Netflix
is known as the best internet streaming provider services of movies and TV
shows. Despite of facing tough competition from hullo, Amazon Prime, and
recently launched Shame, the company has managed to put up a good show and
amazing streaming hours for its viewers. From the price plan to the streaming
hours, Netflix proved to be worthy of being listed as the best week in week
out. As the world is advancing on technology, the trend of 4K TVs, videos, and
streaming is getting popular day by day. Netflix has started to adopt this
trend by launching few movies and TV shows in Ultra HD quality.
However,
in order to compete in the market, after introducing Echo by Amazon, the
company has also planned to launch its 4K movies and TV shows plan in the near
future. As far as 4K streaming is concerned, Netflix charges $7.99 ($8.99 after
this month) for one month plan to let the viewer’s stream videos in 4K. On the
contrary, Amazon Prime will be granting free 4K streaming to its viewers in
response to Netflix when it planned to raise its 4K streaming price. CNET
reports, Today Amazon said users who subscribe to its $99 per year Prime
program would not have to pay extra to get 4K versions of its video streams.
Michael
Paul, Amazon digital video VP said “We want to be the best entertainment
destination for customers. We're confident that offering Ultra HD content,
whether it's a TV series or a film, will help create the ultimate viewing
experience and can't wait to start making it available this year.” Recently, Netflix
raised the price of its standard HD package service from $7.99 to $8.99 for new
subscribers on May 9th. Current subscribers who have been paying for 4K service
prior to Aug. 12th were grandfathered into the older $7.99 a month plan until
Aug. 12, 2016.
Hence,
after this announcement, AMZN has proved to be a potential candidate to give
tough options for the viewers to decide between choosing Netflix or Amazon
Prime when 4K videos and TVs get more common.
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