Amazon Prime Video Will Show Ads Starting Early Next Year

Amazon Prime Video will embody promoting throughout reveals and flicks beginning early subsequent 12 months, the streaming big confirmed on September 22. Advertisements in Prime Video content material might be initially launched in international locations together with the US, UK, Germany, and Canada in early 2024. Prime Video customers in France, Italy, Spain and Mexico will begin seeing advertisements later subsequent 12 months. Amazon has launched a brand new ad-free possibility as nicely. Amazon Prime members within the US pays $2.99 (roughly Rs. 200) a month to entry ad-free companies. The newest transfer by Amazon Prime Video follows the launch of comparable plans by rivals Netflix and Walt Disney.

Beginning early subsequent 12 months, Amazon plans so as to add restricted ads to Prime Video motion pictures and reveals, the corporate introduced by means of an official release on Friday. The corporate says the transfer is to “proceed investing in compelling content material and maintain rising that funding over a protracted time frame.” Prime Video subscribers within the US together with these within the UK, Germany and Canada will see advertisements beginning early subsequent 12 months. Prime Video customers in France, Italy, Spain and Mexico will begin seeing advertisements later in the identical 12 months.

Prime Video customers within the US should buy an “ad-free” possibility at an extra value of $2.99 per 30 days. Amazon says it should share pricing for different international locations at a later date.

For customers within the US, Amazon stated it should ship out an e mail to Prime members a number of weeks earlier than advertisements are launched into its applications with particulars on how to enroll in the ad-free possibility if they want. Amazon says it goals to have “meaningfully fewer” advertisements than linear TV and different streaming TV suppliers.

Amazon’s new initiative to incorporate commercials throughout motion pictures and reveals will not be a first-of-its-kind characteristic within the streaming house. Amazon’s main rivals out there, Netflix and Disney+ additionally launched comparable ad-supported companies earlier.

Amazon Prime Video membership at present prices $8.99 (roughly Rs. 600) per 30 days within the US. Amazon is at present charging Rs. 1,499 yearly for Prime membership, Rs. 599 for 3 months, and Rs. 299 per 30 days in India.