BFI launches subscription service, BFI Player+

Today, the BFI has launched its own subscription service, BFI Player+.

The new platform, which we broke the news of last month, costs £4.99 a month and arrives just over two years after BFI Player was first unveiled.

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Boris Johnson Greece vs Rome debate to premiere on Curzon Home Cinema

On 19th November 2015, Boris Johnson and Mary Beard will take to the stage at Westminster’s Central Hall to debate which is the better civilisation: Greece or Rome?

The event will premiere on Curzon Home Cinema as part of a … Read More

Amazon lands exclusive UK TV rights to Lucifer

Amazon has landed the exclusive UK rights to Lucifer.

The FOX TV series, which premieres in the US next year, will skip linear UK TV channels altogether and air exclusively on Amazon Prime Video within a short period of its … Read More

Netflix’s Beasts of No Nation watched by over 3m people

Beasts of No Nation has been watched by more than 3 million people on US Netflix.

The movie, directed by Cary Fukunaga and starring Idris Elba, is the first original film to be released by the streaming service – a … Read More

Netflix releases The Ridiculous 6 trailer

Netflix has released the first trailer for The Ridiculous 6.

The comedy is produced by Adam Sandler and Allen Covert, directed by Frank Coraci (The Wedding Singer) and written by Adam Sandler and Tim Herlihy, his co-writer on Pixels. It … Read More

Chatting Fear Itself with Charlie Lyne: Listen to Episode 3 of PODzilla

Last month, we introduced the latest part of the VODzilla.co family: our new baby, PODzilla. Unlike a baby, you can take it with you in your pocket and listen to it whenever you want. Like a baby, though, we can’t … Read More

Last Chance to Stream: Top films and TV shows leaving NOW TV (October 2015)

November is looming large on the streaming horizon, which means that titles have a chance to slip away into the digital shadows. Luckily, we’ve got a torch and we’ve shone it in the direction of both NOW services: the NOW … Read More

Scared of VOD: Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension flops at the box office

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension flopped at the US box office last weekend, following a bold VOD experiment by Paramount.

Paramount’s plan was to release the film theatrically, but shorten the window before its digital release, allowing audiences to download … Read More

Music to artists’ ears? YouTube signs deal with AMRA

YouTube has signed a deal with AMRA to make it easier for artists to earn and track money.

The site has established itself as a vital part of the music business: the go-to place for fans to watch videos. In … Read More

Last Chance to Stream: Top 17 films leaving Amazon Prime UK (October 2015)

As another month draws to a close, we prepare to bid farewell to films and TV shows on the various subscription services in the UK. Amazon Prime’s churn of titles is more active than most, mainly because they tend to … Read More