Netflix has announced the launch of the Basic plan with ads starting November 2022. The new lower priced ad-supported plan will be available in 12 countries including Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy , Japan, Korea, Mexico, Spain, UK and USA. Netflix’s Basic with Ads plan will cost $6.99 (nearly Rs 570) in the US and is scheduled to launch on November 3 in the country. Meanwhile, users in Canada and Mexico will get the new plan on November 1, however, Netflix has yet to announce any new ad-supported plans for India.
Latest release are from Netflix, the OTT platform has announced the launch of a Basic with Ads subscription, under the company’s lower-priced ad-support plan. According to the announcement, the new subscription will offer nearly the same features as Netflix’s Basic plan, with a slight difference. With the new Basic with Ads plan, the content, personalized user experience, number of devices connected, and the ease of changing or canceling a plan at any time remains the same as a Basic subscription.
However, Netflix has decided to offer an HD viewing experience for both the Basic with Ads and the Basic plan starting in November. Furthermore, the ad-supported plan comes with an average of 4 to 5 minutes of ads per hours, no movies and TV shows with licensing restrictions and no title download feature.
The new Ad Basic plan will launch in 12 countries this November, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Spain, the UK and USA. For users in Canada and Mexico, the plan will launch on November 1, meanwhile, Netflix users in the US will get a new subscription, for just $6.99 per month, starting at Nov 3. For UK users, the plan will cost EUR 4.99 (almost Rs. 400) per month, while the monthly price in Canada has been fixed at CAD 5.99 (nearly 360). Rs.). For detailed pricing information in other countries, users can visit Netflix Help Center.
With the introduction of the new package, there will be no changes to existing packages and users. To subscribe to a new package, the user must go Netflix.com
Meanwhile, Netflix has yet to announce any plans to launch Basic with Ads in India. In India, Netflix currently offers four subscription plans – Mobile, Basic, Standard, and Premium. The mobile plan is the cheapest of all and has Rs. 149 a month.
