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Streaming prices climb in 2025 after already surpassing inflation rates | Five services started charging more in January.
Five services started charging more in January.
In its Digital Video Forecast and Trends Q1 2025 report, eMarketer (a marketing, ads, and commerce research firm that merged with Insider Intelligence in 2020) found that subscription fees for ad-free streaming tiers “have greatly outpaced inflation and pay TV increases since 2023,” as shown in the graph below: And as long as we continue to deliver on improving the variety, the quality of our TV and film slate, we gradually expand the offering with newer content types, we believe we’ll be able to increase that share progressively every year." In its announcement, AMC Networks seemingly sought to rationalize the higher rates by noting the addition of new seasons of TV shows for 2024 and 2025 and plans to introduce “more exclusive new films.”
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