YouTube launches newswire for eyewitness footage

YouTube is embracing eyewitness footage as part of a new push into video journalism.

In the last 10 years, we’ve witnessed some of the most important news stories unfold online, from the Green Revolution, Arab Spring and protests in Ferguson, … Read More

Trailer: HBO’s The Brink available to watch online in UK from Monday 22nd June

HBO’s The Brink will premiere in the UK tonight on Sky Atlantic.

The World War III satire stars Jack Black, Tim Robbins and Pablo Schreiber as three disparate, desperate Americans upon whose shoulders the fate of the world rests … Read More

Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (21st June 2015)

Father’s Day. A day for making connections. For taking a moment of appreciation. For watching cavemen talk about women and sex. And listening to a strange guy talk in a silly voice.

If you’re celebrating Father’s Day on BBC iPlayer … Read More

This week’s new releases on MUBI (20th June 2015)

Not getting your arthouse 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 and adds one … Read More

Giancarlo Esposito joins Netflix’s The Get Down

Giancarlo Esposito will Get Down with Netflix’s upcoming hip-hop drama, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The publication reports that the actor, known to Breaking Bad fans as Gus Fring, has joined Baz Luhrmann’s musical show.

The director’s first foray … Read More

Fear the Walking Dead to premiere in UK on BT TV’s exclusive AMC channel

Fear the Walking Dead will premiere in the UK in September 2015 on AMC’s new UK channel.

Looking for up-to-date information on AMC on BT? See our guide to how to watch Fear the Walking Dead online in the UK.

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Festival-to-Date: Mark Cousins Hibrow Trilogy released at Edinburgh and on VOD

Festival-to-Date: Mark Cousins Hibrow Trilogy released at Edinburgh and on VOD

Mark Cousins’ Hibrow Trilogy will be released on VOD on the same day it screens at the Edinburgh Film Festival.

6 Desires, which follows Here Be Dragons and Life … Read More

Beyond the Lights: A turning point for VOD?

Beyond the Lights receives its European premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival at the start of next week. The film stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Minnie Driver. It has a RottenTomatoes score of 81 per cent. But rather than get a … Read More

Matt Smith joins Claire Foy and John Lithgow in Netflix’s The Crown

Matt Smith has joined the cast of Netflix’s series, The Crown.

The streaming service has confirmed the cast of its historical epic, which follows the reign of Queen Elizabeth II and her relationships with Britain’s post-war Prime Ministers.

The … Read More

BBC develops way to control TV with your mind

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like for Professor Charles Xavier to watch TV, the BBC might have the answer.

Working with This Place, the broadcaster has developed a way to decide what you watch on your television with a … Read More