Strong 2016 sees Netflix near 100 million subscribers

A strong 2016 has left Netflix eyeing up 100 million subscribers at the start of the new year.

In the fourth quarter of 2016, the subscription giant added 7.05 million new subscribers globally, outperforming its own expectations of 5.2 million … Read More

Portrait of the artist as a trapped man: Mu Xin documentary Dream Against the World available to watch online

Dreaming Against the World, a documentary about imprisoned artist Mu Xin, is now available to watch online.

Film streaming platform FilmDoo has teamed up with directors Timothy Sternberg and Francisco Bello (the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated filmmakers behind the 2007 short … Read More

Youtube to premiere This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous at Sundance

YouTube is expanding its presence at Sundance Film Festival this year, with the premiere of This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous leading the way.

A year ago, the video site took to the festival to promote its first slate of original … Read More

Roku releases revamped mobile app

New year, new app for Roku users, as the streaming platform launches a revamped mobile interface for 2017.

Roku is increasingly stepping up its living room presence, teaming up with manufacturers in the US to make smart TVs with its … Read More

Daniel Pyne becomes new Bosch showrunner

Daniel Pyne has become the new showrunner of Amazon’s Bosch.

The cop drama, based on Michael Connelly’s novels, stars Titus Welliver as the detective. It was developed for TV by Eric Overmyer (Treme, The Wire) and is executive produced by … Read More

Santa Clarita Diet trailer is bloody fun

The new trailer for Netflix’s Santa Clarita Diet has landed – and it promises lots of bloody fun. Literally.

The show stars Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant as a married couple who find their lives transformed, when she becomes a … Read More

Hap and Leonard Season 2 set for March UK release

Hap and Leonard returns for Season 2 this spring, and the programme is gearing up for a March premiere.

The “swamp noir” stars James Purefoy (The Following) and Michael Kenneth Williams (Boardwalk Empire) and is based on the novels by … Read More

What’s leaving Netflix UK in January / February 2017?

While we recover from the streampocalypse that was the end of another year, January 2017 is already racing away from us, with February looming dangerously close. That means it’s time to bid goodbye to another batch of titles, some good … Read More

BBC reunites with AMC for The Spy Who Came in from the Cold series

Hot on the heels of The Night Manager, The BBC is reuniting with AMC to adapt another John le Carre book for the screen: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.

The novel is one of the most iconic … Read More

Into the Badlands Season 2 gets March air date

Into the Badlands Season 2 will premiere this March, AMC has confirmed.

The show, which was ranked in our list of the underrated shows of 2015, is that rare thing: a martial arts TV programme. Set in an apocalyptic future … Read More