#streaming-subscriptions

#streaming-subscriptions

The streaming TV service recently rolled out a dozen different packages that are cheaper than the full-access plan -- currently $83 a month. Instead of paying for everything, you can pay only for the channels you actually watch.

Across the streaming world, companies have been focused on adding features that make their top-tier subscriptions more valuable to the users who consume their content. Anime streamer Crunchyroll recently added access to a library of digital manga for top-paying customers. Spotify-somewhat belatedly-has begun offering high-quality audio for its Premium subscribers. SoundCloud is taking a different approach. It operates a standard streaming platform, with 100 million licensed tracks.

ESPN's streaming services generated an estimated 2.1 million subscribers in the US from August 21 through September, subscription data firm Antenna said on Monday. About 1.2 million, or 57%, of those signups were for the full version of ESPN, which the sports network made available outside of the pay-TV bundle for the first time ever for $30 a month. The rest were for ESPN Select ( formerly ESPN+), which has a smaller subset of live sports, some original shows.

Are you ready to pay more for Bluey? Disney thinks so. The company has announced it's raising prices for a bunch of its subscription tiers just a year after the last hike. This reveal of the new streaming tax also comes just a day after the company announced Jimmy Kimmel would be back on the air, sorta, following calls for a boycott of all Disney products after his late-night show was indefinitely pulled.