{"id":14880,"date":"2026-08-06T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14880"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:00:38","slug":"after-jacking-up-prices-disney-and-netflix-consider-offering-free-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14880","title":{"rendered":"After jacking up prices, Disney+ and Netflix consider offering free alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong><br \/>\n                    Scharon Harding<br \/>\n                <\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nAugust 5, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Disney is \u201cexploring a free product\u201d for streaming customers, CEO Josh D\u2019Amaro confirmed in a call with investors today.<\/p>\n<p>D\u2019Amaro, who succeeded Bob Iger as Disney\u2019s chief in March, said that a free Disney-owned streaming service would help Disney reach more \u201cprice-sensitive\u201d customers, which is a \u201cstrategic priority\u201d for Disney, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/DIS\/earnings\/DIS-Q3-2026-earnings_call-661406.html\">transcript<\/a> of the call.<\/p>\n<p>A free streaming service would also generate more ad revenue, which has become increasingly important for streaming services challenged by plateauing subscriber numbers, subscriber churn, and competition from <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/04\/howdys-dated-3-month-ad-free-streaming-service-said-to-have-1m-subscribers\/\">cheaper<\/a> and free <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/08\/these-are-the-best-streaming-services-you-arent-watching\/\">rivals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/08\/after-jacking-up-prices-disney-and-netflix-consider-offering-free-alternatives\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/08\/after-jacking-up-prices-disney-and-netflix-consider-offering-free-alternatives\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/08\/after-jacking-up-prices-disney-and-netflix-consider-offering-free-alternatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scharon Harding &bull; August 5, 2026 Disney is \u201cexploring a free product\u201d for streaming customers, CEO Josh D\u2019Amaro confirmed in a call with investors today. D\u2019Amaro, who succeeded Bob Iger as Disney\u2019s chief in March, said that a free Disney-owned streaming service would help Disney reach more \u201cprice-sensitive\u201d customers, which is a \u201cstrategic priority\u201d for<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14880\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}