{"id":636604,"date":"2026-03-27T08:02:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T06:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=636604"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:55:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:55:55","slug":"netflix-increases-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/636604-netflix-increases-prices.html","title":{"rendered":"Netflix increases prices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Netflix increased the price of its standard streaming subscription with ads in the US by $1 to $8.99 (R153) per month, making good on its promise to increase revenue this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/help.netflix.com\/en\/node\/24926\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">standard plan<\/a>&nbsp;without ads rose by $2 to $19.99 (R341) per month, while the premium plan, which supports up to four devices at once, climbed $2 to $26.99 (R460).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe continue offering a range of prices and plans to meet a variety of needs,\u201d the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last time Netflix raised prices in the US was in January 2025. The changes are effective immediately for new customers. Existing customers will be notified by email a month before their new pricing starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company cited its continued investment in programming, including a new season of the anime-inspired hit<em>&nbsp;One Piece<\/em>&nbsp;and the film drama&nbsp;<em>Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Netflix has also been promoting more live events, including last week\u2019s&nbsp;BTS comeback concert. Netflix gave a hint that new prices were coming when it reported earnings in January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/s22.q4cdn.com\/959853165\/files\/doc_financials\/2025\/q4\/FINAL-Q4-25-Shareholder-Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">forecast<\/a>\u00a0sales for the year of as much as $51.7 billion driven by increases in membership and pricing as well as a doubling of advertising revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Netflix said it had over 325 million paid members globally at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The streaming TV industry leader dropped out of the running to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery\u2019s studios and streaming business last month,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-02-26\/netflix-drops-warner-bros-offer-leaving-paramount-the-winner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">clearing the way<\/a>&nbsp;for a rival bid from Paramount Skydance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After taking a beating from sceptical investors during the Warner Bros. fight, Netflix shares have risen since late February. They were up 1.4% on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix is increasing prices in its home market. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341034,"featured_media":629338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[2054,84213,77274,104090,62312],"class_list":["post-636604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-netflix","tag-netflix-standard","tag-one-piece","tag-peaky-blinders-the-immortal-man","tag-video-streaming-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341034"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636604"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":637170,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636604\/revisions\/637170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}