Magazine review: Oh My Vlog! (or Old People Are Scared of Things for Young People)

Marcus Butler is afraid of bees. Alfie Deyes’ first CD was a Busted Album. These are the kind of things you can learn in Oh My Vlog!, a new vlogger magazine that was released today in newsagents and select branches … Read More

Over 60m global viewers watching BBC iPlayer for free

Over 50 million people around the world are watching BBC iPlayer for free, according to new research.

BBC iPlayer is a service for UK users, funded by the licence fee, but a study by GlobalWebIndex, which interviewed around 47,000 people … Read More

We Are Colony raises $2m in funding

UK streaming service We Are Colony has raised $2m in seed funding.

The VOD market has become increasingly crowded with services as well as content, making it more important than ever for companies to differentiate their offering. We Are Colony … Read More

YouTube builds SVOD service – but is missing big TV bricks

YouTube is beginning to build its subscription VOD service – but the company is still missing crucial bricks.

The video site’s entry into the subscription streaming race has been long mooted, as Google attempts to establish its service as a … Read More

MUBI signs first theatrical deal to co-distribute Arabian Nights

MUBI has signed its first theatrical deal to co-distribute Arabian Nights.

The SVOD service, which specialises in arthouse and independent movies, has partnered with New Wave Films to co-distribute the theatrical, home entertainment and VOD release for Miguel Gomes’s three-part … Read More

Hopster expands Apple TV reach into 100 new countries

Hopster has expended its Apple TV reach into 100 new countries.

The kids entertainment subscription service first launched on Apple’s set top box in May 2015, but is now rolling out to more territories. It is already live in … Read More

True Blood to stream on Sky and NOW TV this summer

True Blood will be available to stream on-demand on Sky and NOW this summer.

Based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris, the Golden Globe-nominated series is created by American Beauty’s Alan Ball and finally reached the end of … Read More

The delicate formula for binge-watching

Binge-watching has become a term bandied about a lot in the video on-demand age. People binge on the latest Netflix series. They binge on Sky and NOW’s “box sets”. But what is binge-watching? And what makes people do it?

A … Read More

Competition: Win a Lionsgate action movie bundle for The Carrier

New, star-studded thriller The Carrier is out on digital HD today. To celebrate the release, you have the chance to win a DVD bundle of 10 action movies from Lionsgate.

The movie, which stars John Cusack and Robert De Niro, … Read More

Watch – Exclusive behind-the-scenes clip: Die Antwoord and Chappie

Chappie is out now on DVD, Blu-ray and digital platforms in the UK. The film, which is made by District 9’s Neill Blomkamp, reunites the the director with Sharlto Copley, who plays the titular sentient robot – created by Dev … Read More