如果你打算明年在亚马逊Prime上看没有广告的《杰克·瑞安》(Jack Ryan)的最后一季或《豪斯医生》(House)的八季，那就准备好掏更多的钱吧。
今年9月，亚马逊宣布将很快在其流媒体服务Prime Video中添加广告，并于本周宣布了这一变化的生效时间:1月29日。想要避开这些广告的用户将不得不每月额外支付2.99美元。
不到十年前，流媒体时代的兴起是为了让用户摆脱昂贵的有线电视账单，享受无广告的快乐观看体验。但随着我们进入2024年，亚马逊并不是唯一一家重新吸引广告或推高价格的服务公司。
制作这些娱乐节目的电影公司和流媒体公司表示，他们正在苦苦挣扎，越来越难以吸引新客户。结果就是更高的价格，或者更便宜但包含广告的计划。
还有其他措施。今年秋天，Netflix宣布涨价，并表示将开始打击那些与家人以外的人免费分享密码的用户。
为了帮助你在新的一年做出选择，以下是一些主流流媒体服务的价格和它们提供的服务。(所有价格均以美元计价，适用于美国账户。)
亚马逊高管表示，包括视频服务有助于保持人们订阅Prime会员，Prime会员包括免费送货。
2022年，该公司完成了对米高梅(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)的收购，最重要的是，收购了米高梅旗下的大量电影和电视节目，包括在Prime Video上播放的《詹姆斯·邦德》(James Bond)等影片。
亚马逊Prime会员目前的价格是每月14.99美元(或每年139美元)。Prime Video的价格是每月8.99美元。从1月29日开始，亚马逊将为你的无广告观看服务每月加收2.99美元。注意:如果你选择免费试用，亚马逊会在试用期结束后自动向你收费。
2019年，苹果公司在加州举行的一场众星云集的活动上宣布，将开始制作自己的电视节目和电影。该流媒体服务提供苹果原创作品——《遣散》(Severance)和《泰德·拉索》(Ted Lasso)——订阅最多可与5人共享。没有广告。
该流媒体服务的月费为9.99美元。当你购买苹果的设备时，苹果还提供三个月的免费服务。
每月支付7.99美元，订阅者就可以获得带有广告的内容。每月支付13.99美元(或每年139.99美元)，你就可以在没有广告的情况下观看迪士尼+，并在离线时下载内容。
它的产品包括皮克斯(Pixar)和迪士尼(Disney)的电影，以及《星球大战》(Star Wars)和漫威(Marvel)的电影和电视节目，34季的《辛普森一家》(The Simpsons)和大约7500集迪士尼品牌的老节目。
今年4月，华纳兄弟和探索频道推出了这项合并后的流媒体服务，重塑了前HBO Max的品牌。无广告体验每月花费15.99美元。19.99美元的“终极无广告”版本允许用户在账户中添加更多设备，以及最多100次下载。每月支付9.99美元，你还可以观看体育直播。
Max提供《哈利波特》系列电影，经典的HBO节目，如《火线》、《黑道家族》和《欲望都市》，以及最新的作品，如《芭比娃娃》。该公司还预定了一部《哈利波特》电视剧。
For $17.99 a month you can watch Hulu’s vast catalog — titles include “New Girl,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and “Fargo” — without ads. If you’re willing to sit through commercials, it’s $7.99 a month.
Hulu also offers the option of adding live television to your plan, as well as content from other streaming services such as Disney+ and ESPN+, although the latter does come with ads. Those options range from $75.99 to $89.99 a month.
Raise your hand if you remember getting DVDs from Netflix in the mail in the early 2000s. In 2010, Netflix started selling its streaming service for $8 a month and offering one DVD at a time for an additional $2.
Netflix now offers a $6.99 per month subscription, which is ad-supported, which the company says “allows you to enjoy movies and TV shows at a lower price.” A standard plan (without ads) is $15.49 a month. For access to more devices, the cost goes up to $22.99 a month. Adding additional people that aren’t included in your subscription will cost you an additional $7.99 per person per month. Netflix mailed its last DVD in September.
Among its offerings: “Gilmore Girls,” “La La Land,” and international series such as “Squid Game.”
In 2021, CBS rebranded its streaming platform, which it heralded as “a big day, a new day, a new beginning.” That announcement came with promises of a “Frasier” reboot and a revival of the animated series “Rugrats.”
A lot of other Paramount content can be found elsewhere. The company sold the rights to the “South Park” library to HBO Max, and series like “Jack Ryan,” produced by Paramount, have gone to Amazon.
Paramount+ Essential will cost you $5.99 a month (or $59.99 a year) and includes “limited commercial interruptions.” The service also offers a bundle together with SHOWTIME in a plan that costs $11.99 a month (or $119.99 a year).
The premium subscription for NBC Universal’s streaming service will cost you $5.99 a month and includes original content, films, live sporting events and more. A Premium Plus subscription is priced at $11.99 a month and offers — mostly — no ads as well as the ability to download content.
Some of the programs you can watch include “Parks and Recreation,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Downton Abbey,” and “Everybody Loves Raymond,” as well as Bravo content like the “Real Housewives” franchise.
Claire Moses is a reporter for the Express desk in London. More about Claire Moses
