This week’s new releases on MUBI (26th July 2015)

Not getting your arthouse fix from Netflix? Wish there were more indie films on Amazon Prime? Every week, we round up the new releases on MUBI, a subscription VOD service that hand-picks films from around the world and adds one … Read More

Legal streaming on the up

More people are watching things online legally in the UK, according to a new report.

Piracy has always been issue for the media world in the digital age: new-found accessibility and a sense of entitlement has led to some people … Read More

Netflix updates TV app for first time since 2013

2013 was a great year. Andy Murray won Wimbledon. Croatia joined the EU. “Squee” was added to the dictionary. Also, Netflix updated its TV app.

Since then, smart TV users have been faced with the same tired interface, while Netflix … Read More

Sky snaps up David Duchovny’s Aquarius for August UK air date

David Duchovny’s TV series Aquarius will premiere in the UK in August on Sky Atlantic.

Sky acquired the rights to NBC’s gritty drama from ITV Studios Global Entertainment this week and announced plans to broadcast it on Sky Atlantic across … Read More

Raindance Web Fest returns for 2015

The Raindance Web Fest will return for its third year running this September, Raindance has announced.

The dedicated digital series festival, which takes place during the Raindance Film Festival on 25th to 27th September, will feature a packed schedule of … Read More

Netflix buys rights to Australian comedy series Utopia

Netflix has bought the rights to Utopia – no, not that one.

The Australian political comedy, made by Working Dog Productions, follows the goings-on at the Nation Building Authority, a fictitious government agency responsible for major infrastructure works Down … Read More

Channel 4 commissions shorts starring The Last Leg host

Channel 4 has commissioned a series of shorts starring Alex Brooker.

The host of The Last Leg is also an ambassador for disability charity Scope, who will partner with the broadcast for the shorts.

Titled What Not To Do, the … Read More

Over 60m global viewers watching BBC iPlayer for free

Over 50 million people around the world are watching BBC iPlayer for free, according to new research.

BBC iPlayer is a service for UK users, funded by the licence fee, but a study by GlobalWebIndex, which interviewed around 47,000 people … Read More

We Are Colony raises $2m in funding

UK streaming service We Are Colony has raised $2m in seed funding.

The VOD market has become increasingly crowded with services as well as content, making it more important than ever for companies to differentiate their offering. We Are Colony … Read More

YouTube builds SVOD service – but is missing big TV bricks

YouTube is beginning to build its subscription VOD service – but the company is still missing crucial bricks.

The video site’s entry into the subscription streaming race has been long mooted, as Google attempts to establish its service as a … Read More