NBCUniversal’s Peacock will increase its costs by $2 this summer season, in line with The Hollywood Reporter on Monday. The value change is slated to enter impact on July 18 for brand new clients, only a week earlier than the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Summer season Olympics. When you’re simply seeking to stream the Olympics, Peacock could have the most coverage, and you’ll plan it out to save lots of a few bucks.
For brand new clients on July 18, Peacock Premium will rise in worth from $5.99 to $7.99 a month, whereas Premium Plus will rise from $11.99 to $13.99. For present subscribers, the worth change received’t go into impact till August seventeenth. It’s the newest worth bump in an unfortunate string of streaming price hikes. Nonetheless, when you’re simply seeking to stream the Summer season Olympics, there’s a small window when you may nonetheless stream the occasion on the authentic $5.99 worth.
If you buy Peacock Premium between July 12 and July 17, you may nonetheless stream the whole Olympic video games on the authentic $5.99 worth. Simply bear in mind to cancel the subscription after the closing ceremony. The Paris 2024 Summer season Olympics will happen from July 26 to Aug. 11, ending simply earlier than the worth hike goes into impact. Buying the streaming service earlier than July 12 means you need to pay for a couple of month whereas buying after July 17 will lock you in on the $7.99 worth.
Granted, Peacock Premium has advertisements, however wanting utilizing a VPN to stream the event, $5.99 for 2 weeks of round the clock Olympic protection isn’t a nasty deal. That is very true whenever you examine it to different streaming choices carrying the 2024 Olympics. Hulu + Reside TV (With Adverts) will present the occasions, however it’s going to be $76.99 a month. YouTube TV additionally could have it, however that prices about $72.99 a month.
As for informal Peacock subscribers, you’re out of luck. The streaming service is seeking to squeeze much more worth out of you. Comcast revealed that Peacock added 3 million paid subscribers in the previous few months final week throughout earnings. The corporate is betting these worth hikes received’t scare off clients.
We’re more likely to see extra worth hikes all through 2024, persevering with a development all through late 2023, amongst different practices to squeeze subscribers. Max and Disney not too long ago adopted Netflix’s playbook by cracking down on password sharing. All of the streamers are getting too huge primarily, so as an alternative of rising their subscriber base, they’re simply making an attempt to make you pay extra for the service whereas they spend much less.