Hulu is raising the cost of its subscriptions for all customers in October

Date:
Tue, 07 Sep 2021 18:40:23 +0000

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Hulu says it will raise the prices of both its ad-supported and ad-free tiers starting on October 8 for new and existing customers.

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Hulu has announced that it will raise the prices of both its ad-supported
and ad-free tiers of its service for new and existing customers starting on October 8.

For Hulu ad-supported customers, the new price of the service will be $6.99 per month up from $5.99 per month while ad-free customers should expect to pay $12.99 per month (up from $11.99 per month).

Its not a sizable increase both tiers are only getting a $1 per month price hike but it does put the streaming service in a strange predicament. For
one, Hulu ad-free is now almost the same cost as the Hulu, Disney Plus and ESPN+ combo deal that runs $13.99 a month, making it almost worth converting for the additional content.

The price hike also means that an ad-free subscription of Hulu is almost the same cost of Netflixs Standard Plan that costs $13.99 per month. Youll still save a substantial amount by watching the service with ads, but its now a tougher decision for folks who dont want to watch ads. Analysis: The price of streaming creeps ever higher

While this is an unfortunate situation for subscribers, its not entirely unexpected. Streaming services like Hulu are always upping their costs to
keep up with inflating content budgets.

If theres a silver lining to the price hikes, its that it wont affect customers signed up for Hulu with Live TV who have been paying $65 per month since the last price hike in December, and we probably wont see another hike like this for at least another six months.

The bad news? Well, if you subscribed to a number of services like Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus and others to escape the cost of cable, you might find that your new monthly bills are starting to look a lot closer to your old one.

Streaming will always be the preferred way to watch content for cord cutters, but the rising costs of streaming are making it a less-compelling option than it was a few years ago.

Via The Hollywood Reporter Best streaming service 2021: Netflix, HBO Max, Disney Plus and more TV compared



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