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Last week it emerged Paramount Global missed its first-quarter revenue estimates as its subscription base stalled. It comes as streaming services grapple with financial losses across the board.Ī host of streaming services now offer cut-price subscriptions with advertising breaks Paramount's ad plan is $4.99 but its commercial-free plans start at $9.99.ĭisney+ and Hulu offer a combined membership to both of their platforms with adverts for $9.99.Īccess to ESPN as well - with adverts - is $12.99.

Similarly HBO Max charges customers $9.99 a month for a plan with adverts while its one without is $15.99. Netflix offers a standard plan with adverts for $6.99 a month.Ī basic membership without commercials is then $9.99, a 'standard' plan is $15.49 while a 'premium' plan costs viewers $19.99. A host of other major streaming services including Netflix and HBO Max now offer plans which include adverts.

On top of that Prime - which features more than 20,000 movies and 2,000 television shows - also hosts content from other networks, some of which include commercials.Īgain, these adverts continue to appear on shows when they are added to Prime's gallery.īut Amazon Prime is not the only offender. Now Prime integrates Freevee content into its homepage - meaning the commercials appear on both platforms. The increase in adverts was sparked by the firm's merger with IMDB TV - which was renamed to Freevee - and Twitch, a livestreaming service originally known for its gaming content.īoth Freevee and Twitch are free to watch and paid for through commercials in the same vein as traditional TV. Frustrated Amazon Prime viewers have complained they are still having to sit through commercials - despite paying $8.99 for the service

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