Discovery Plus is getting more expensive

What happened

According to The Verge’s source item, Discovery Plus is getting more expensive, Discovery Plus is raising prices across its ad-free and ad-supported plans. Starting Tuesday, the ad-supported plan will go from $5.99 to $6.99 / month, while the ad-free tier will jump from $9.99 to $11.99 / month. The price hike comes just one week after Paramount closed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, which owned Discovery […] Discovery Plus is raising prices across its ad-free and ad-supported plans. Starting Tuesday, the ad-supported plan will go from $5.99 to $6.99 / month, while the ad-free tier will jump from $9.99 to $11.99 / month. The price hike comes just one week after Paramount closed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery , which owned Discovery Plus and HBO Max. The combined companies, known as Skydance, plan to merge Paramount Plus and HBO Max into “a single service over time,” though it’s not clear whether Discovery Plus will remain a standalone stre

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