Amazon Prime Video copies Netflix: Inexpensive subscription model with advertising planned

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Amazon Prime Video is inspired by Netflix and is now planning a low-cost subscription model that is partly financed by advertising. Will the advertising subscription also come to Germany?

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  • Streaming subscriptions with advertising are becoming increasingly popular.
  • Netflix already lets you save money through advertising, in the USA also offers Disney+ a subscription with advertising and now forges Amazon Prime Video similar plans.
  • But does Amazon’s advertising subscription also come to Germany?

While Netflix you meanwhile five different subscription models offers, which is still partially through additional accounts expand is the selection on Amazon Prime Video significantly smaller. You can choose between the annual subscription or the monthly subscription here, there are no differences in terms of content.

It’s different in the US. There you also have the option of subscribing to Prime Video separately from the extensive Prime membership. This option is currently not offered to you in Germany, which is probably due to the fact that Prime is significantly more expensive in the USA than in Germany. While you can use all Prime benefits in Germany for 8.99 euros per month, in the USA it is already 14.99 US dollars, the Prime Video subscription costs 8.99 US dollars.

Now Amazon Prime Video is planning loudly The Wall Street Journalto introduce a cheaper subscription model with advertising, just like Netflix already did with the Standard subscription with ads did. With a price of probably 5 US dollars per month, the new subscription is attractive for subscribers, but also for Amazon, since the missing revenue is borne by the advertisers.

Since Amazon’s project is still in its infancy, it will probably take a few months before the subscription, which is partly financed by advertising, is actually offered. It is unclear whether the advertising subscription will also make it to Germany as long as the prime price in this country is still well below the costs in the USA.

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