YouTube adds 4K live-streaming

YouTube now lets you stream videos live in 4K.

4K is the word of the day in the VOD world, with TVs, streaming boxes and platforms all stepping up their video quality to Ultra High Definition. YouTube, though, was ahead … Read More

Virgin TV launches revamped box

Virgin TV has launched a revamped set top box that brings streaming and on-demand viewing to the heart of Virgin Media’s TV service.

The new V6 box, which is powered by TiVo software and built for apps, is 4K-ready, supporting … Read More

What’s coming soon to Shudder UK in December 2016?

Wish your life contained more scary films? Shudder, the new subscription VOD service dedicated to horror, is for you. Powered by AMC and recently launched in the UK, it’s wasting no time in snapping up hard-to-find horror from around the … Read More

Adam Rose joins Amazon’s pot comedy pilot

Adam Rose will co-star in Amazon’s pilot for its pot comedy series Budding Prospects.

Directed by Bad Santa’s Terry Zwigoff, the series is based on the TC Boyle novel of the same name, following three hapless city boys move from … Read More

Amazon has found its Man in the High Castle

Amazon has officially found its Man in the High Castle.

Despite being the titular character, the mysterious man is absent entirely from the first season of Amazon’s series, which is based on Philip K. Dick’s alt-history novel about life in … Read More

Amazon orders kids originals Bug Diaries and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

Amazon has ordered two new kids originals series: Bug Diaries and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters.

The Bug Diaries is an animated comedy series for preschoolers based on the books by best-selling author Doreen Cronin and best-selling Illustrator Harry Bliss. … Read More

Exclusive clip: Samuel L. Jackson in Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq

Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq is released in UK cinemas on Friday 2nd December – and we’ve got an exclusive from the film to give you a glimpse of its incendiary brilliance.

Inspired by the ancient Greek play “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes, the … Read More

What’s coming soon to Sky and NOW TV in December 2016?

Sky has stuffed its streaming stockings full of festive treats this December, and not just with its usual blend of seasonal specials and superhero crossovers. They’re all present and correct, but so is Season 5 of Elementary, new drama Quarry, … Read More

Kevin Smith drops out of Amazon Buckaroo Banzai series

Kevin Smith has dropped out of Amazon’s Buckaroo Banzai TV series, following a legal challenge from MGM over the rights to make it.

MGM launched a lawsuit against Earl Mac Rauch and Walter Richter, the writer and director of the … Read More

ITV Hub now available on Google Chromecast

ITV Hub is now available on Google Chromecast.

The broadcaster’s VOD service relaunched last year as a digital hub for all of its channels, including live and catch-up content. As part of a new deal with AwesomenessTV, the site will … Read More