This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (4th February 2017)

Heard 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 Red Desert. … Read More

New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (4th February 2017)

This week, MUBI prepares for its latest exclusive: the release of Damien Manivel’s The Park in cinemas and online on Friday (stay tuned for our review). Before then, though, there’s a week stuffed with treats, from its continuing seasons dedicated … Read More

Annedroids to return for Season 4 in March

Amazon’s kids’ series Annedroids will return for a fourth season this March.

From Creator J.J. Johnson (Dino Dan), the new season of Annedroids, a series which garnered 10 Daytime Emmy Award nominations and a Gold Parents’ Choice Award in 2016, … Read More

“Treading water”: BBC iPlayer’s battle with Netflix and Amazon

BBC iPlayer needs to stop “treading water”, new research has warned, as the BBC’s catch-up service faces growing competition from Netflix and Amazon.

YouGov’s latest BrandIndex buzz rankings for the most positively talked about brands shows that BBC iPlayer remains … Read More

Netflix renews Skylanders Academy for third season

Netflix has already renewed Skylanders Academy for a third season, before its second run has even premiered.

Based on the Activision Blizzard game franchise, it is the first TV series developed and produced by Activision Blizzard Studios, which launched last … Read More

Netflix snaps up Nocturama

Update: Nocturama is now available on Netflix UK.

Netflix has snapped up the rights to Nocturama.

Bertrand Bonello’s controversial film unfolds in two mesmerising segments. The first is a precision-crafted thriller, following a group of millennial radicals, as they … Read More

BBC Three bags double win at Broadcast Awards

BBC Three bagged a double win at last night’s Broadcast Awards, as Fleabag flew to the top of its categories.

The online TV channel is almost one year old, so all eyes in the industry will be on viewing figures … Read More

Filming starts on Season 3 of Murder in Successville

Filming has started on Season 3 of BBC Three’s Murder in Successville.

The comedy entertainment show is led by Tom Davis, who plays DI Sleet, who investigates a crime with a different celebrity guest each episode. The catch? There’s no … Read More

New The Walking Dead Season 7 trailer teases Rick revolt

The Walking Dead Season 7 changed the show dramatically when it premiered last year, introducing the threatening new villain of Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) – and, more importantly, his trusted baseball bat, Lucille.

Since then, the series has delivered some … Read More

BBC iPlayer to release Simon Amstell’s Carnage

BBC iPlayer will release Simon Amstell’s directorial debut, Carnage.

The comedian, who once hosted Never Mind the Buzzcocks and co-wrote sitcom Grandma’s House, has now turned his hand to helming, with Carnage: Swallowing the Past, a tale set in utopian … Read More