month, while the plan without advertising goes from 16 to 19 dollars a month. An annual plan without advertising will be from 160 to 190 dollars.
Acquisitions They allowed Disney to own several streaming services, so these are not only Disney+subscribers that will be affected. Subscriptions on Hulu and ESPN Select will also increase, like all Hulu + Live TV plans and packs of three Disney streaming services by subscription.
And anyone who buys Disney+ and Hulu complete with Warner Bros. HBO Max will also have to pay (up to 17.6 percent) more as of October 21.
Mouse house in a dog house
Unfortunately, for millions of categories of cords, increasing prices for streaming services is not surprising. Disney+ recently raised prices In October 2024The field also raised prices in October 2023 and December 2022. (Disney+ debuted in November 2019, and the general streaming business Disney became profitable in the 3rd quarter of 2024.)
Disney time here is similar to its previous increase in prices: the announcement was made in September, when new prices come into force in October. However, September 2024 It is very different From September 2025, which will be remembered as the time when Disney was They are drawn into a boycott From streaming subscribers, spectators of broadcasting, activists of freedom of speech, celebrities, liberals and conservatives.
September 17, belonging to Disne Jimmy Kimmel Live! “It will be“ mined for an indefinite period ”. The announcement followed the comments that Kimmel made on the show on September 15 on the murder of the right influential man Charlie Kirk. His comments caused the anger of the Chairman of the Federal Commission on Communications Brendan Carr and the owners of ABC. Nexstar and Sinclair Subsequently, he pulled out the show from his stations.
The public did not take much time to turn against Disney. Hundreds of people I protested on Disney Studios Street in Berbank, California. Calls cancel Disney+ flooded social networksand, according to Yipit, quoted New York Times Today it had a greater impact on the outflow of subscribers than another Stream gear BoycotesField
