Coming soon in 2016: Netflix originals series and films

Last week, Netflix launched in over 100 countries simultaneously, achieving the streaming service’s goal of almost total world domination.

But Netflix’s ambitions don’t just extend to global reach: its plans to create original content are equally grand, with Beasts … Read More

Bolshoi Babylon available to watch online in UK with bonus features

Bolshoi Babylon is available to watch online in the UK with a range of additional bonus features.

The documentary, from the producer of Man on Wire and Searching for Sugar Man, follows the aftermath of a severe attack on its … Read More

Sam Shepard’s True West available to watch online in January

Sam Shepard’s True West will be available to watch online in the UK this January.

The Tricycle Theatre’s production, which was performed in 2014, stars Alex Ferns (Legend, Wallander, EastEnders) and Eugene O’Hare (Prometheus The Fall, Red Velvet) as estranged … Read More

New releases on MUBI UK this week (9th January 2016)

Not getting your art house fix from Netflix? Wish there were more indie films on Amazon Prime? Every week, we round up the new releases on MUBI, a subscription VOD service that hand-picks films from around the world.

This month, … Read More

YouTube sets sights on HDR and teams up with GoPro

Hundreds of hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. The site has more than a billion viewers every month. But YouTube is still growing, unveiling plans to introducing HDR support and team up with GoPro.

Speaking at CES … Read More

White House responds to Making a Murderer petition

The White House has officially responded to the Making a Murderer petition started at the end of last year – but the news is inevitably disappointing for viewers.

The petition was one of two launched in the wake of the … Read More

Game of Thrones Season 6 gets UK air date

Game of Thrones has got a confirmed UK release date for Season 6: Monday 25th April.

HBO’s fantasy epic, based on George RR Martin’s novels, has been the most anticipated TV event of every year since, well, it first started … Read More

HBO lines up more Thrones and a Deadwood movie

Netflix has stolen all the news headlines this week, as the streaming service opened its online doors to almost every country in the world, making it arguably the world’s first global TV network – but old rival HBO isn’t going … Read More

EastEnders most streamed on iPlayer as Christmas catch up enters the living room

EastEnders was the most watched thing on BBC iPlayer in December, dominating the chart of the most popular TV episodes. The soap opera’s Christmas Day episode was the most popular, followed by the Boxing Day instalment, with 1.46m and 1.8m … Read More

2016 BAFTA nominees and where to watch them online

Netflix has bagged its first acting award nomination in this year’s EE British Academy Film Awards.

The 2016 BAFTA nominees were announced this morning, with the usual suspects leading the pack: Bridge of Spies and Carol both have nine nominations, … Read More