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Red Dwarf drives record year for UKTV, as on-demand views soar
January 5, 2017 | David FarnorUKTV enjoyed a record year in 2016, with TV ratings hitting an all-time high and on-demand views soaring.
Britain’s biggest multichannel broadcaster, UKTV is predicting it will register record-breaking growth in commercial audiences (SOCI) across the last 12 months. UKTV … Read More
What’s coming soon to Shudder UK in January 2017?
January 4, 2017 | David FarnorThe start of a new year always feels a bit darker than the other months, but this year, even more so, thanks to the recent launch of horror subscription site Shudder. With classics such as Cube and Ginger Snaps on … Read More
Happy birthday, Walter Presents! The top 10 TV shows from its first year
January 3, 2017 | David FarnorToday marks the first birthday of Walter Presents. All 4’s online channel, dedicated to finding foreign-language TV shows from around the world first opened its doors to the UK on 3rd January 2016.
The timing was perfect. Channel 4 has … Read More
Kubo and the Two Strings: The concept art behind the film
January 3, 2017 | David FarnorA young boy with a magical gift sets out on a thrilling quest to discover his family’s legacy in Kubo and the Two Strings. The latest film from LAIKA, the animation studio behind Coraline, ParaNorman, and The Boxtrolls, is out … Read More
From Taboo to Doctor Who: BBC teases bright new year with 2017 trailer
January 3, 2017 | David Farnor2017 is officially here and it can only be better than 2016, right? That will be the case, if the BBC has anything to do with it.
TV had a stonkingly good 12 months last year – you can see … Read More
Netflix snaps up UK rights to supernatural series Beyond
January 3, 2017 | David FarnorNetflix has snapped up the UK rights to supernatural series Beyond.
The show, which got the green light from ABC Family Worldwide last year, is created by Adam Nussdorf, whose previous credits include writing several episodes of TRON: Uprising and … Read More
This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (1st January 2017)
January 1, 2017 | David FarnorHeard of BFI Player? Well, there’s also BFI Player+, a subscription service that offers an all-you-can-eat selection of hand-picked classics.
Every Friday, Mark Kermode highlights one of the collection’s titles with a video introduction. This week, following Mark’s highlighting … Read More
Walter Presents kicks off 2017 with Norwegian thriller Acquitted
January 1, 2017 | David FarnorWalter Presents is kicking off 2017 with Norwegian thriller Acquitted.
All 4’s online channel, dedicated to foreign-language TV shows from around the world, Walter Presents launched in the UK in January 2016. Since then, the site has given us shows … Read More
Game of Thrones most pirated show of the year
January 1, 2017 | David FarnorGame of Thrones is once again the most pirated TV show of the year.
Figures from TorrentFreak show that HBO’s fantasy epic took the crown for the most torrented TV series on the web in 2016, the fifth year … Read More
New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (1st January 2017)
January 1, 2017 | David FarnorNot getting your arthouse fix from Netflix? Wish there were more indie films on Amazon Prime Video? Every week, we round up the new releases on MUBI, the subscription VOD service that hand-picks new and old classics from around the … Read More