Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube team up to counter extremist content

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube are teaming up to crack down on extremist content online.

The four internet giants have all faced controversy or calls for further action in the face of growing extremist content on their various platforms, as … Read More

Amazon orders Hannah Grant Tour de France series

Amazon has ordered a new original TV series following the first female chef at the Tour de France.

The untitled show for Prime Video is a documentary adventure series about the incredible athletes competing in the 104th Tour de France … Read More

Riviera box set hits 5 million downloads

The box set of Sky’s new original drama, Riviera, has been downloaded more than 5 million times.

The series, which stars Julia Stiles and Adrian Lester, is set in the sun-drenched South of France, the opulent playground of the world’s … Read More

Amazon broadcasts whole of American Gods… to the gods

Just when you think things can’t get any more outlandish than Bryan Fuller and Michael Green’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, along comes Amazon with a screening that takes the show to another level – specifically, the roof.

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Host the Week cancelled after one episode

Channel 4 has cancelled Host the Week after only one episode.

The new series, which premiered last week, was originally commissioned for three episodes, with each one featuring a different celebrity guest having to work their way through a string … Read More

What’s coming soon to Amazon Prime Video UK in July 2017?

Summer is here and, while most will be running outside enjoying the sunshine, the really cool people will be inside watching Preacher Season 2 on Amazon Prime Video. While that continues to arrive every Tuesday, the month still has plenty … Read More

The Polka King: Netflix snaps up Sundance Jack Black comedy

It’s been many months since Sundance ended, but Netflix is still snapping up titles like it’s January, with a new deal signed this week for The Polka King.

The tragicomedy, which stars Jack Black, is the biopic telling the rise … Read More

Netflix nabs UK rights to The Night Shift

Netflix has nabbed the UK rights to US TV show The Night Shift.

The American medical drama about the Emergency Room at San Antonio Memorial Hospital, follows a group of ex-military medics who work the night shift at a hospital … Read More

Lionsgate’s Julie Fontaine heads to Netflix

Lionsgate VP Julie Fontaine is heading to Netflix this week. The marketing veteran will be heading up the streaming giant’s publicity wing.

The VOD service has been on the hire quite aggressively in the last year, with former Universal chief … Read More

YouTube Red unveils new originals for 2017

YouTube has unveiled its latest slate of original shows and films, as the video site continues to push its subscription service.

Speaking at VidCon this weekend, Susan Wojcicki, CEO, praised the original content that has so far been … Read More