Trailer: Kimmy Schmidt goes to college for Season 3

Kimmy Schmidt is back. And she’s going to college.

That’s all you need to know about Season 3 of Netflix’s comedy series, which returns this May for more sparkly trainers, gigantic grins and Titus going Lemonade on his ex-boyfriend, completely … Read More

YouTube live-streaming now available to anyone with 1,000 subscribers

YouTube continues to make its live-streaming service more accessible to users, opening up the platform to anyone with 1,000 subscribers or more.

Mobile live-streaming was introduced properly earlier this year, but was restricted to people with at least 10,000 subscribers. … Read More

Netflix users have watched 500 million hours of Adam Sandler

Today saw the announcement of Netflix’s performance report for Q1 2017. The shareholders report contains information on subscribers, revenue and company strategy, but also one other nugget of information: Netflix users have watched over 500 million hours of Adam Sandler … Read More

Netflix growth slows, as streaming giant nears 100m

Netflix’s subscriber growth slowed at the start of 2017, the streaming giant has announced, although it expects to cross the 100 million mark this weekend.

5 million new customers signed up to the subscription service in the first quarter of … Read More

BBC moves cooking show as GBBO gets Channel 4 air date

The Great British Bake Off will return this summer, as is tradition. This year, though, there’s a big change in the recipe: the new incarnation of the series will air on Channel 4, following a controversial deal to poach the … Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (16th April 2017)

Heard 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, it’s Breathless. Jean-Luc … Read More

Trailer: Tramps heads from Toronto to Netflix

Tramps is the latest Netflix original to swoop straight from the festival circuit to your living room – and the new trailer for the film makes it easy to see why.

The heist romance, directed and written by Adam Leon, … Read More

Mobile video advertising doubles despite YouTube concerns

The amount spent on mobile video advertising has doubled in the last year, despite ongoing debate about inappropriate content on YouTube.

Spend on mobile video ads soared 103 per cent in 2016 to £693 million, according to the latest Internet … Read More

New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (15th April 2017)

After kicking off the Easter weekend with Andy Guérif’s 2015 adaptation of the Maestà of Duccio as a tableau vivant, MUBI serves up the next best thing to The Life of Brian: a look back over all of Monty Python’s Flying Circus highlights. Add in Fassbinder, Fellini and a dash of film noir, and it’s a cracking week, indeed.

Here’s what’s new, coming soon and leaving soon to the subscription streaming service:

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Amazon and The Roots team up for new kids’ series

Amazon and The Roots are teaming up for two new kids’ series.

The hip hop band (comprising Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Kamal Gray, F. Knuckles, Captain Kirk Douglas, Damon Bryson and James Poyser) has won no fewer … Read More