PREMIUM VIDEO. Amazon Prime subscription, including Prime Video, will increase on September 15, 2022. This increase may motivate users to switch from annual to monthly subscription. Explanations.
[Mis à jour le 27 juillet 2022 à 9h41] Amazon Prime, which includes subscription to the Prime Video streaming platform, will see its prices increase in the next few weeks. In France, the subscription will now cost 6.99 euros per month (instead of 5.99 euros currently) or 69.90 euros per year (instead of 49 euros). Amazon justifies this price increase by “the increased operating costs of Prime in France”.
This increase may convince current users to switch to the monthly subscription. To do this, simply go to the Amazon Prime site, tabs Your Account -> membership and subscriptions (at the bottom of the page). It is then necessary to click on Amazon Prime subscription setting, then, at the top of the page, on change the subscription duration.
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How to delay the price increase of Amazon Prime?
For those wishing to take out an Amazon Prime subscription, please note that this price increase will take place from September 15, 2022. It may therefore be advisable to take out an annual Prime subscription before this date, so that the price increase does not impact you. not before renewal. For subscribers who have preferred the annual transfer, this increase will apply on the date of renewal of the subscription, from September 15. If you have chosen the monthly subscription, the price increase takes effect directly from September 15, 2022.
Is switching from an annual to a monthly subscription really beneficial?
Many Amazon Prime Video subscribers revealed their desire to switch to the monthly subscription following the announcement of the price increase. If the bill at the time of payment is, obviously, less painful with the monthly subscription, is it really so advantageous? Note that if we relate the price to the month, the annual subscription remains cheaper (5.75 euros) than the monthly (6.99 euros). In addition, these two prices remain above all one of the cheapest on the market: the lowest subscription for Netflix is 8.99 euros per month, the basic price is the same for Disney +. For MyCanal, the basic offer costs 24.99 euros per month. Only Apple TV offers a cheaper subscription than Amazon, with an offer at 4.99 euros per month.
Like every month, Amazon Prime Video is full in July 2022. Starting July 1 with The Terminal List, its new action series worn by Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy). The trailer for this first season can be seen below. As often, many film releases are expected on Prime Video in July. We will be particularly interested in Parasite, the 2016 Palme d’Or by South Korean director Bong Joon-Ho, but also in Split by M. Night Shyamalan or The Phantom Thread by Paul Thomas Anderson with Daniel Day-Lewis.
- The Terminal List – Saison 1 – 1er juillet – Amazon Original
- Law & Order: SVU – Season 14 to 21 – July 14
- Paper Girls – Season 1 – July 29 – Amazon Original
- Do, Re & Mi – Season 1 – July 29 – Amazon Original
- Parasite – July 1
- Phantom Thread – 1er juillet
- Split – July 1
- Tag – July 1
- Fifty Shades Darker – July 1
- Hollywood – July 8
- Shadow in the cloud – 8 juillet – Amazon Exclusive
- Jacky in the Kingdom of Girls – July 8
- Pitch Perfect 3 – 1er juillet
- Lady Bird – July 1
- Chiken Run – July 1
- Baby Boss – 1er juillet
- Atomic Blonde – July 1
- Geostorm – 1er juillet
- Happy Birthdead – 1er juillet
- Divergent Trilogy – July 4
- The Incorruptibles – July 4
- Marseilles – July 11
- Don’t Make Me Go – 15 juillet – Amazon Original
- The United Way – 15 juillet
- Justice League – July 15
- The Lost City of Z – 15 juillet
- The Hit of the Century (aka THE HUSTEL) – July 18
- Anything’s Possible – 22 juillet – Amazon Original
- Dog – 22 juillet – Amazon Exclusive
- Crawl – July 24
- Memory – 29 juillet – Amazon Original
And still on Amazon Prime Video, the special offer to access Ligue 1 championship matches. Since August 2021, Ligue 1 has been offered in a new subscription called Amazon Prime Ligue 1 in which fans of the French championship will be able to discover 80% of Ligue 1 matches for each day of the tournament. To learn more about this specific offer, especially about its cost, you can go to our dedicated article above.