How Netflix knows what you should watch next

When it comes to the modern TV world, the most important superpower anyone can have is knowing what to watch next on Netflix. The streaming giant, though, is one step ahead – and The Defenders is a good example of … Read More

Little Evil: Netflix unleashes trailer for horror comedy

The director of Tucker and Dale vs. Evil is teaming up with Netflix to make a new horror comedy.

Called Little Evil, the film is written and directed by Eli Craig, the man behind the 2010 cult hit, which combined … Read More

Meet the bakers for Channel 4’s Bake Off

Bake Off is back – but not quite as we know it. Channel 4’s new incarnation of the BBC’s baking show will officially kick off on Tuesday 29th August – one week today. And, while hosts Sandi Toksvig and Noel … Read More

Amazon joins BBC on Peter Moffat’s The Last Post

Amazon has boarded The Last Post, BBC’s new drama from Peter Moffat.

Set in the mid-60s in the shimmering heat of Aden (Yemen), the six-part drama centres on a unit of Royal Military Police officers and their families. Their job … Read More

Shudder snaps up six horror films ahead of 2017 FrightFest

Horror subscription streaming service Shudder has snapped up six films ahead of FrightFest this week.

The horror extravaganza kicks off on Thursday 24th August in London’s Leicester Square, bringing the best scares from around the world to a cinema full … Read More

YouTube launches “Breaking News” feed

YouTube is quietly launching a new Breaking News feed across its platform.

YouTube has been in the headlines for all kinds of wrong reasons in the last year, just at a point where Facebook is significantly stepping up its rivalry … Read More

The Expanse Season 2 set for September Netflix UK release date

The Expanse Season 2 will premiere on Netflix UK this September.

The sci-fi series, from SyFy, is based on the New York Times bestselling book series by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, and unfolds across a colonised solar system 200 … Read More

Watch: The Punisher trailer hidden after The Defenders’ end credits

Thanks to Marvel, the words “post-credits scene” have become part of everyday cinema vocabulary. Fans watching The Defenders this weekend on Netflix, then, will be pleased to discover a surprise waiting after the show’s credits: a teaser trailer for The … Read More

Nielsen to include Facebook, Hulu and YouTube in ratings

When it comes to the shifting TV landscape, nowhere is the disruption more obvious that in that most hallowed of telly traditions: TV ratings. BBC Three, in particular, has stumped traditional measurements of success, as its reach and broadcast distribution … Read More

In the Dark tops BBC iPlayer in July

New crime drama series In The Dark was the most-watched programme on BBC iPlayer in July.

The series stars MyAnna Buring (Ripper Street) as DI Helen Weeks, a strong-willed detective drawn into the two most testing and personal cases of … Read More