Amazon Fire TV leads streaming media device race

Amazon is leading the streaming media device race.

The retailer only launched its Fire TV set top box last year – followed by its stick this year – but the retailer has already accelerated ahead of its rivals. In the … Read More

Channel 4 to launch new foreign-language VOD service

Channel 4 will launch a new VOD service to showcase foreign-language drama series.

The service, which has the working title 4World Drama, will be exclusively available in the UK via Channel 4’s new digital hub, All 4, which recently replaced … Read More

Jon Bernthal joins Daredevil Season 2 as The Punisher

Jon Bernthal will join Daredevil Season 2 as Frank Castle.

Castle, who was first created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita, Sr., and Ross Andru, is best known to fans by his alter-ego, The Punisher.

One of … Read More

BT offers UEFA Champions League and Europa League free to BT TV customers

BT will offer UEFA Champions League and Europa League football free to all BT TV customers from next season.

The announcement follows BT’s acquisition of the UK rights to UEFA Champions League football, which were previously shared between Sky and … Read More

Sky Arts relaunch offers over 1,000 hours of arts on-demand

Sky relaunches its arts channel today, a move that brings a comprehensive line-up of arts programming to its on-demand platform.

The relaunch will see Sky Arts 1 and 2 combined to created a single channel – Sky Arts (number … Read More

VOD views jump 23pc as digital drives Channel 4 growth

Views on Channel 4 programmes on-demand jumped 23 per cent last year, as the broadcaster’s digital strategy continues to drive its growth.

Channel 4’s 2014 Annual Report, published today, reveals a £30 million increase in revenue for the broadcaster, which … Read More

Digital growth to drive UK entertainment and media market to £66.6bn by 2019

The growth of digital video, music and other meda is expected to drive the UK entertainment market to a total worth of over £60 billion by 2019.

A new report from PwC forecasts the UK entertainment and media market will … Read More

StyleHaul vloggers star in new shorts for All 4

StyleHaul has created a new series of short films for All 4.

YouTube’s largest fashion, beauty and lifestyle network was commissioned by Channel 4 to msix documentary shorts for the broadcaster’s recently relaunched VOD platform. Titled “Internet Famous”, the series … Read More

NFL and Yahoo team up for first global live stream

The National Football League and Yahoo are teaming up to deliver the world’s first global live stream of an NFL game.

This partnership will bring the NFL’s International Series game in London, between the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars on … Read More

Amazon adds cast and crew audio commentary for Transparent

Amazon has released a new audio commentary for its original drama series, Transparent.

The show, which stars Jeffrey Tambor as Maura, who has spent her life as Mort—the Pfefferman family patriarch, became the first online show to win a Golden … Read More