Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Welcome to Cordkillers! Apple TV is raising its price for the fourth time in four years—but shrinking increases across the streaming industry may signal that services are finally approaching the limit of what customers will actually pay.
SUPPLY RUN
• Apple TV increases its subscription from $12.99 to $14.99 per month, or $119 annually.
• Ampere Analysis says Netflix, Disney+, and Prime Video have reduced their average price increases from 24% in 2023–24 to 14% in 2025–26.
• Advertising and password-sharing crackdowns are giving streamers new ways to grow revenue without relying entirely on subscription increases.
SEARCH PARTY
• All five seasons of Hacks are getting a complete-series Blu-ray set.
• Netflix is adapting Roald Dahl’s adult short stories into a six-part drama.
• Eight NWSL Sunday-night matches will stream free on The Roku Channel.
• The BBC confirms that Top Gear will return with a new, unannounced cast.
• Toy Story 5 arrives on Disney+ September 23.
BURIED TREASURE
• Brian: Coyote vs. Acme
• Tom: Your Name
SCANNING THE HORIZON
• Disney+ greenlights the stop-motion series Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu for 2027.
• A new movie, Pokémon: Wild Card, is coming worldwide in 2027.
• Tippett Studio closes its Berkeley office while retaining its Toronto VFX and animation operation.
• YouTube creators can now tag Amazon products and earn affiliate commissions.
• Google raises the Google TV Streamer price from $99 to $150.
• Roku launches its first Roku-branded OLED televisions.
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Welcome to Cordkillers! Apple TV is raising its price for the fourth time in four years—but shrinking increases across the streaming industry may signal that services are finally approaching the limit of what customers will actually pay.
SUPPLY RUN
• Apple TV increases its subscription from $12.99 to $14.99 per month, or $119 annually.
• Ampere Analysis says Netflix, Disney+, and Prime Video have reduced their average price increases from 24% in 2023–24 to 14% in 2025–26.
• Advertising and password-sharing crackdowns are giving streamers new ways to grow revenue without relying entirely on subscription increases.
SEARCH PARTY
• All five seasons of Hacks are getting a complete-series Blu-ray set.
• Netflix is adapting Roald Dahl’s adult short stories into a six-part drama.
• Eight NWSL Sunday-night matches will stream free on The Roku Channel.
• The BBC confirms that Top Gear will return with a new, unannounced cast.
• Toy Story 5 arrives on Disney+ September 23.
BURIED TREASURE
• Brian: Coyote vs. Acme
• Tom: Your Name
SCANNING THE HORIZON
• Disney+ greenlights the stop-motion series Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu for 2027.
• A new movie, Pokémon: Wild Card, is coming worldwide in 2027.
• Tippett Studio closes its Berkeley office while retaining its Toronto VFX and animation operation.
• YouTube creators can now tag Amazon products and earn affiliate commissions.
• Google raises the Google TV Streamer price from $99 to $150.
• Roku launches its first Roku-branded OLED televisions.
Support Cordkillers on Patreon:
patreon.com/cordkillers
Got something we should be watching?
Email cordkillers@gmail.com
Special early show today:
4:15 PM Eastern / 3:15 PM Central / 1:15 PM Pacific
twitch.tv/nightattack
youtube.com/modernrogue
More Cordkillers:
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