San Francisco, Oct 19 : Netflix has increased prices of its plans and now, users will now have to pay $11.99 per month for its Basic plan, from the current $9.99, in the US. Those paying $19.99 per month for its Premium plan will have to shell out $22.99.Netflix's $6.99 ad-supported plan and $15.49 Standard tier will not change at the moment. 'As we deliver more value to our members, we occasionally ask them to pay a bit more,' Netflix wrote in its letter to shareholders late on Wednesday as it declared its Q3 quarterly results. 'Our starting price is extremely competitive with other streamers and at $6.99 per month in the US, for example, it's much less than the average price of a single movie ticket,' said the company. The company was yet to reveal if the new prices will be effective in other global markets, including the price-sensitive India market. The streaming giant added 8.76 million new subscribers during the quarter, bringing the global total to 247.15 million. "Our Q3 financials were in-line with to ahead of forecast with revenue of $8.5 billion, paid net adds of 9 million and operating margin of 22.4 per cent,' said Netflix. In addition to its password-sharing crackdown 'exceeding' expectations, Netflix also saw significant gains to its ad-supported plan, with membership increasing almost 70 per cent quarter over quarter. The company forecasts that revenue will increase 11 per cent in the fourth quarter, reaching $8.69 billion. /IANS