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This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (2nd April)
April 2, 2016 | VOD NewsHeard 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 Prick Up Your … Read More
New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK this week (2nd April 2016)
April 2, 2016 | VOD NewsNot getting your art-house 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
Sky launches new app for kids
April 2, 2016 | VOD NewsSky has launched a new app for kids, as the competition for young eyeballs continues to increase.
Sky’s app was announced last year, just after YouTube launched its own kids’ platform and Amazon introduced its own child-friendly tablet and accompany … Read More
Mafiosa leads Walter Presents’ Spring 2016 line-up
April 2, 2016 | VOD NewsMafiosa is leading Walter Presents’ Spring 2016 line-up, with the whole of the first season available to watch now for free on All 4.
The French TV show, which first premiered on Canal+ back in 2006, was created by Hugues … Read More
Jessica Henwick joins Netflix’s Iron Fist
April 2, 2016 | VOD NewsJessica Henwick has joined Netflix’s superhero series, Iron Fist.
Marvel’s show, which completes the streaming service’s collection of Hell’s Kitchen heroes, stars Game of Thrones’ Finn Jones as Daniel Rand, aka. Iron Fist.
Now, Henwick, last seen on the small … Read More
What’s coming soon to Amazon Prime Video UK in April 2016?
April 1, 2016 | VOD NewsSing me a song of a lass that is gone… April is upon us and frankly, that means one thing for Amazon Prime Video subscribers: Outlander.
Ronald D. Moore’s adaptation of Diana Gabaldon’s best-selling novels returns for a second season, … Read More
All 4: Shorts coming soon to Channel 4’s VOD service in April 2016
April 1, 2016 | VOD NewsShorts continue to be a central part of Channel’s VOD service, All 4, and April’s line-up of original series proves as diverse as ever, with programmes ranging from celeb wannabes to dealing with milestones.
Here’s a guide to what’s new … Read More
Netflix announces first original series shot and produced in Spain
April 1, 2016 | VOD NewsNetflix has announced its first Spanish original series.
The streaming giant is increasingly expanding its original production arm around the world, as the company seeks to create content that will appeal to its diverse, global audience – and can be … Read More
Netflix and DreamWorks Animation team up for Home TV spin-off
April 1, 2016 | VOD NewsNetflix and DreamWorks Animation are teaming up to produce a TV spin-off from the animated feature Home.
Movies being adapted into TV shows is fast becoming a tradition in Hollywood, with everything from Limitless to even Wolf Creek making the … Read More
Doctor Who Season 8 lands on Netflix UK as BBC deal continues
March 31, 2016 | VOD NewsDoctor Who Season 8 landed on Netflix UK today, as the SVOD giant’s deal with the BBC shows no sign of stopping.
Earlier this year, there was some doubt over whether the Beeb would continue to provide programmes to stream … Read More















