iPlayer Picks: Top Glastonbury 2015 moments

Ah, Glastonbury. Proof that music can bring together 100,000 strangers just so they can spend a weekend in a muddy field. For those at home, the festival is just as impressive a spectacle, thanks to BBC iPlayer, which means you … Read More

Top 23 new releases coming soon to Amazon Prime in July 2015

Amazon Prime Instant Video has always suffered in comparison to Netflix, despite its strong selection of indie and art-house titles, courtesy of deals with distributors such as StudioCanal. This summer, though, Amazon is hitting back hard: the VOD service not … Read More

Top 24 new releases coming soon to Netflix UK in July 2015

Camp Firewood is more than just a summer camp. It’s a way of life. And an odd cult comedy from 14 years ago, starring Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Banks.

As they reunite for a prequel … Read More

Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (28th June 2015)

If music be the food of love, stream on, BBC fans. As the end of June approaches, iPlayer is full of the sounds of Glastonbury, but there is more to enjoy, as this week also saw the premiere of an … Read More

Film4oD to close in July

Film4oD will close in July.

The pay-per-view VOD service, which first launched in November 2010, was originally powered by FilmFlex, a joint IPTV venture from Sony and Disney to distribute digital titles.

FilmFlex, which was one of the largest … Read More

Elbow’s Guy Garvey gets BBC iPlayer music series

The BBC has commissioned a new music series hosted by Guy Garvey for BBC iPlayer.

Music Box with Guy Garvey will see the Elbow frontman, who is already a BBC Radio 6 Music presenter, discuss artists that he is most … Read More

Netflix announces August release date for Narcos

Netflix has announced an August release date for Narcos.

The streaming service’s new series rounds off a summer of original projects, which ranges from kids’ spin-off Dragons: Race to the Edge in June to Wet Hot American Summer: First Day … Read More

Amazon announces third season of Transparent

Amazon has ordered a third season of Transparent.

The series, created by Jill Soloway, stars Jeffrey Tambor as Maura, who has spent her life as Mort, the Pfefferman family patriarch. When she reintroduces herself to her family, everyone else’s secrets … Read More

Amazon eyes up Kevin Spacey for first original film

Amazon is eyeing up Kevin Spacey for its first original film.

The actor, who plays Frank Underwood in the House of Cards remake, has become an unofficial face for Netflix, following the success of their first original series. Now, Variety … Read More

Seth Laderman to lead Comic-Con SVOD service… next year

Seth Laderman has been hired to lead the new Comic-Con SVOD service.

The site, which will contain exclusive content relating to the 45-year-old fan convention, is designed to turn the comics and pop culture event into “a year-round online experience”.

… Read More