Posts By David Farnor
What’s leaving Amazon Prime Video UK in April / May 2017?
April 20, 2017 | David FarnorAs the end of April looms, it’s once again time to bid farewell to the TV shows and films whose rights are expiring on Amazon Prime Video. The good news is that the quantity of turnover is low, but the … Read More
Trailer: Kimmy Schmidt goes to college for Season 3
April 19, 2017 | David FarnorKimmy Schmidt is back. And she’s going to college.
That’s all you need to know about Season 3 of Netflix’s comedy series, which returns this May for more sparkly trainers, gigantic grins and Titus going Lemonade on his ex-boyfriend, completely … Read More
Netflix unveils trailer for The Keepers
April 19, 2017 | David FarnorHot on the heels of the news of Netflix’s new Making a Murderer follow-up, the streaming giant has released a trailer giving us a glimpse of the docu-series. All episodes of The Keepers will land on on Friday 19th May. … Read More
YouTube live-streaming now available to anyone with 1,000 subscribers
April 19, 2017 | David FarnorYouTube continues to make its live-streaming service more accessible to users, opening up the platform to anyone with 1,000 subscribers or more.
Mobile live-streaming was introduced properly earlier this year, but was restricted to people with at least 10,000 subscribers. … Read More
What’s leaving Netflix UK in April / May 2017?
April 18, 2017 | David FarnorFans of punching things, hitting things with baseballs or talking at them in Spanish, prepare to bid some sad farewells this month. Yes, the end of the month is looming, and, as always, that means the rights to some TV … Read More
Netflix users have watched 500 million hours of Adam Sandler
April 18, 2017 | David FarnorToday saw the announcement of Netflix’s performance report for Q1 2017. The shareholders report contains information on subscribers, revenue and company strategy, but also one other nugget of information: Netflix users have watched over 500 million hours of Adam Sandler … Read More
Netflix growth slows, as streaming giant nears 100m
April 18, 2017 | David FarnorNetflix’s subscriber growth slowed at the start of 2017, the streaming giant has announced, although it expects to cross the 100 million mark this weekend.
5 million new customers signed up to the subscription service in the first quarter of … Read More
BBC moves cooking show as GBBO gets Channel 4 air date
April 17, 2017 | David FarnorThe Great British Bake Off will return this summer, as is tradition. This year, though, there’s a big change in the recipe: the new incarnation of the series will air on Channel 4, following a controversial deal to poach the … Read More
This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (16th April 2017)
April 16, 2017 | David FarnorHeard of BFI Player? Well, there’s also BFI Player+, a subscription service that offers an all-you-can-eat selection of hand-picked classics.
Every Friday, Mark Kermode highlights one of the collection’s titles with a video introduction. This week, it’s Breathless. Jean-Luc … Read More
Trailer: Tramps heads from Toronto to Netflix
April 16, 2017 | David FarnorTramps is the latest Netflix original to swoop straight from the festival circuit to your living room – and the new trailer for the film makes it easy to see why.
The heist romance, directed and written by Adam Leon, … Read More