As extra media corporations flip to promoting with a purpose to enhance income, AMC+ is the newest to announce an ad-supported model of its streaming service. Mum or dad firm AMC Networks revealed at present that it plans to launch the tier in October 2023.

Pricing particulars and the precise launch date for the advertisements plan have but to be introduced. The brand new providing will probably be bought to advertisers within the firm’s 2023-2024 upfront presentation.

AMC+ at present prices $8.99 per 30 days and bundles content material from AMC, BBC America, IFC Movies Limitless and Sundance Now, together with area of interest AMC-owned streamers like Acorn TV and Shudder. Common content material contains reveals like “The Strolling Lifeless” and “Mad Males.”

“This can be a large second for AMC Networks and for our promoting companions, as a result of it not solely creates a fully-ad supported distribution ecosystem, it additionally permits advertisers to purchase our reveals, genres and franchises in a way more complete and impactful approach,” mentioned Kim Kelleher, chief business officer of AMC Networks, in an announcement. “With our new sequence content material, library titles and different focused streaming platforms which are all bundled into AMC+, companions can transfer past particular person reveals and even sequence and select to ‘personal’ complete genres and franchises, and drive messaging to focus on audiences it doesn’t matter what they’re watching or the place. We’ve by no means been in a position to supply this degree of sweeping but extremely targeted attain earlier than in such an efficient and complete approach.”

The announcement comes on the heels of Disney+ and Netflix launching their very own cheaper ad-supported tiers. General, AMC+ is becoming a member of an extended line of streaming providers which have embraced promoting, together with Max (previously HBO Max), Hulu, Paramount+ and Peacock.

In November 2022, James Dolan, chairman of AMC Networks, admitted that its streaming enterprise wasn’t incomes sufficient to make up for the lack of income from its conventional cable channels. It’s possible the corporate’s hope {that a} new ad-supported tier will assist carry in additional AMC+ subscribers.

“It was our perception that cord-cutting losses can be offset by positive aspects in streaming… This has not been the case,” Dolan wrote in a memo to employees.

The corporate additionally introduced layoffs that may have an effect on 20% of employees. Notably, AMC Networks CEO Christina Spade stepped down after lower than three months within the position.