Discovery+ is $6.99 with ads and $11.99 without them, with existing US bills changing on or after 12 November. UK Disney+ is £6.99, £11.99, and £15.99 a month. iCloud+ adds 4K HomeKit video, more email addresses, and Apple TV+ and Arcade in more than 100 countries without a price change. Gemini Pro models leave the $5 plan on 13 November, and UK renewal notices start on 1 January.
Skydance closed on Warner Bros. Discovery on 6 October and kept HBO Max and Paramount+ separate, with a single service promised over time and no price yet. Paramount+ starts at $8.99 and HBO Max at $10.99. Peacock is $8.99, $12.99, and $19.99 a month. Apple One Family rose in twelve European countries, and Premier rose in Spain, Portugal, and Switzerland. The Shield TV Pro is $299.99. New York City's click-to-cancel rule is in effect, and Claude's $20 plan includes far more subsidized usage than ChatGPT's.
Disney+ Premium is $21.49 in the US from billing cycles on or after 21 October, while a UK promo drops Standard with Ads to £4.99 for six months and Marvel posts three WandaVision episodes on YouTube. Prime refunds of up to $200 start in the US, German long-term annual Prime falls to 69 euros, and DC residents in two ZIP codes get Prime fee refunds. ChatGPT adds a $500 plan and halves the $200 tier's compute, and Netflix raises every plan in Türkiye.
Disney raised ad-free Disney+ and Hulu to $21.49 and priced the pair's bundle at $21.99, while European subscribers were asked to accept terms that allow promos and live-event ads on every plan. South Korea proposed forcing large streamers to publish how they calculate a price change. Spotify is testing three-day Premium early access on select releases in India, Adobe made mobile Premiere free with paid AI credits, and Claude Code cloud sessions stay on Pro and Max behind a one-time credit.
Netflix raised every Malaysian plan this week, while Apple packed TV and Arcade into iCloud+ in more than 100 countries and launched Apple TV as a standalone bill in Romania and Croatia. Prime Video shipped a $29.99 five-service add-on, Paramount finished folding BET+ into Paramount+, and more than 40 percent of game-subscription cancellers named cost.
US streamers added 18 percent more ads this week, while Microsoft tested Game Pass discounts of up to 30 percent for some accounts. Disney recut its South African R49 plan so it plays on TVs. Google packed four tools into existing AI plans, and Bitwarden Families stayed at $47.88 a year for six people.
Netflix raised UK and German prices this week, with the steepest jumps on the cheapest ads plans. Ampere found average streaming hikes are shrinking, while Google priced its TV Streamer at $150. Canva Pro is now free for one million nonprofits, and Google Pics is rolling into paid AI and Workspace plans.
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