GBBO Season 6: Meet the 2015 contestants

Rolling pins at the ready! There is just one week to go until Great British Bake Off returns on BBC One – and the Beeb has given us our first glimpse of this year’s contestants.

The sixth batch of bakers … Read More

Nintendo officially shuts down TVii

Nintendo is officially shutting down TVii in August, the company has announced.

What is TVii? That has been part of the problem for the gaming giant: nobody seemed to use it. And, more to the point, nobody seemed to care … Read More

Wishenproof to arrive on Amazon Prime in August

Wishenproof will arrive on Amazon Prime Instant Video in August.

The animated preschool series is created by Angela C. Santomero (of Blue’s Clues fame) and will feature guest star voice talent Jason Priestley (Beverly Hills, 90210) and his daughter, Ava … Read More

From virtual reality to Facebook: 3 things we learned from VidCon

VidCon took place at the weekend, with more than 20,000 fans of online video descending upon the Anaheim Convention Centre for three days of celebrating the streaming world. Between the cheering crowds and influential creators, though, the star of the … Read More

YouTube releases updated mobile app

YouTube has updated its mobile app with new features for both viewers and creators.

YouTube has seen viewing time increase significantly in the last year, Google announced in its latest earnings report this week. The site’s growth has been primarily … Read More

AP news archive of half a million videos added to YouTube

Over 1 million minutes of archive newsreel footage are being added to YouTube. The Associated Press and British Movietone, one of the world’s most comprehensive newsreel archives, is being digitised and uploaded to the site in what is the largest … Read More

Billy Bob Thornton to star in Amazon’s Trial?

Billy Bob Thornton is reportedly in talks to play the lead for Amazon’s original series Trial.

While Amazon usually orders a pilot for public consideration before commissioning a show, Trial, which is created by Ally McBeal’s David E. Kelley, is … Read More

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