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Blog posts, opinion pieces, news and features about video on-demand.
Dave orders second helping of Sliced
February 15, 2020 | David FarnorDave has ordered a second helping of Sliced, the sitcom starring Samson Kayo (Famalam).
He plays Joshua, a down-on-his-luck pizza delivery driver in south London. The series is written by Samson Kayo and Phil Bowker (PhoneShop) and produced by Lovely … Read More
Sky unveils 2020 slate of original programmes
February 15, 2020 | David FarnorSky is seriously stepping up its investment in original programming, unveiling a slate of 80 original series to hit Sky screens in 2020 – an increase of 25 per cent year-on-year from 2019, together with a 40 per cent boost … Read More
The MUBI Weekly Digest | 15th February 2020
February 15, 2020 | David FarnorHot on the heels of a killer Bong Joon-ho double-bill, MUBI is serving up a second of two Wong Kar-wai gems this week with 2046 joining In the Mood for Love. Clouzot and Picasso and Godard are also on the … Read More
Watch: First trailer for Castlevania Season 3
February 15, 2020 | David Farnor“Dracula’s dead, by my hand…” That’s the sound of Castlevania returning to Netflix for a third season.
The animation, inspired by the classic videogame series, is a dark medieval fantasy following the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, … Read More
Tubi racks up record growth before UK launch
February 15, 2020 | David FarnorTubi racked up record growth in 2019 as it prepares to launch in the UK.
Headquartered in San Francisco, the platform is one of the world’s largest ad-supported video on-demand services. Much like YouTube or a traditional broadcast channel such … Read More
Trailer: Netflix’s Followers arrives this February
February 14, 2020 | David FarnorNetflix is heading to Japan for its new original drama Followers, and a new trailer gives us our first look at what to expect.
The first drama series directed by Mika Ninagawa (Diner, No Longer Human), it brings her signature … Read More
Trailer: Sky’s Save Me Too set for April release
February 14, 2020 | David FarnorSave Me Too will premiere on 1st April, Sky Atlantic has confirmed, and a new trailer gives us our first proper look at Lennie James‘ drama in action.
The second instalment of multi-award-winning Sky original, Save Me, is created and … Read More
Sky renews Intelligence for Season 2
February 13, 2020 | David FarnorSky One has already renewed new comedy Intelligence for a second season before the first has even aired.
ThQ comedy created by and starring Nick Mohammed, alongside David Schwimmer, is set in the UK’s GCHQ – a kind of weedier, … Read More
Brassic renewed for Season 3
February 13, 2020 | David FarnorBrassic has been renewed for a third season.
Sky’s most successful comedy drama in years is created by Joseph Gilgun and BAFTA-winning writer Danny Brocklehurst and takes its title from being “broke, penniless, without means, boracic lint -skint, on the … Read More
First look: Gareth Evans heads to Sky for Gangs of London
February 13, 2020 | David FarnorThe Raid director Gareth Evans is heading to TV with new series Gangs of London – and the new trailer released by Sky gives us our first glimpse at what that looks like.
The visceral, action-packed thriller takes audiences on … Read More