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The Horror Show VOD service teams up with High Fliers films
October 23, 2013 | VOD NewsTheHorrorShow.TV, the new UK-based VOD platform that caters exclusively to horror fans, has announced a new partnership with High Fliers Films.
High Fliers Films is the British distributor behind such films as 10 Years, All Good Things and Passchendaele. The … Read More
Netflix now has more subscribers than HBO
October 22, 2013 | VOD NewsIt’s official. Netflix now has more subscribers than HBO in the US.
The California-based video on-demand service announced its results for the third quarter of 2013 last night – and they make for impressive reading.
It was estimated by eight … Read More
BBC releases new Doctor Who 50th anniversary trailer
October 19, 2013 | VOD NewsThere aren’t many words that get us as excited as the phrase “new Doctor Who trailer”. Which is why we’re very excited.
Yes, a new, specially-created trailer celebrating the last 50 years of Doctor Who aired last night on BBC … Read More
Benedict Cumberbatch’s Little Favour short to be released on iTunes [Trailer]
October 17, 2013 | VOD NewsRead our review of Little Favour here.
“We need to call in that favour…”
Hear that? That’s the sound of a lot of Benedict Cumberbatch fans getting excited – because on Tuesday 5th November, the actor will be available to … Read More
Netflix teams up with Sony for new original TV series
October 16, 2013 | VOD NewsNetflix is teaming up with Sony to produce a new original TV series from the creators of Damages.
The psychological thriller, created by Damages’ dream team of Todd A. Kessler, Daniel Zelman and Glenn Kessler (“KZK”), will follow a family … Read More
US TV show Crossing Lines to premiere on LOVEFiLM Instant
October 14, 2013 | VOD NewsLOVEFiLM will premiere US TV show Crossing Lines exclusively in the UK on Friday 25th October.
Hot on the heels of BBC America’s Copper, the Amazon-owned company has snapped up the rights to another acclaimed crime series: Crossing Lines.
The … Read More
Time And Relative Downloads In Space – why Doctor Who’s missing episodes on iTunes are important
October 12, 2013 | Simon KinnearThink it’s hard waiting a day for the final episode of Breaking Bad to reach Netflix UK? Here’s something that Doctor Who fans have been waiting nearly five decades for: a huge haul of nine missing, presumed destroyed episodes from … Read More
Patrick Troughton’s lost Dr. Who episodes unveiled on iTunes and DVD
October 11, 2013 | VOD News11 lost episodes of Doctor Who have been found and restored by the BBC ready for release on iTunes and DVD.
The episodes, which star Patrick Troughton’s Second Doctor, are 1967’s The Enemy of the World and 1968’s The Web … Read More
Infographic: Much Ado About The Whedonverse
October 8, 2013 | VOD NewsWith Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing out on DVD and Blu-ray this week – and out on VOD the week before, for all you cool people – part of the fun of watching Whedon take on Shakespeare is spotting … Read More
15 TV shows to replace Breaking Bad
October 7, 2013 | David FarnorTwitching uncontrollably? Missing not being able to breathe for 60 minutes? Wishing you could be constantly surprised by everything that happens? Tempted to shave your hair and grow a goatee?
Then you’ve got Breaking Bad withdrawal. It’s a serious condition … Read More















