Amazon Prime Video Now Comes With Double Ads!
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PRIME viewers may start to notice more ads when watching their favourite shows and movies as Amazon ramps up changes. Adverts were first introduced onto the platform in January last year, with an
Amazon Prime added commercials to its standard plan in early-2024, promising a limited number of ads at the beginning of a show, and two minutes of commercials per hour. According to Adweek, Amazon quietly doubled the ads to where you’ll see up to six minutes of commercials per hour.
Notably, Amazon never directly informed subscribers of the ad increase. Kelly Day, VP of Prime Video International, did tell the Financial Times late last year that Prime Video’s ad load was set to “ramp up a little bit more into 2025,” but nothing specific was announced.
Prime Video currently has a heavier ad load than both Netflix and Disney+, though it’s still considerably lighter than regular TV. If there are any signs that Prime Video viewers are turning off due to excessive ads, you can bet that Amazon will respond accordingly.