New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK this week (19th March 2016)

Not 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

Sky backs virtual reality future – but is it the new 3D?

With Sony announcing this week that its PlayStation VR headset will be released in October, virtual reality has become the buzzword in modern entertainment. And, just to make it official, another juggernaut has entered the ring: Sky.

The broadcast is … Read More

Mobile data traffic to surge 45pc a year

Mobile data traffic is forecast surge 45 per cent a year for the next five years, according to a new report from Ericsson.

The firm’s latest mobility report, published at the 2016 Mobile World Congress (via Digital TV Europe), predicts … Read More

Confirmed: Game of Thrones’ Finn Jones cast as Marvel’s Iron Fist

Update: Friday 18th March

Marvel has officially confirmed that Finn Jones will play Iron Fist in the upcoming Netflix series.

“Danny Rand is a very complicated character. He’s a billionaire New York Buddhist monk martial arts superhero who’s still trying … Read More

First look pictures from Orange Is the New Black Season 4

Hands up who wants to see some pictures from Season 4 of Orange Is the New Black. Today is your lucky day, because Netflix has just unleashed a batch of images that give us our first look of the new … Read More

UK viewers half as likely to “cord cut” in favour of online services

UK viewers are less demanding for VOD, reveals a new report from Nielsen.

The research firm’s Global Video-on-Demand Report, published today, shows that British take-up of VOD providers is below the global average, with 1 in 5 survey respondents signed … Read More

Sky Living snaps up J-Lo’s Shades of Blue

Police thriller Shades of Blue will premiere in the UK on Sky Living this year.

The cop thriller, which stars Jennifer Lopez, was snapped up by Sky this week in a deal with NBCUniversal International Distribution. Lopez plays Harlee Santos, … Read More

BBC Three builds documentary line-up with two new originals

BBC Three is building its documentary line-up with the commission of two new original shows.

Since becoming an online channel, BBC Three has continued to serve up its signature array of factual programming, including Stacey Dooley’s Sex in Strange Places … Read More

Netflix snaps up SXSW films Hush and Asperger’s Are Us

SXSW is underway in Texas and Netflix is in full attendance. As well as screening three of its upcoming films, Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, My Beautiful Broken Brain and Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru, the streaming giant has acquired … Read More

Nashville Season 4 heads to Sky Living

Nashville has a found a new UK TV home for Season 4: Sky Living.

ABC’s hit US series, produced by Lionsgate, ABC Studios and Gaylord Entertainment, has won a sizeable fanbase over recent years, thanks to its blend of country … Read More