Discovery+ Ad-Free Tier Announces First Price Increase

Spooky season is true right here and discovery+ is conscious of you’ll be wanting to strengthen your horror-movie binge with true-crime and ghost-hunting actuality reveals. The Warner Bros.-adjacent streaming service has quite a bit to provide in that division, however it’ll now worth you only a few further bucks to get your restore.

In accordance with a press launch, starting as we converse, October 3, the ad-free discovery+ tier inside the U.S. has elevated from $6.99 to $8.99 per 30 days, plus tax. In Canada, that’ll rise from $6.99 to $8.99 CAD. If you happen to occur to don’t ideas adverts, your U.S. “ad-lite” subscription holds common at $4.99 a month (in Canada, it’s going as a lot as $5.99 CAD). If you happen to occur to’re already a subscriber, you’ll see the rise in your subsequent billing cycle.

“That’s the major time discovery+ has elevated the worth of a month-to-month subscription in these markets since launching in January 2021,” the press launch elements out. It’s nonetheless cheaper to get a standalone subscription to discovery+, nonetheless the worth merely crept a lot nearer to a Max subscription ($9.99 per 30 days with adverts; $15.99-$19.99 with out). Shelling out for Max will get you entry to most discovery+ programming along with HBO assortment and flicks, Max Originals, Grownup Swim, Cartoon Neighborhood, HGTV, TCM, Meals Neighborhood, and additional.