The annual JioCinema Premium plan comes a month after the Viacom18-owned streaming service launched a monthly subscription offering ad-free access to streaming videos up to 4K resolution (excluding sports and live events). Annual plans cost less than competing services’ offerings and the now-discontinued Premium plan. Meanwhile, an introductory offer reduces the price of the newly introduced annual subscription by 50%.
The streaming platform confirmed the launch of the new plan on Saturday. The JioCinema website currently offers an annual premium plan priced at Rs 1,000. 599. As part of the introductory offer, customers will receive a 50% discount on their subscription price, bringing it down to 200 million Tomans. 299. At the end of the first 12-month billing period, the Platform will bill the User for the full amount.
According to the company’s website, the annual JioCinema Premium plan offers the same benefits as the monthly plan, including the ability to watch premium content videos (HBO, Paramount, Peacock, Warner Bros.) in 4K resolution and ad-free in one unit stream. The device is provided. Users can also download content to their devices for offline viewing.
All three streaming plans offer ad-free streaming. However, please note that Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches and other sports and live events will still contain advertisements. Particle for direct object
At the current price of Rs 299, the annual premium plan offers much better value for money than the monthly premium plan. The latter has been updated at Rs 299. 59. The new annual premium plan is much cheaper than the old annual subscription option of Rs. 999, was discontinued last month.
Last month, JioCinema launched a premium family subscription worth Rs 1 lakh. Along with an introductory offer that drops the subscription price to $149. 89 for the first month. There is no information on whether the company plans to launch an annual version of its premium family subscription.
Even at Rs. 59, JioCinema’s monthly subscription is still cheaper than that of Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar and Amazon Prime Video. Netflix mobile-only plans start at Rs. Both Disney+ Hotstar and Amazon Prime Video charge their customers a monthly subscription fee of Rs 149 per month. The annual cost of both streaming services is Rs 299. 1,499.
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