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The annual cost of a standard colour TV licence will rise to £169.50 from 1 April 2024 – an increase of £10.50 on the current price of £159 a year – the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced. It's the first increase to the fee since April 2021.

Disney+ will soon raise the price of its existing plan by up to £36 a year. From Wednesday 1 November, the subscription service will also launch two cheaper plans – but they'll have fewer perks and you'll have to watch adverts on one of them. Here's what's changing, plus a trick to beat the hikes and save up to £52 a year.

Millions of Virgin Media broadband, TV and home phone customers will see their bills increase this spring by an average of 13.8%. The telecoms provider has also announced that its prices will rise above inflation in future. But affected users can cancel penalty-free this year – here's how to beat the hikes.

Netflix has axed its cheapest 'Basic' advert-free plan for new and rejoining subscribers. It means they'll now have to pay £4 more a month (£48 a year) to watch with no adverts at the lowest price. The alternative is to pay less but to put up with adverts. Below we've got everything both new and existing users need to know. 

If you share your Netflix account with friends or family who don't live with you, you now need to pay at least an extra £4.99 a month to do so, as the streaming service has extended its clampdown on password sharing to UK users. 

Sky TV customers should check their bills NOW as millions are still not being told their contract is coming to an end. The telecoms giant is adamant it doesn't need to send end-of-contract notifications to its TV customers, despite being told to do so.

Netflix has confirmed it will introduce a cheaper subscription plan for its users that includes adverts. We don't have all the details yet but here's what we do know. 

Thousands of Plusnet customers who have its YouView TV box will lose access to certain channels and features, including BT Sport, from 1 November as the provider is scrapping the service. But those who wish to cancel their TV and broadband contracts now, ahead of the shake-up, can do so penalty-free. 

Sky customers should check now if they are overpaying for their TV package, after the firm admitted it hasn’t been sending out end-of-contract notifications despite the regulator Ofcom insisting it should have been.