Netflix launches £4.99/month subscription with 30-second-long adverts DURING films and TV shows
Daily MailSubscribers to the tier will see an average of four to five minutes of ads per hour Netflix's new ad tier has launched in 12 countries including the UK Netflix has officially launched its £4.99-a-month subscription service in the UK, with 30 second adverts during films and TV shows. Industry insiders suspected Netflix wanted to introduce ads before streaming rival Disney+ releases its own ad-supported tier in the US on December 8. Netflix's streaming rival Disney+ is also releasing its own ad-supported subscription tier for US viewers on December 8 and for viewers in other markets next year. But in the two successive quarters it's lost subscribers, not gained them Netflix's streaming rival Disney+ is also introducing an ad-supported subscription tier later in 2022, although similarly the price is not yet known In the US, Disney+ currently costs $7.99 per month, but this will be the price of the new ad-supported tier when it arrives.