Your Housewives Streaming Habit Is About to Get More Expensive

You’ll person to pony up to ticker much Pump. Photo: Bravo

Planning to subscribe to Peacock to ticker the Olympics this summer? It’s gonna outgo you. The NBCUniversal-owned streamer has decided to hike its subscription rates (again), precisely a twelvemonth aft its last increase. Starting July 18, the outgo of Peacock’s entry-level ad-supported tier for caller customers volition spell up a whopping 25 percent to $7.99 per period (vs. the existent $5.99), portion rising a somewhat little achy 16 percent to $13.99 (vs. $11.99) for the (nearly) ad-free level of the service. The caller terms operation rolls retired a week earlier the July 26 opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics, making it easier for NBCU to monetize each those cord-cutters who aftermath up that Friday and determine they privation to watercourse the games.

The Peacock folks aren’t wholly heartless, though: Existing loyal subscribers won’t person to commencement paying the caller rates until their archetypal billing rhythm connected oregon aft August 17. That means you tin wage the existent complaint to cheer connected Team USA — and then cancel Peacock if you don’t privation to wage $8 a period for your Housewives and Below Deck addictions. Your different option, if you truly emotion your Peacock, is to wage for a twelvemonth successful advance. You tin presently snag a twelvemonth of Peacock for $59.99 (with ads) oregon $119.99 (no ads), which represents a important savings implicit the caller monthly fee. But support an oculus connected the calendar: Peacock is besides raising the costs of its yearly plans successful July, bumping them up to $79.99 and $139.99, respectively. Look, idiosyncratic has to wage for each of Dick Wolf’s shows (and maybe immoderate NBA games, too).