Stan’s Basic Plan Now Includes Ads: What Changes for Existing Subscribers

Stan’s cheapest plan has changed. From 3 August 2026 the Basic Entertainment plan became Basic with Ads: the price fell from A$12 to A$9.99 a month, picture quality rose from SD to up to HD, advertising arrived, and downloads went away. Some existing Basic customers were moved to a different offer instead.

The Plans at a Glance

Two details from Stan’s notice are worth knowing. Live sport and certain live broadcast events carry advertising on every tier, so “ad-free” applies to on-demand movies and shows. And ads do not appear inside a Stan Kids profile, though family titles watched outside a Kids profile may show an ad before they start.

Titles you had already downloaded on Basic stay playable until they reach their standard 30-day expiry. After that, downloads need a Standard or Premium plan.

Source: Stan Support: Your Plan is Moving to Basic with Ads, read 10 September 2026.

Some Existing Customers Get a Different Offer

Stan’s second notice applies to selected Basic subscribers whose primary device does not support advertising. Instead of moving to Basic with Ads, they were upgraded to a Standard Entertainment plan for 12 months at the same A$12 a month, with three screens and downloads on three devices, and picture quality rising to up to HD.

After the 12 months, the price reverts to Standard’s then-current retail price, currently A$17.99, unless the customer changes or cancels beforehand. Those three-screen, three-download entitlements last only as long as the plan is not cancelled; cancel and rejoin, and the ordinary Standard allowance of two screens and two downloads applies. Anyone on this offer who would rather pay less can switch to Basic with Ads at A$9.99.

Source: Stan Support: Your Plan is Being Upgraded to Standard, read 10 September 2026.

What Should You Check?

Start with your own notification and your Stan account rather than another subscriber’s description of the change. Then judge the plan against how you actually watch.

If you received the selected-customer Standard offer, save the email and a screenshot of your account’s entitlements before changing anything. Stan says cancelling ends that offer’s three-screen and three-download entitlements; rejoining is not a way to restore them. Set a reminder before your own 12-month price period ends.

Source: My Stan account, read 10 September 2026.

Sources and How This Was Checked

Prices, dates, entitlements and the selected-customer offer come from Stan’s two help-centre notices, read on 10 September 2026. Those pages describe the terms shown to notified customers on that date; recheck your own account before changing plans. No Stan account, billing or playback was tested for this article, and Stan Sport entitlements are not covered here.