{"id":1147,"date":"2025-09-24T18:13:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2025-09-25T14:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T14:21:15","slug":"disney-to-raise-prices-on-streaming-services-amid-kimmel-pushback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/disney-to-raise-prices-on-streaming-services-amid-kimmel-pushback\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney to raise prices on streaming services amid Kimmel pushback"},"content":{"rendered":"

Disney announced on Tuesday it will raise the subscription prices for its streaming services, amid widespread calls for a boycott following Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s abrupt suspension<\/a> from Disney-owned ABC.<\/p>\n

The increase is set to go into effect for new subscribers beginning Oct. 21. Current subscribers will see the change to their first bill on or after that date.<\/p>\n

Disney+ with ads and Hulu with ads will both increase by $2 to $11.99 per month, while Disney+ Premium will increase by $3 to $18.99.<\/p>\n

The Disney+ with Hulu bundle is going up by $2 to $12.99 per month, and ESPN Select will increase by $1 to $12.99. Hulu\u2019s Live TV Only plan will increase by $7 to $88.99 per month.<\/p>\n

Many of the company\u2019s bundles that include services from non-Disney providers will start costing more, too. But the price for Hulu Premium, ESPN Unlimited and the Disney+ with Hulu Premium bundle will not go up.<\/p>\n

The announcement of the price hikes comes a day after the company said \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d would return to its late-night time slot<\/a> \u2014 though not on affiliates owned by conservative companies Nexstar and Sinclair<\/a> \u2014 as many in Hollywood have pushed for subscribers for\u00a0cancel Disney\u2019s services<\/a>\u00a0in the wake of Kimmel being pulled of the air\u00a0last week.<\/p>\n

The controversial decision also prompted protests from writers and unions who said they wouldn\u2019t work with Disney in the future. A letter from the American Civil Liberties Union was signed by more than 400 artists, including Tom Hanks, Robert DeNiro, Jane Fonda, Ben Stiller, Pedro Pascal, Jamie Lee Curtis, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Natalie Portman.<\/p>\n

So many people have purportedly tried to scrap their subscriptions that there were reports of Disney+\u2019s cancellation page crashing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to The Wrap, the price increase is not related to the Kimmel backlash<\/a> and was planned well in advance. However, according to The Handbasket<\/a>, Disney partly resolved things with Kimmel speedily because it was hemorrhaging subscribers \u2014 more than 1 million \u2014 as a result of the fallout and will likely lose more over the price hikes.<\/p>\n

Disney announced in August it had a total of 207.4 million subscribers across Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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