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Blog posts, opinion pieces, news and features about video on-demand.
Happy birthday, YouTube: 10 defining videos from the site’s first decade
February 16, 2015 | David FarnorYouTube turned 10 years old this weekend. The site now has more than 1 billion users. 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. That’s five hours of video for every second, which means it is humanly impossible … Read More
House of Cards Season 3 poster released – plus new teaser trailer
February 15, 2015 | VOD NewsUpdate: A new teaser trailer for House of Cards Season 3 has been released. You can see it at the bottom of this post.
Netflix has released the poster for House of Cards Season 3 – and followed it with … Read More
Competition: Win Game of Thrones Season 4 DVD bundles [CLOSED]
February 12, 2015 | VOD NewsGame of Thrones Season 4 arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on Monday 16th February – and we’ve got two epic DVD bundles to give away.
The HBO series picked up 19 Emmy Award nominations for its fourth run, which sees … Read More
10 years on: Nathan Barley, the TV show that came true
February 11, 2015 | David FarnorExactly 10 years ago today, Nathan Barley premiered on UK TV. Exactly 10 seconds later, you wanted to punch him in the face.
Created by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris, Nathan was a horrible person to behold. He spent … Read More
Amazon declines to comment on Outlander reports
February 11, 2015 | VOD NewsAmazon has declined to comment on reports that it has bought the UK rights to the US TV series Outlander.
The show, based on novels by US author Diana Gabaldon, follows Claire Randell, a nurse from the 1940s who is … Read More
Zoella joins Great Comic Relief Bake Off as YouTube star influence rises
February 10, 2015 | VOD NewsZoella will join this year’s line-up of celebrities on The Great Comic Relief Bake Off.
The 24 year old vlogger, whose real name is Zoe Sugg, will not be known by many of the people tuning in to the BBC’s … Read More
Netflix releases full trailer for Bloodline
February 10, 2015 | David FarnorNetflix has released the first full trailer for its new original series, Bloodline.
The family thriller, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival last night, will arrive exclusively on Netflix on Friday 20th March.
The show follows the Rayburns, … Read More
Clip: The Maze Runner behind-the-scenes
February 10, 2015 | VOD NewsThe Maze Runner is out now on DVD and VOD in the UK. Based on the trilogy of books by James Dashner, it looks like another young adult franchise waiting to milk its eager audience for money, but from the … Read More
UKTV Play launches Android app
February 9, 2015 | VOD NewsUKTV Play is now available on Android.
UKTV’s on demand service, which is already available on iOS devices, gives viewers easy access to watch their favourite programmes from UKTV’s popular free-to-air channels.
The free app offers a catalogue of hit … Read More
Full list: 2015 BAFTA winners – and where to watch them online
February 9, 2015 | VOD NewsBoyhood took home the BAFTA for Best Picture at last night’s ceremony, as Richard Linklater’s 12-year labour of love paid off.
The movie won Best Director and Best Support Actress to boot, beating down the competition from the equally-lauded … Read More















