DirecTV now increases the prices of all packages from $ 10 / month from April

Eight months after DirecTV Now raised the prices of all streaming packages by $ 5 per month to stay in step with the market, the company is warning its customers this week of price increases, this time from $ 10 / month in all cases. The company reportedly began implementing this price increase in the next customer billing cycle, starting in April (via Cord cutters).

This means that DirecTV Now's basic "Live a Little" level will be increased from $ 40 to $ 50, "Just Right" will be increased from $ 55 to $ 65, "Go Big" will be increased from $ 65 to $ 75 and L "Will" go from $ 75 / month to $ 85. The Todo y Más package in Spanish will also increase from $ 45 to $ 55 per month, and the availability of channels will not be changed in these packages.

In addition to all this, DirecTV Now introduces two new packages that will be available to new customers who sign up for the service, instead of the five packages mentioned above. These new packages are "DirecTV Now Plus" ($ 50 / month for more than 40 channels) and "DirecTV Now Max" ($ 70 / month for more than 50 channels). The new packages include HBO at no extra charge, but they lack a number of channels including Viacom, Discovery, A & E and AMC.

New customers will only see these two new packages, but it seems that anyone who signs up to DirecTV Now on any of the original five packages will be able to keep his subscriptions intact, albeit at the same time. a higher monthly price of $ 10.

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For comparison, the new $ 50 / month DirecTV Now Plus package directly compares to the Live a Little package at its new cost of $ 50 per month, but the number of available channels is different. New customers who subscribe to DirecTV Now Plus will have more than 40 channels, while existing customers will have more than 65 channels for the same price of $ 50 / month. This information is visible on a screenshot of DirecTV Now price comparison tables (via Reddit).

In January, DirecTV Now reportedly lost 267,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2018, due to the closure of several discount plans on the service's website, including the popular Apple TV package. This month, DirecTV Now has got support for Apple's TV app, allowing users to sync their TV shows watched in DirecTV Now with the TV's Up Next list. .