{"id":118956,"date":"2024-01-21T08:33:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T08:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/21\/crave-subscribers-will-need-to-pay-2-more-monthly-to-avoid-ads-national\/"},"modified":"2024-01-21T08:33:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T08:33:42","slug":"crave-subscribers-might-want-to-pay-2-extra-month-to-month-to-keep-away-from-advertisements-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/21\/crave-subscribers-might-want-to-pay-2-extra-month-to-month-to-keep-away-from-advertisements-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Crave subscribers might want to pay $2 extra month-to-month to keep away from advertisements &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font measurement<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=beigjoens#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font measurement<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=beigjoens#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Avoiding <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/commercials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commercials<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/crave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crave<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/streaming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">streaming<\/a> service is about to get just a little costlier.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bell Media has advised Crave subscribers who use its \u201cpremium ad-free\u201d bundle that they\u2019ll now should pay $22 monthly \u2014 a rise of $2.01.<\/p>\n<p>The change impacts solely the costliest subscription tier that offers viewers commercial-free entry to a library of on-demand programming, in addition to feeds of Crave\u2019s dwell TV channels.<\/p>\n<p>A consultant for Bell Media says customers of Crave\u2019s \u201cstandard with ads\u201d subscription will proceed to pay $14.99. Its \u201cbasic with ads\u201d plan will keep at $9.99 a month.<\/p>\n<p>The value hike means Crave\u2019s highest tier of service now ranks as costlier than Netflix\u2019s prime stage, which prices $20.99 monthly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All of the main streaming TV platforms have lately raised costs as they search methods to squeeze extra income out of their subscribers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_9320148_65acd63489c0b\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"9320148\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/9320148\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_9320148_65acd63489c0b\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Free ad-supported streaming services launch in Canada'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/u2ufomydcg-ad6fms852j\/221201-MIKE.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/u2ufomydcg-ad6fms852j\/221201-MIKE.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/u2ufomydcg-ad6fms852j\/221201-MIKE.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/u2ufomydcg-ad6fms852j\/221201-MIKE.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">1:46<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Free ad-supported streaming companies launch in Canada<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10237933\/quaker-class-action-lawsuit-recall\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/quaker-oats-recall-class-action-lawsuit.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Quaker recall spurs Canada-wide class-action lawsuit\" data-title=\"\">Quaker recall spurs Canada-wide class-action lawsuit<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10216880\/homelessness-and-opioid-use-ottawa\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sergeant-avery-flanagan.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"In Canada\u2019s capital, an opioid epidemic and housing crisis collide\" data-title=\"\">In Canada\u2019s capital, an opioid epidemic and housing disaster collide<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>Some have carried out crackdowns on password sharing between households, in a bid to extend subscribers. Most have launched ad-supported packages for viewers prepared to take a seat by industrial breaks in trade for paying a bit much less.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-textSignup\">\n\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tGet the newest National information.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-textSignup__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10236343\/crave-subscribers-ad-free-commercials-cost\/javascript:void(0)\" data-micromodal-trigger=\"newsletter-signup\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"article | newsletter signup text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tSent to your e mail, daily.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/strong>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Last yr, Crave adopted the lead of Netflix and Disney Plus, who each launched \u201copt-in\u201d advert tiers that required subscribers to decide on to downgrade.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon\u2019s Prime Video will take a unique strategy subsequent month in Canada when it provides commercials to programming for all clients, with an \u201copt-out\u201d possibility for viewers who need to escape the advertisements.<\/p>\n<p>Some trade analysts predict an inflow of discounted streaming bundles within the United States will result in the same pattern in Canada over the approaching yr as corporations attempt to retain clients who really feel they\u2019re paying an excessive amount of for too many companies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Thursday, telecommunications firm Telus launched Stream Plus, a two-level bundle its clients can join that mixes Netflix, Disney Plus and Prime Video at a reduced charge.<\/p>\n<section id=\"sophi_article_widget\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--text l-inlineStories--sophi\" aria-label=\"More on Entertainment\" data-sophi-feature=\"article-entertainment\">\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2024 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Descrease article font measurement Increase article font measurement Avoiding commercials on the Crave streaming service is about to get just a little costlier. Bell Media has advised Crave subscribers who use its \u201cpremium ad-free\u201d bundle that they\u2019ll now should pay $22 monthly \u2014 a rise of $2.01. 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