Peacock declares value improve for its subscribers

Paying for streaming platforms has been getting costlier, and now there’s some dangerous information for Comcast’s Peacock subscribers. The corporate introduced this week that subscription costs will improve quickly for each new and present subscribers. Learn on as we element extra about this value improve.

Subscribing to Peacock is getting costlier

As reported by The Verge, Peacock will improve the subscription for every of its plans by $2. Presently, Peacock presents an ad-supported plan that prices $5.99 per thirty days, whereas the Premium Plus plan prices $11.99 per thirty days. Try the brand new costs beneath:

Peacock Premium: $7.99 per thirty days or $79.99 per yr.
Peacock Premium Plus: $13.99 per thirty days or $139.99 per yr.

Peacock was launched in 2020 and had its first value improve final yr, when the worth of the Premium subscription went from $4.99 to $5.99 per thirty days. In the meantime, the Premium Plus plan value $9.99 per thirty days earlier than the rise to $11.99. Across the identical time, the platform discontinued its free plan, which solely stays obtainable to those that had it up to now.

Comcast not too long ago revealed that Peacock has gained 3 million paid subscribers in latest months, bringing its whole to 34 million. The platform options content material from NBCUniversal, together with films, information, collection, and sports activities.

The rise comes at a time when different streaming platforms have additionally raised their costs and have been cracking down on password sharing. Earlier this yr, each HBO and Disney+ introduced their plans to comply with Netflix in stopping customers from sharing their account with others.

As for the Peacock subscription, the brand new costs come into impact on July 18 for brand new clients, whereas present subscribers pays the brand new costs from August 17.