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Blog posts, opinion pieces, news and features about video on-demand.
Ofcom approves BBC iPlayer’s 12-month catch-up window
August 3, 2019 | David FarnorOfcom has officially given the green light to the BBC’s plans to extend the catch-up window on BBC iPlayer to 12 months.
The Beeb has been increasingly throwing its weight behind iPlayer, as the platform enjoys strong growth but also … Read More
Watch: New trailer for American Horror Story: 1984
August 2, 2019 | David FarnorGet ready to go to summer camp all over again this year, as American Horror Story returns and takes us back to the heydays of the 1980.
Camp Redwood is front and centre of the latest teaser trailer for the … Read More
First trailer races online for Netflix’s Hyperdrive
August 2, 2019 | David Farnor“Absolutely nothing compares to the spectacle you are about to see.” That’s the sound of Netflix taking an understated approach to its new original series, Hyperdrive, a contest that looks to do for cars what Ultimate Beastmaster did for, erm, … Read More
Amazon cancels Lore after two seasons
August 2, 2019 | David FarnorAmazon has cancelled Lore after two seasons.
From Executive Producers Ben Silverman (The Office), Howard T. Owens (Killing Kennedy), Gale Anne Hurd (The Walking Dead), Brett-Patrick Jenkins (Face Off), Jon Halperin and Mark Mannucci (A Year in Space), the horror … Read More
Amazon axes The Romanoffs
August 1, 2019 | David FarnorAmazon has quietly axed The Romanoffs, Matthew Weiner’s anthology series.
The show, which premiered last year, is an anthology comprising eight separate stories about people who believe themselves to be descendants of the Russian royal family. Set in seven countries … Read More
Too Old to Die Young will not return for Season 2
August 1, 2019 | David FarnorToo Old to Die Young will not return for Season 2, Amazon has confirmed.
The series, created by Nicolas Winding Refn, explores the criminal underbelly of Los Angeles across 10 often 90-minute episodes. The drama charts the existential journey of … Read More
Trailer: Amazon’s Undone set for September release
August 1, 2019 | David FarnorAmazon Studios has announced that new rotoscope animation Undone will premiere this September, and a new trailer gives us our first look at the series.
From acclaimed creators Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg (BoJack Horseman), Undone is a groundbreaking and genre-bending … Read More
What’s coming soon to Sky and NOW TV in August 2019?
July 31, 2019 | David FarnorAugust welcomes one of the best TV shows of 2018 back to our screens, as Succession returns for Season 2 on Sky Atlantic. It’s joined by The Affair’s fifth season, plus the first season of new Sky One comedy Brassic, … Read More
What’s coming soon to Amazon Prime Video UK in August 2019?
July 31, 2019 | David FarnorAmazon is getting warmed up for the new season of Premier League football this summer, with not only the debut of its new weekly talk show – hosted by Peter Crouch – but also the arrival of two sports documentaries, … Read More
Trailer: Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 returns this August
July 31, 2019 | David FarnorFear the Walking Dead is back on our screens this August to complete its fifth season – and the new mid-season trailer fresh from Comic-Con gives us a glimpse of what to expect in Part 2.
After the loss of … Read More