Prime Video users in the U.S., where Amazon also operates a free, ad-supported streaming service called Freevee, will start seeing ads a week earlier than Canada, on Jan. 29, 2024.

Currently, anyone who signs up for Amazon Prime (which is $15 per month or $139 per year) gets Prime Video with ads. If they don’t want to see commercials, they have to pay an extra $3 per month.

FILE PHOTO: Media are seen in front of an Amazon Prime Video logo during an Amazon Prime Video India launch event in Mumbai, India, April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas ...