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Netflix wanted to acquire Curry Barker's horror film 'Obsession' but planned to release it directly on its streaming service rather than in theaters, according to reports. The film instead went a different route, ultimately reaching audiences through a theatrical release.
Xtream Player has released version 1.7.50, adding Plex Live TV streaming and better movie/TV categorization for premium users, plus a full-screen mirror mode for the car display. The update also fixes M3U streaming bugs, improves YouTube playback quality, and resolves an issue where the ad-skip feature left videos stuck on a gray screen. According to Reddit comments, the new Plex Live TV feature is currently broken, though the developer says a fix is coming soon.
Marketing renders obtained by Winfuture from retailer sources show an upcoming Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K with a squared-off body, alongside a redesigned remote featuring a flatter top, relocated Alexa button, and a new backlit, animated home button. No specifications were included, so it remains unclear whether the device runs Fire OS or Vega OS.
Valve has integrated Pyrowave, a video codec built by open-source developer Hans-Kristian Arntzen specifically for in-home game streaming, into the Steam beta client's Remote Play feature. Unlike general-purpose codecs such as AVC or AV1, Pyrowave is designed to cut encoding and decoding delays and avoid chroma subsampling artifacts that cause blurry text, though it reportedly requires roughly 5 to 10 times more bandwidth to do so.
A streaming guide has compiled a list of anime titles premiering in the Fall 2026 season, spanning sci-fi and fantasy genres. Highlighted entries include Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run, among other releases across various platforms.
Disney is raising prices across Disney+ and Hulu a year after its last increase. Standalone ad-free plans climb from $18.99 to $21.49 monthly, while the ad-free bundle rises to $21.99; ad-supported standalone plans go up 50 cents, but the popular ad-supported bundle stays at $12.99. Hulu + Live TV sees the steepest jump, up $10 to $99.99 or $109.99 depending on tier.
An open-source project called virtio-nvgpu forwards Nvidia kernel driver ioctls directly between a Linux KVM guest and host, letting the guest run Nvidia's unmodified user-mode drivers for Vulkan and NVENC without API-level translation. Benchmarks on an RTX 3060 show guest frame times within about 2% of bare metal for frames above roughly 2ms, with CPU usage in the guest matching or slightly beating the host over a 12-second, ~100fps test.
Disney has hiked prices across Disney+ and Hulu, with ad-free standalone plans rising 13 percent from $19 to $21.50 per month and ad-supported plans rising from $12 to $12.50. Bundle prices also increased, including the Disney+/Hulu/ESPN Select bundle without ads jumping from $29 to $33, while Hulu + Live TV rose by $10 monthly.
Disney is increasing prices across its Disney+ and Hulu streaming plans, with the ad-free bundle rising from $19.99 to $21.99 a month and stand-alone ad-free plans climbing to $21.49. Ad-supported stand-alone plans will also rise, to $12.49 a month, according to Disney's support page as first reported by Bloomberg. The changes come about a year after Disney's previous major streaming price increase.
Disney has increased prices across several streaming tiers, per Bloomberg. Ad-free Disney+ rises 13% to $21.50 monthly, the combined ad-free Disney+/Hulu bundle climbs $2 to $22, and ad-supported Disney+ and Hulu each move to $12.50; the ad-supported bundle stays at $13. The changes took effect immediately, with new subscribers seeing them on their next bill.
Bloomberg reports Disney plans to raise subscription prices across Disney Plus and Hulu, citing people familiar with the matter. Ad-free Disney Plus Premium and ad-free Hulu would rise from $18.99 to $21.49 per month, while ad-supported standalone plans increase by 50 cents to $12.49. The ad-supported Disney Plus-Hulu bundle would stay at $12.99, though the ad-free bundle rises from $19.99 to $21.99, with subscribers possibly notified as soon as September 23.
Disney has raised prices on most Disney+ and Hulu subscription tiers effective immediately. Ad-free Disney+ and Hulu Premium plans jump from $18.99 to $21.49 monthly, while ad-supported plans increase by 50 cents to $12.49. The combined Disney+/Hulu Premium bundle is expected to rise to $21.99, though it still displayed the old $19.99 price at publication.