The Angels .- Manzana This Monday, for the first time, it raised the prices of its music services, Apple Music, and television, Apple TV +, in several markets.
In the US, the country where the company is headquartered, the monthly fee to access its film and television catalog, Apple TV+, will be $6.99 instead of the $4.99 it cost since its inception. launch in 2019, an increase of 40%.
For its part, Apple Music it will cost one dollar more ($10.99) on its individual plan, while the family subscription will go up two more dollars to $16.99.
Finally, Apple One, the package that unites music, television, video games, news, sports and cloud storage services, will cost $16.95 instead of the usual $14.95.
Apple justified the price increase of Apple TV +, the largest of all, by recalling that, when it launched its platform more than three years ago, it hardly had its own titles and its catalog has grown until it has the latest Oscar-winning film, «Coda “, in exclusive.
“We introduced Apple TV+ at a very low price because we started with few series and movies. Three years later we are home to an extensive selection of award-winning and acclaimed children’s series, movies, documentaries and titles,” a representative told Variety.
For its part, the rise in the music service is due, according to the company, to the “increase in prices for music rights” and the income that record companies and artists take.
