Current:Home > FinanceAmazon to run ads with Prime Video shows — unless you pay more-Angel Dreamer Wealth Society D1 Reviews & Insights
Amazon to run ads with Prime Video shows — unless you pay more
View Date:2024-12-23 20:26:08
If you want to watch Amazon Prime Video shows and movies without advertisements, the service is about to get more expensive — about $3 more per month, or $36 a year.
Amazon on Friday said it will start running ads in its Prime Video content in early 2024, placing commercials into its shows and movies that so far had been ad-free for Prime subscribers, who pay $139 a year for the membership.
Customers who pay the new fee of $2.99 a month to keep their Prime Video content free of ads will effectively see their annual membership price increase by 26%. People who subscribe to Prime Video as a standalone service now pay $8.99 per month, which means adding on the ad-free option would boost their subscription price by 33%.
Customers can maintain their current Prime membership rate, although they'll also be faced with watching ads on Prime Video shows like "The Wheel of Time" and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." Amazon said it will add "limited advertisements," but the company is essentially asking customers to pay an additional $2.99 per month to maintain the same level of service they currently enjoy.
"We aim to have meaningfully fewer ads than linear TV and other streaming TV providers," Amazon said in the statement, adding that the fee is necessary so it can "continue investing in compelling content and keep increasing that investment over a long period of time."
Ads will first be introduced into Prime Video shows in the U.S., U.K., Germany and Canada in early 2024, with Amazon planning to include ads later in the year for customers in France, Italy, Spain, Mexico and Australia. "No action is required for Prime members," Amazon said.
"We will email Prime members several weeks before ads are introduced into Prime Video with information on how to sign up for the ad-free option if they would like," it noted.
- In:
- Amazon
veryGood! (67)
Related
- Florida man’s US charges upgraded to killing his estranged wife in Spain
- RFK Jr.'s name to remain on presidential ballot in North Carolina
- Ludacris causes fans to worry after he drinks 'fresh glacial water' in Alaska
- Cowboys to sign running back Dalvin Cook to one-year contract, per reports
- Bears fire offensive coordinator Shane Waldron amid stretch of 23 drives without a TD
- Chelsea Handler on her new Las Vegas residency, today's political moment and her dog Doug
- Deadpool Killer Trial: Wade Wilson Sentenced to Death for Murders of 2 Women
- Ford becomes latest high-profile American company to pump brakes on DEI
- Old Navy's Early Black Friday Deals Start at $1.97 -- Get Holiday-Ready Sweaters, Skirts, Puffers & More
- Christina Hall appears to be removing ring finger tattoo amid Josh Hall divorce
Ranking
- Kyle Richards Shares an Amazing Bottega Dupe From Amazon Along With Her Favorite Fall Trends
- Watch as abandoned baby walrus gets second chance at life, round-the-clock care
- Baltimore ‘baby bonus’ won’t appear on ballots after court rules it unconstitutional
- As Lego goes green, costs will rise but customer prices won't, company says. Here's why.
- Who will be in the top 12? Our College Football Playoff ranking projection
- Falcons trading backup QB Taylor Heinicke to Chargers
- Patriots to start quarterback Jacoby Brissett in Week 1 over first-round pick Drake Maye
- Boar's Head plant linked to listeria outbreak had bugs, mold and mildew, inspectors say
Recommendation
-
Jennifer Lopez Turns Wicked Premiere Into Family Outing With 16-Year-Old Emme
-
Georgia puts Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz back on the state’s presidential ballots
-
How Patrick Mahomes Helps Pregnant Wife Brittany Mahomes Not Give a “F--k” About Critics
-
Score Big at Abercrombie & Fitch’s 2024 Labor Day Sale: 20% Off NFL Drop & Up to 82% Off More Bestsellers
-
GreenBox Systems will spend $144 million to build an automated warehouse in Georgia
-
Bill Belichick's packed ESPN schedule includes Manningcast, Pat McAfee Show appearances
-
Man whose escape from Kansas prison was featured in book, TV movie dies behind bars
-
Ludacris causes fans to worry after he drinks 'fresh glacial water' in Alaska