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Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
Netflix hikes prices again for Aussies
Published: | Updated: Netflix has quietly increased its prices in Australia, with viewers set to fork out almost $30 a month for its premium subscription. All Netflix account holders will be affected, no matter what subscription plan they are on. Viewers who are on the streaming platform's two standard options will be slugged an extra $2 a month. This means, those who are on the cheapest option - the 'standard with ads' - will see an increase in their monthly bill from $7.99 to $9.99. Those who are on the standard, ad-free plan will see their monthly bill rise from $18.99 to $20.99. Viewers who have opted for Netflix's premium plan will be hit with the biggest hike, with $3 being added to their monthly bill. The premium plan will now cost $28.99, up from $25.99, a 26 per cent jump since its last price rise in May 2024. The platform will also add an extra $1 for viewers who want to add an extra member to any of their plans. It will now cost viewers $6.99 per month to add an extra user to the standard plan with ads, up from $5.99, and $8.99 for the standard plan without ads, up from $7.99. 'We offer a range of prices and plans to meet a wide range of needs, and as we deliver more value to our members, we occasionally ask them to pay a bit more,' Netflix said in a statement. 'We're adjusting prices in Australia, with plans starting at $9.99AUD.' Existing customers will be sent an email notifying them of the price rise before their monthly bill is adjusted. In February this year, the streaming giant also axed its basic plan, making it more expensive for users to enjoy content without ads. Netflix has steadily moved away from its budget-friendly roots, having hiked prices a total of six times since its launch in Australia in 2015. The cost of Netflix's cheapest plan has jumped a whopping 43 per cent in just over 12 months when combined with the price change in May 2024. The company also monetised account sharing - which used to be free - and phased out its most affordable ad-free option. When Netflix first launched its 'basic' and ad-free subscription was only $8.99, while its premium was a measly $14.99 compared to today's price of almost $30 a month. In 2023, Netflix also cracked down on account holders sharing passwords between households. The platform emailed Aussie viewers in May 2023, explaining an account was only for the people within their home. 'Your Netflix account is for you and the people you live with – your household,' Netflix warned. The latest price increases have put Netflix at the top of the list for most expensive mainstream subscription video services in Australia. In comparison, Stan costs viewers as little as $12 for its basic plan, $17 for its standard and $22 for its premium subscription. If viewers want to add Stan Sports to their account, it is an additional $20 per month. Meanwhile, HBO Max offers a basic plan with ads for $11.99 a month, a standard plan for $15.99 and a premium plan of $21.99 a month. Viewers who prefer Paramount+ are also paying less, with monthly basic - with ads - plans from $10, a standard plan costing $19 and a premium subscription at $13.99. Binge offers viewers the choice of $10 a month for its basic with ads subscription, $19 for its standard and $22 for its premium plan. Disney+ offers viewers the option between two plans - $15.99 for the standard and $20.99 for the premium. Prime Video also offers a flat monthly fee of $9.99, while BritBox offers $8.99 a month. Netflix's latest price push also comes as the streamer renegotiates deals with some of its high-profile talent including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The new scaled-back agreement is a 'first look' style deal, rather than the couple's previous multimillion-dollar exclusive agreement. The couple confirmed on Monday that Netflix will be given the opportunity to view and potentially buy any future productions before the pair offer it to other platforms.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Netflix Australia price increase pushes premium plan near $30 a month
Netflix has implemented a Netflix Australia price increase , raising fees for all subscription tiers in the country. The changes took effect on Aug. 8, 2025, for new customers and will apply to existing subscribers during their next billing cycle, the company confirmed. The Standard plan with ads now costs $9.99 per month, up from $7.99. The Standard plan without ads has increased to $20.99, from $18.99. This ad-free tier became the default for some users earlier this year after Netflix removed its $12.99 Basic plan. Also read: Netflix hikes plan prices by up to 43%. Check country, new ... The Premium plan, which includes the highest video and audio quality along with multiple concurrent streams, will rise from $25.99 to $28.99 per month. 'We offer a range of prices and plans to meet a wide range of needs, and as we deliver more value to our members, we occasionally ask them to pay a bit more,' a Netflix spokesperson told Information Age . Live Events Netflix subscription cost Australia now above most rivals The Netflix subscription cost Australia now places its Standard and Premium tiers above most competitors. Ad-free plans from Disney+, HBO Max, Stan, Amazon Prime, and Binge range from $13 to $19 per month. Premium offerings from these rivals are priced between $20.99 and $22. Disney+ increased prices in February 2025 after launching a crackdown on password sharing similar to Netflix's 2024 policy change. Netflix last adjusted its Australian prices in May 2024 and January 2022. A July 2025 survey from Westpac found Australian households spend an average of $21.63 per month on video streaming. Spending on gaming subscriptions averaged $55 monthly, while music streaming cost about $17. Across all digital services, average monthly spending rose 11 per cent year over year. The federal government has proposed new rules to ban 'subscription traps,' which make canceling digital services difficult. Public consultations with consumers, businesses, and state governments are underway. Asia-Pacific growth and potential new subscription tiers Netflix's Asia-Pacific revenue increased 24 per cent year-over-year in the second quarter of 2025, making it the company's strongest growth region. Industry estimates suggest Netflix has nearly 7 million Australian subscribers, almost twice as many as Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video. Also read: Why your Netflix subscription is about to cost more each ... The company recently began providing advertisers with detailed Australian ratings data. Co-CEO Greg Peters told investors Netflix remains 'open to' introducing new subscription tiers, including those tied to specific types of content such as live sports. 'I've learned to never say never,' Peters said in July. 'So I would say we remain open to evolving our consumer-facing model.' Peters added that subscription pricing must 'ensure reasonable returns to the business based on the entertainment value that we delivered.' He said price adjustments would allow Netflix to 'reinvest in adding more entertainment and building a better experience.'
Sydney Morning Herald
01-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
This Netflix drama is up for seven Logies on Sunday, but mystery surrounds its second season
For Greg Mclean, director of the Netflix drama series Territory, the day the Logie nominations were announced was rather bittersweet. The outback soapie about a succession struggle for the world's largest cattle station is the second most nominated drama of the year, with seven nods (Apple Cider Vinegar has eight). It was a bona fide hit for the streamer, making the top 10 list in 70 countries around the world, and becoming the most watched Australian original yet, with more than 26 million views to date of the entire seven-episode season. And yet, it was also cancelled, when a second season had clearly been set up and anticipated by everyone involved. 'If it played well, we kind of assumed we would get a second season,' says McLean. 'There's a story, a world to soak in, there are characters people fall in love with. Obviously, nothing is guaranteed, but it's certainly disappointing for everyone involved.' Netflix Australia's former head of originals, Que Minh Luu, is no longer at the company, and precisely why she didn't order a second season remains unclear. But McLean is reasonably philosophical about it all. 'The reality is, there are so many decisions made at different levels about types of programming, how long things take to get on screen, loss of audience between delivery of one series and the next. And it's not a small show, so it would have taken at least a year and a half to get the second season out.' It's not like Territory is the only show to get the chop despite doing well, either. 'I read recently that The Residence, which was a huge Netflix show and I believe a huge hit, also got cancelled,' he says. 'There are so many factors that go into these things.' And there's some solace, perhaps, in Territory fulfilling the old showbiz adage of always leaving the audience wanting more. 'I feel like we will be a James Dean show, where we die young, leave a beautiful corpse, and people will look at it as the great thing that it was,' he says. Loading McLean isn't personally nominated for Territory, despite directing all seven of its episodes; the Logies do not recognise technical categories such as directing, editing, cinematography (the AACTA awards, which were held in February, do; Territory received three nominations – for best sound, cinematography and for Anna Torv as best actress – but won none). Torv is again up for best lead actress, while three of the male cast – Michael Dorman, Robert Taylor and Sam Corlett – will duke it out for best lead actor. Sam Delich is up for best supporting actor and Kylah Day for the Graham Kennedy Award for most popular new talent. If the show wins as best drama, it will likely be creators Ben Davies and Timothy Lee and producer Rob Gibson who take to the stage. But if it does, McLean promises, 'I'm going to just go up anyway. I'll be in the background and push my way to the front for the photo.' And how do you rate your chances? 'This is a very, very good year. There's a lot of really good stuff up, so who knows if we'll get anything,' he says. 'But it'd be hugely satisfying to see the actors get something, because I'm a huge fan of all the cast. They deserve it.' But if they go home empty-handed, he will still treasure the fact they got to make something a little mad, wild, ambitious – and successful. A 'meticulously researched' show inspired by the real-life characters of the Northern Territory, a 'Wild West' place unlike anywhere else on the planet. 'We were making a soap opera, granted. But we were at pains to say we wanted it to be really Aussie,' he says. 'We didn't want to over-Americanise it, or try and soften it for anyone else. It was broad Australian accents, it was dealing with the issues of the NT – it was about indigenous history to some degree, it was about the mining industry, it was about the cattle industry, and specifically the Australian cattle industry. We were trying to make it as Australian as we could and not compromise, and I think that flavour is what made it travel around the world. 'The fact that we got to make a show like that is extremely satisfying,' he adds. 'We took a very big swing with this to say we're going to do a big romantic Australian drama about this place that there really hasn't been a drama of that scale done in. 'To do that, to pull it off, and to feel like we were all proud of the show, that's kind of enough in some ways.'
The Age
01-08-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
This Netflix drama is up for seven Logies on Sunday, but mystery surrounds its second season
For Greg Mclean, director of the Netflix drama series Territory, the day the Logie nominations were announced was rather bittersweet. The outback soapie about a succession struggle for the world's largest cattle station is the second most nominated drama of the year, with seven nods (Apple Cider Vinegar has eight). It was a bona fide hit for the streamer, making the top 10 list in 70 countries around the world, and becoming the most watched Australian original yet, with more than 26 million views to date of the entire seven-episode season. And yet, it was also cancelled, when a second season had clearly been set up and anticipated by everyone involved. 'If it played well, we kind of assumed we would get a second season,' says McLean. 'There's a story, a world to soak in, there are characters people fall in love with. Obviously, nothing is guaranteed, but it's certainly disappointing for everyone involved.' Netflix Australia's former head of originals, Que Minh Luu, is no longer at the company, and precisely why she didn't order a second season remains unclear. But McLean is reasonably philosophical about it all. 'The reality is, there are so many decisions made at different levels about types of programming, how long things take to get on screen, loss of audience between delivery of one series and the next. And it's not a small show, so it would have taken at least a year and a half to get the second season out.' It's not like Territory is the only show to get the chop despite doing well, either. 'I read recently that The Residence, which was a huge Netflix show and I believe a huge hit, also got cancelled,' he says. 'There are so many factors that go into these things.' And there's some solace, perhaps, in Territory fulfilling the old showbiz adage of always leaving the audience wanting more. 'I feel like we will be a James Dean show, where we die young, leave a beautiful corpse, and people will look at it as the great thing that it was,' he says. Loading McLean isn't personally nominated for Territory, despite directing all seven of its episodes; the Logies do not recognise technical categories such as directing, editing, cinematography (the AACTA awards, which were held in February, do; Territory received three nominations – for best sound, cinematography and for Anna Torv as best actress – but won none). Torv is again up for best lead actress, while three of the male cast – Michael Dorman, Robert Taylor and Sam Corlett – will duke it out for best lead actor. Sam Delich is up for best supporting actor and Kylah Day for the Graham Kennedy Award for most popular new talent. If the show wins as best drama, it will likely be creators Ben Davies and Timothy Lee and producer Rob Gibson who take to the stage. But if it does, McLean promises, 'I'm going to just go up anyway. I'll be in the background and push my way to the front for the photo.' And how do you rate your chances? 'This is a very, very good year. There's a lot of really good stuff up, so who knows if we'll get anything,' he says. 'But it'd be hugely satisfying to see the actors get something, because I'm a huge fan of all the cast. They deserve it.' But if they go home empty-handed, he will still treasure the fact they got to make something a little mad, wild, ambitious – and successful. A 'meticulously researched' show inspired by the real-life characters of the Northern Territory, a 'Wild West' place unlike anywhere else on the planet. 'We were making a soap opera, granted. But we were at pains to say we wanted it to be really Aussie,' he says. 'We didn't want to over-Americanise it, or try and soften it for anyone else. It was broad Australian accents, it was dealing with the issues of the NT – it was about indigenous history to some degree, it was about the mining industry, it was about the cattle industry, and specifically the Australian cattle industry. We were trying to make it as Australian as we could and not compromise, and I think that flavour is what made it travel around the world. 'The fact that we got to make a show like that is extremely satisfying,' he adds. 'We took a very big swing with this to say we're going to do a big romantic Australian drama about this place that there really hasn't been a drama of that scale done in. 'To do that, to pull it off, and to feel like we were all proud of the show, that's kind of enough in some ways.'
Otago Daily Times
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Cannes ‘mind-blowing' for Queenstown film-maker
Queenstowner Victoria Boult jokes she's now officially a controversial Cannes film-maker. Last week the two episodes of n00b, the TV series she co-created with Rachel Fawcett, were screened at the Cannes International Series Festival 2025, in France, having been nominated in the 'short form' section. It was ultimately named runner-up in the Cannesseries Student Award. Boult estimates up to 300 people were in the audience watching its screening, and counted six or seven who walked out after one infamous scene involving gingernuts. "Fair play," she quips. "I was watching it on the big screen and was like, 'wow, I forgot how in your face this is'. "I was talking to someone about this afterwards and they were like, 'every great Cannes film-maker has someone angrily walk out of the screening'. "I'm proud of the fact we are now, officially, controversial Cannes film-makers." That aside, Boult, 27, says there was a hugely positive reaction to the show, which started out as a TikTok series. Set in Gore, n00b is a nostalgic teen sex comedy about 2005, bad fashion choices, emo music and flip phones. It's subsequently been picked up by Netflix Australia and was showcased at the Berlinale Series Market in February. She says the overall Cannes experience, for a small-town Kiwi girl, was "mind-blowing". Alongside meeting "aspirational" people such as Beau Willimon, the American developer of House of Cards, and composer Isobel Waller-Bridge, Boult was the only Kiwi invited to participate in the Cannes 'writers' club', comprising 40 writers from across the world, including Emmy nominees and head writers on Disney shows, to attend two and a-half days of workshops, and mix and mingle with all manner of creatives. She's now got "a group of incredibly talented writer friends from all over the world", and believes the experience has opened some serious doors. "This literally has enabled me to make some concrete steps forward in my career, which I'm very grateful for." A huge highlight was getting to walk the pink carpet with n00b actor Jaxson Cook (James) — "for a hot minute I was living my own early 2000s dream of watching the E channel ... being like, 'one day I'll get to walk on the red carpet and tell journalists what I'm wearing'," (for the record, a dress designed by Kiwi brand knuefermann) — but sharing the experience with her mum, Karen, was the icing on top. "If I could bring everyone with me and have everyone on the carpet [to say] thank you for helping me get here, I would have done it. "But to have the person I think probably who has been my biggest cheerleader from day one — apart from maybe my dad [former Queenstown mayor Jim] — there with me, and to get to see my mum killing it and slaying in the photographs ... and celebrate her and all the contributions she's made to my career has been very meaningful."
