Verizon hikes pricing of its Disney Plus perk
Disney+ raises subscription pricing and Verizon passes the higher costs to subscribers.
Verizon hikes price of its Disney+ perk | Image by PhoneArena
Verizon subscribers signed up for a popular perk will notice that the price of streaming content from Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ (With Ads) is increasing from $10 per month to $12 per month. This pricing will start on September 17, and the change works out to be a 20% increase from the previous change of $10 per month.
Despite hiking pricing for Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ (with Ads), Verizon finds the silver lining
Leave it up to the carrier to find the silver lining in this cloud. Verizon wants you to know that despite the 20% price rise, you will still be saving $9.99 each and every month. That remains 45% off standard market pricing.
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Disney raised its pricing and Verizon followed suit
Verizon is raising the price of its Disney+ perk. | Image by Verizon
Verizon isn't raising the price of the perk in order to make more money. It simply is following the $2-$3 monthly hike recently announced by Disney. For example:
- Disney+ Basic (with ads) rose 20% from $9.99 per month to $11.99 per month.
- Disney+ Premium (No Ads) increased 18.8% from $15.99 per month to $18.99 per month.
- Disney+ Premium (Annual) rose 18.8% to $189.99 annually from $159.99 annually.
Other price changes announced by Verizon
Verizon also wants you to know:
- For Movie and Show lovers, Bundle with Simplicity: After calculating the updated perk pricing, your bundle cost will increase 8.7% from $23 per month to $25 per month.
- For Fans Bundle with Simplicity: Since your total cost will be unchanged and remain the same, your total savings increase to $22.98 per month.
- Existing discounts: If you receive a $10 "Mobile + Home" discount for this perk, the discount will remain unchanged.
- Trials: If you’re on a promotional or trial rate, until your promotional or trial rate offer ends, your price won’t change.
Once again Verizon looks bad next to T-Mobile when it comes to customer perks
Verizon comes out looking bad once again compared to T-Mobile's industry-best reward program. Even though Netflix hiked its Standard with Ads plan by $1 per month, T-Mobile is eating the additional cost and continues not to charge its customers getting Netflix Standard with Ads anything.
T-Mobile, back in April, raised its Netflix Standard (No Ads) monthly price to $13 from $11 for an 18.1% increase. Netflix Premium (4K, No Ads) was priced at $20 per month, up 11.1% from $18 per month.
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