Your Disney+ subscription is about to look DIFFERENT.

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Disney is going to introduce a new ad-supported tier to the streaming service Disney+, and you need to choose whether to use that tier or pay extra for the ad-free option. Either way, the way we stream Disney content is about to change! Here are all the details you need to know.

Starting on December 8th, Disney+ is changing in a big way. On that day, a new ad-supported tier will come to the platform. This tier will be called Disney+ Basic and will cost $7.99/month.

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Also on December 8th, the ad-free version of Disney+ (called Disney+ Premium) will get a 38% price increase. It will cost $10.99/month. Note that Hulu and ESPN+ also had price increases recently: on October 10th, Hulu Basic increased in price from $6.99/month to $7.99/month, and ad-free Hulu went from $12.99/month to $14.99/month. ESPN+ increased from $6.99/month to $9.99/month on August 23rd.

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Here’s a quick breakdown of your options for Disney+ streaming and bundles available in the U.S. (starting December 8th):

Standalone plans:

• Disney+ Basic: $7.99/month
• Disney+ Premium: $10.99/month
• Hulu (with ads): $7.99/month
• Hulu (without ads): $14.99/month
• ESPN+: $9.99/month

Bundle Plans:

• Basic (with ads): Disney+, Hulu: $9.99/month
• Basic (with ads): Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+: $12.99/month
• Legacy (existing customers only): Disney+ (no ads), Hulu (with ads), ESPN+ (with ads): $14.99/month
• Premium: Disney+ (no ads), Hulu (no ads), ESPN+ (with ads): $19.99/month

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Disney has announced that Disney+ Basic will have all the same content as the ad-free tier, just with advertisements added in. There will be about 4 minutes of ads for every hour of streaming content. For comparison, this is about the same amount of ads per hour as HBO Max’s ad-supported tier has, and it’s fewer than Peacock or Hulu has.

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Variety reported that Disney is going to be careful not to have ads that could overshadow the service’s family-friendly environment. Disney will be cautious about running ads during shows aimed at preschool audiences, and there will be no ads at all when an individual user profile indicates that a young child is watching.

Learn more about the ads coming to Disney+ here.

Set your alarms for December 8th so that you know to update your profile on Disney+! We’ll continue watching for more Disney news, so stay tuned to DFB for all the latest updates.

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