Netflix Standard Plan Rising to $10 for All Subs Starting in May

[Purveyor]

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Netflix is about to hike the price of its most popular plan by 25% for long-term streaming customers, to $9.99 per month for the two-stream HD service.

Starting in May, the No. 1 streaming service's standard HD service for those previously paying $7.99 monthly will increase by $2, based on member billing periods. Customers who signed up for the HD plan at $8.99 following the May 2014 price increase will be rolled over to $9.99 this October.

"Impacted members will be clearly notified by email and within the service so that they have time to decide which plan/price point works best for them," Netflix said in a statement.


Later in April, Netflix customers in the U.K. will begin to be "ungrandfathered" from previous pricing plans, and will be charged ?7.49 per month (currently about $10.57) for the two-stream HD service.

Netflix previously announced that starting in the second quarter of 2016, a "substantial number" of U.S. subs will see the price hike. They will have the option of continuing at $7.99 for a single-stream, standard-definition plan, or keep the HD service for $9.99 a month.


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[Cooley Hurd]

1. No worries - content matters and they have content.

[AxionExcel]

2. "ungrandfathered" WTF?

What a disgustingly uncute euphemism for "we are breaking the promise we made to you. Tough shit. Deal with it."

This is business Republican-style (R) - the same freaking integrity-free kind of operation we have seen for over 40 years from the godforsaken G.O.P., Inc. (R)

[Waldorf]

7. I just got an email from ATT Uverse. Starting in May there will be an additiional charge for going

over 50GB unless you have your TV bundled with internet.

[closeupready]

3. There's so much stuff out there for free, I'm gonna pass on this.

[Iggo]

4. It's all free, if you know how to live.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

6. Yes. I get GoT for free, as well as movies Netflix doesn't offer.

I've never paid for an ebook. I still use Netflix for the convenience.

[Gomez163]

5. WORTH IT

[Orrex]

8. No doubt renewing their pledge to offer no recent, worthwhile films.