Amazon Prime Video would be the subsequent streaming platform to introduce ad-supported content material, following within the footsteps of main rivals equivalent to Netflix, Disney+ and Max.
The information was first reported by The Wall Road Journal, and Amazon later confirmed this. However how will that have an effect on the present pricing and content material on the platform?
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Is there a launch date for the Amazon Prime Video ad-supported tier?
Amazon has confirmed that advertisements will land on Prime Video “beginning in 2024”. Nonetheless, we don’t know which nations will get them first.
We should always be taught extra within the coming months.
How a lot might the Amazon Prime Video ad-supported tier value?
Amazon will likely be integrating advertisements into its present Amazon Prime subscription (priced at $14.99/£8.99 monthly for full prime, and $8.99/£5.99 monthly for simply Prime Video) and making ad-free viewing an extra value monthly. Nonetheless, we don’t but know what the value of that will likely be.
From a enterprise perspective, this is sensible – contemplating that the ad-free worth of some rival subscriptions is greater than Amazon’s whole Prime membership, which additionally affords free supply, entry to flash gross sales and extra.
The precise pricing of an ad-free tier is just not identified, however typically a $5/£4 worth soar monthly appears across the common value on different platforms. After all, that is all hypothesis. We should always hopefully be taught extra within the coming months.
Amazon confirmed that it’ll e mail members a number of weeks earlier than the advertisements are launched, and provide them the choice to join the pricier ad-free tier. Clients received’t have to do something in the event that they don’t need to.
What might the advertisements on Prime Video entail?
Amazon has acknowledged this it’s aiming “…to have meaningfully fewer advertisements than linear TV and different streaming TV suppliers”.
For reference, Max affords three to 4 minutes of advertisements per hour, while Disney goals for a mean of 4 minutes.
WSJ additionally claims that the brand new ad-free tier might provide different options in addition to ad-free viewing. While we don’t know specifics, it might comply with Netflix and Max’s fashions and break up content material into completely different streaming qualities – with 4K content material solely accessible on the very best tier. Alternatively, premium customers could get TV exhibits and movies not accessible on the usual tiers.
What about Amazon Freevee?
Amazon already has one other ad-supported service referred to as Freevee, which is a free, ad-supported platform for everybody (not simply Prime subscribers), with a curated choice of content material.
Nonetheless, Amazon will largely seemingly need to hold its largest exhibits (The Boys, Good Omens and The Rings of Energy) behind a paywall – so we doubt there’s any likelihood of those transferring to Freevee.
