Amazon Prime Video available globally on Xbox One X and Xbox One

Amazon Prime Video is now available globally on Xbox One X.

The new games console, which launches today, boasts 40 per cent more power than any other console, as Microsoft positions the latest addition to the Xbox family as … Read More

Netflix starts production on new season of Terrace House

Netflix has started production on a new season of Terrace House.

The reality TV series is Japan’s answer to shows like Love Island, documenting the daily lives of six young men and women living together in a shared house. The … Read More

Comic-Con scraps subscription service

From Disney to CBS, a growing number of media players are turning to standalone subscription services to sell their content directly to consumers. As the market for monthly OTT platforms becomes increasingly fragmented, though, the question is how far the … Read More

YouTube Kids adds user profiles amid revamp

YouTube Kids is growing up fast, as the platform takes a leaf out of Netflix’s book with new user profiles.

Personalisation is a key feature now expected from streaming services, offering recommendations and watchlists tailored to each user’s tastes. Kids, … Read More

Netflix and Amazon: Friend or foe to British TV?

Netflix, Amazon and other online streaming services could spell bad news for British TV, the BBC has warned this week, as funding in homegrown productions face a “serious threat”.

The rise of streaming platforms has been both a boon and … Read More

New trailer sees Netflix trying to save capitalism

“There’s a huge amount of anger and frustration… and nobody is listening.” That’s Robert Reich stating what seems to be the obvious in Netflix’s new original documentary, Saving Capitalism.

The Former Secretary of Labor presents the film, which explores capitalism … Read More

Amazon serves up live tennis from inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals

The debut of live tennis on Amazon Prime Video begins this week with the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals. The tournament, which runs from 7th to 11th November in Milan, Italy, features the future stars of men’s tennis.

Amazon Prime … Read More

Jim Hopper dancing in Stranger Things wins the Internet

Netflix’s Stranger Things returned last weekend for Season 2, drawing a reported 15 million viewers in its opening three days alone. Some binge-watched their way through the whole thing in a matter of hours, others are still savouring each episode … Read More

BBC to stream over 1,000 extra hours of live sport

Over a thousand extra hours of live sport will be available for audiences to watch online every year through BBC Sport and BBC iPlayer, as the BBC steps up its sporting game.

The BBC aims to “reinvent free-to-air sports broadcasting”, … Read More

The Weekly MUBI Digest | 4th November

Takashi Miike fans rejoice, as MUBI hosts a triple-bill of the director’s Dead or Alive trilogy this weekend, the climax of its long-running Miike retrospective. From one iconic filmmaker to another, this month also marks the beginning of a new … Read More