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All 4 Shorts: New and coming soon (December 2015)
December 3, 2015 | VOD NewsEvery month, people clamour to keep up with what’s coming soon to Netflix UK or Amazon Prime Video, but for a lot of online streamers, shorts are where it’s at. Short-form content makes up the most-watched videos on the web: … Read More
5* acquires UK TV rights for Heroes Reborn
December 3, 2015 | VOD News5* has bought the UK TV rights to Heroes Reborn.
The revival of NBC’s sci-fi drama for a limited series will once again follow the stories of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary powers.
The 13-episode show … Read More
Top 10 running gags from How I Met Your Mother
December 3, 2015 | Mark HarrisonAll nine seasons of How I Met Your Mother are now on Disney+ UK. To celebrate, we look at the best running jokes from the show. Warning: This article contains very mild spoilers for all nine seasons, with some broad … Read More
Trailer: Ripper Street Season 4 gets air date of January 2016 on Amazon
December 2, 2015 | VOD NewsAmazon has released the trailer for Season 4 of Ripper Street, which is set to arrive on Prime Video in January 2016.
The show was resurrected by Amazon in early 2014, following outcry from fans when the show was cancelled … Read More
Amazon confirms new original series Trial for 2016
December 2, 2015 | VOD NewsAmazon has officially confirmed a full series order for a new original show, Trial.
The legal drama, from Ally McBeal’s David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal) and The Practice’s Jonathan Shapiro, was rumoured to be on the way earlier this year, … Read More
Amazon releases trailer for Mozart in the Jungle Season 2
December 1, 2015 | VOD NewsAmazon has released the trailer for Mozart in the Jungle Season 2.
The Amazon original show stars Gael Garcia Bernal as eccentric conductor Rodrigo, who finds himself in charge of the New York Symphony Orchestra – much to pleasure of … Read More
First episode of Transparent Season 2 available to watch online early
December 1, 2015 | David FarnorThe first episode of Transparent Season 2 has been released online early by Amazon.
The VOD service jumped ahead of Netflix with the first season of Jill Soloway’s show, which became the first online programme to win a Golden Globe … Read More
A doctor a day drives up iPlayer autumn activity
December 1, 2015 | VOD NewsBBC audiences regularly checked in with their favourite doctor this autumn, as iPlayer activity grew.
The autumn months are always a good time for streaming services, as the nights draw in and the TV schedules fill up, leaving viewers clamouring … Read More
15 reasons why Elf is the greatest Christmas movie of modern times
December 1, 2015 | Simon KinnearEverybody has their Yuletide favourites, from It’s A Wonderful Life to Die Hard. Quite right; they’re classics. But few recent films have broken through to movie fans’ all-time Christmas playlist… with one notable exception.
In only 12 years since it … Read More
Trailer: VOD service Walter Presents launches in January
November 30, 2015 | VOD NewsChannel 4’s new VOD service Walter Presents launches in January 2016 – and the broadcaster has released the first trailer from the new site.
In an age where BBC Three is going online and Ash vs Evil Dead is premiering … Read More















