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Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon price rises in western Europe ‘highest in world’
World’s largest streaming services have also increased subscription costs repeatedly in US, research finds Business live – latest updates Subscribers to Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video in western Europe have faced higher price increases than in any other market in recent years, according to research. Over the past four years the world’s largest subscription video streaming services have dramatically changed t…
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The Shards is currently showing on Disney+ in the UK. Photograph: FX View image in fullscreen The Shards is currently showing on Disney+ in the UK. Photograph: FX Television industry Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon price rises in western Europe ‘highest in world’ World’s largest streaming services have also increased subscription costs repeatedly in US, research finds
The most recent price increases pushed the cost up £1 to £5.99 a month for the basic package with ads, and up £2 to £12.99 a month for Netflix’s standard ad-free package.
Netflix UK’s recently published financial figures for last year show that the streaming company passed £2bn in annual revenues for the first time. The record £2.06bn marked an 11% increase on the £1.85bn reported in 2024.
The company, which also reported a healthy increase in pre-tax profits from £63m to £72.5m, said the revenue boost was “driven primarily by a 7% growth in the average number of paid memberships and by higher average monthly revenue per paying membership”.
Amazon introduced a £2.99 monthly fee on top of its Prime Video membership for users wanting to pay to avoid seeing ads in February 2024.