BBC iPlayer to introduce subscription fees?

BBC iPlayer could introduce a trial subscription fee for some programmes, under new government proposals.

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, who will publish a white paper on the future of the BBC in May, is expected to order the introduction of … Read More

VOD service Flix Premiere launches ahead of Cannes event

New VOD service Flix Premiere has launched in the UK.

The pay-per-view site, which offers titles to rent online, was founded by entrepreneur Martin Warner.

The site joins an increasingly competitive market – only this week, for example, TalkTalk … Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (30th April)

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 The Fall of … Read More

Competition: Win a free digital download of Safelight

Safelight, starring Juno Temple, will be available to watch online in the UK this Bank Holiday weekend – a few days after it hits cinemas.

The film, directed by first-timer Tony Aloupis, follows a teenage boy and girl, as they … Read More

Wuaki.tv gets its own remote control button

How can you tell when a VOD service is successful? Look at the hardware. Amazon has launched its own Fire TV streaming devices. NOW has done something similar with its branded Roku box. Netflix, meanwhile, is one of many sites … Read More

What’s leaving Amazon Prime Video in April / May 2016?

While Netflix UK is seeing the majority of its Disney catalogue disappear in May 2016, Amazon Prime Video shows no sign of losing its House of Mouse collection just yet. But younger viewers may still be disappointed by what’s on … Read More

Fearne Cotton leads line-up for new cosmetics YouTube channel

Fearne Cotton is leading the line-up for a cosmetics brand’s new YouTube channel.

Pretty Upfront, produced by Endemol and Benefit Cosmetics UK, plans to be the “the go-to platform for the style conscious, savvy female”, with three new pieces of … Read More

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

Game of Thrones may be arriving in weekly instalments for Sky customers and NOW subscribers, but May sees them embrace box sets like never before. The month marks the arrival of everything from Season 5 of Veep and Season 3 … Read More

BBC Three’s Thirteen joins The Night Manager at top of iPlayer chart

BBC Three is off a strong start on the web, with its original drama, Thirteen, joining The Night Manager at the top of BBC iPlayer’s March chart.

BBC One’s adaptation of the John le Carre novel, starring Tom Hiddleston, dominated … Read More

Scream Season 2 to premiere in UK on 31st May

Scream Season 2 will be released in the UK exclusively on Netflix.

The horror spin-off from the big screen franchise was snapped up by the streaming giant last night just in time for Halloween, after no other broadcaster had staked … Read More