A night to remember The most anticipated event for the movie industry is now officially in the history – at least for this year. The 90 Academy Awards ceremony once again took place at the gorgeous Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The event, as expected, did not avoid political overtones. Following the trend established by…
Thе New Stremio Logo: Evolving Together with the Service
The Stremio logo that you know and recognize was created back in 2015. To an outsider, this may seem like a short period of time; to us, however, these 3 years feel like an eternity – this is how much our platform has evolved. We started out with just a few users. Then we reached…
YouTube Tightens Its Partners Program, Stremio to the Rescue
Mid-January, YouTube rolled out an unexpected change: new rules for monetization of the video content uploaded to the site. The changes went into effect this week and from now on, content creators who haven’t hit the target of 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 hours of watchtime within the past 12 months are no longer eligible for…
BAFTA 2018, and the winners are…
On 18 February at the Royal Albert Hall in London, one of the most prestigious movie festivals took place – the BAFTA. Also known as the “British Oscars”, the awards are of great importance to the guild because it is believed that the winning film will become a major contender for the Oscars. The host…
The Stremio Add-on Competition: Enter to Win $5,000
We are delighted to announce the launch of the very first Stremio contest: the “Add-on. Game on!” competition for developing Stremio add-ons. As you probably know, Stremio is an open-source project. This means that any developer can create and host an add-on so that all 4.7 million Stremio users can enjoy more video content. This…
10 Puppy Movies to Mark the Year of the Dog
Today marks the Chinese New Year and the initiation of the year of the Dog. We at the Stremio HQ never miss a chance to celebrate something with a movie marathon – so we’ve selected ten movies revolving around dogs for this weekend. Not that we need an excuse to watch a film about a…
Ten Great Movies to Enjoy on Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is almost here, and there are many ways to celebrate this day with our significant other. Often, on this holiday we buy expensive gifts, we go out to dine in fancy restaurants, and we generally tend to make romantic gestures. But we know well that you don’t have to spend a lot of…
Update on MPV CVE-2018-6360
It was recently discovered that the mpv player is vulnerable to an remote execution attack, as documented below: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/5456 https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6360/ Since our desktop app uses libmpv, we immediately dispatched our security experts to investigate. We are happy to report that the conclusion is, Stremio is NOT vulnerable to this attack. Our desktop application uses a…
5 Big Budget Films That Need Quick Reboots
Film fans have gotten used to a constant onslaught of sequels, reboots, and remakes. Usually, the projects being remade or added to have been around for a while, such that a continuation of some kind makes some sense. It’s Hollywood’s effort to capture nostalgia and turn it into box office profits, and it often works…
Shutting Down Ads on Stremio in Anticipation of AdEx Launch
If you are a regular Stremio user, you have noticed that our desktop and mobile apps do sometimes show ads. Our Android users also had the choice between seeing advertisements, or volunteering some of their device resources to enjoy an ad-free experience. We are now changing this, and for the time being, no more ads…