Disney announced a price hike for its subscription service, leaving many already frustrated viewers with a bad taste in their mouths.
Disney announced a price hike for its subscription service, leaving many already frustrated viewers with a bad taste in their mouths. CINCINNATI - Disney announced a price hike for its subscription service, leaving many already frustrated viewers with a bad taste in their mouths.
that many of its subscription plans and bundles would be increasing by $2 or $3 beginning on October 21. 2025 is the third year in a row that the company introduced October price hikes, but 2025 comes with more controversy than previous years. Namely, many viewers were outraged at the cancellation of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on September 17 by ABC and its parent company, the Walt Disney Company. The show was pulled after titular host Jimmy Kimmel made a comment on the assassination of Charlie Kirk: "The MAGA Gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it," Kimmel said in his opening monologue. The cancellation was extremely short lived, as ABC and Disney announced less than a week later that the show would return on September 23. Even with the show's triumphant return, many viewers still expressed frustration at ABC and Disney for suspending the show in the first place, leaving a hanging question in the air - how will they react to Disney+'s price hikes?
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