{"id":127157,"date":"2022-08-10T20:39:22","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T20:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/22\/08\/10\/disney-to-hike-prices-introduce-ad-supported-tier-in-december?utm_medium=rss"},"modified":"2022-08-10T20:39:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T20:39:22","slug":"disney-to-hike-prices-introduce-ad-supported-tier-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/10\/disney-to-hike-prices-introduce-ad-supported-tier-in-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney+ to hike prices, introduce ad-supported tier in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/disney-to-hike-prices-introduce-ad-supported-tier-in-december.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p> <em> AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content. <\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Disney+ will introduce a new ad-supported tier of its streaming service later in 2022 while hiking the price of the current ad-free plans, including bundles with Hulu and ESPN+.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>The new pricing structure, which will also include ad-supported versions of its Hulu and ESPN+ services, will officially debut to the public on Dec. 8, Disney announced on Wednesday.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>Under the new structure, a basic Disney+ subscription with ads will cost $7.99 \u2014 the same cost as its current pricing tier. A premium version with no ads will run customers $10.99 a month.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>Hulu with ads is also seeing a price increase from $6.99 a month to $7.99 a month. A premium Hulu subscription with no ads is also getting more expensive at $14.99, instead of the $12.99 it is currently.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>ESPN+ will remain the same price at $9.99 a month with ads.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>As far as the Disney bundle, existing subscribers will see their subscription hiked by a $1 to $14.99 a month. Note that this only applies to legacy Disney Bundle subscribers \u2014 new subscribers will pay $19.99 a month for Disney+ and Hulu with no ads.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>A basic Disney Bundle with ads across Disney+ and Hulu will cost $9.99 a month. Adding in ESPN+, which isn&#8217;t included in the basic plan, will add $2 to that price point.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>&#8220;With our new ad-supported Disney+ offering and an expanded lineup of plans across our entire streaming portfolio, we will be providing greater consumer choice at a variety of price points to cater to the diverse needs of our viewers and appeal to an even broader audience,&#8221; said Kareem Daniel, Chairman of Disney Media &amp; Entertainment Distribution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content. Disney+ will introduce a new ad-supported tier of its streaming service later in 2022 while hiking the price of the current ad-free plans, including bundles with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-insider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}