Breaking Bad: Did Netflix win or lose the 2014 Emmy Awards?

It’s hard to believe that it has been almost a year since Breaking Bad’s final season. The 2014 Emmys, though have not forgotten: Vince Gilligan’s series, which won a huge following in the UK after it was released on Netflix … Read More

RIP Richard Attenborough

Lord Richard Attenborough has passed away. The 90-year old filmmaker stunned as violent gangster Pinkie Brown in 1947’s Brighton Rock, but like his ruthless character was only just getting started: he went on to star in The Great Escape, The … Read More

The Flash will be available to watch online in the UK from 28th October

The Flash will be available to watch online in the UK from Tuesday 28th October.

The Flash is the latest acquisition from Sky 1 HD, along with another Warner Bros. TV show, Forever.

Sky customers will be able to watch … Read More

Screaming in your living room: How VOD is changing the horror industry

FrightFest has hit London once more this weekend – but for many around the country, it began on Monday, when the shortlist of films in the Shortcuts to Hell II contest were released on-demand, ahead of the finalists’ premiere during … Read More

17 animals you didn’t know were voiced by celebrities

17 animals you didn’t know were voiced by celebrities

This weekend sees the release of Netflix’s new animated series BoJack Horseman, which stars the ever-hilarious Will Arnett as a washed-up 90s sitcom star… who also happens to be a horse. … Read More

Match of Yesterday: Can the Premier League really stop people tweeting football clips on Vine?

Match of the Day turns 50 years old this weekend, celebrating five decades of selecting clips, sharing them with audiences and commenting on them. After tonight’s programme finishes, it will not be on BBC iPlayer.

Why? Because it never has … Read More

Netflix to adapt A Tale of Two Cities with Channel 4?

Netflix is reportedly planning to adapt Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities in collaboration with Channel 4.

The Internet TV company is no stranger to co-producing content with broadcasters, divvying up the rights for Norwegian thriller series Lilyhammer and … Read More

If you liked Netflix’s recommendation engine, you might like Sky’s new TV guide

If you liked Netflix’s recommendation engine, you might like Sky’s new TV guide.

Yes, the signature feature of Netflix’s intricate suggestion-based system has now been given its own Sky equivalent. From today, Sky customers will see recommendations on their … Read More

Doctor Who Extra: BBC announces behind-the-scenes iPlayer series

Doctor Who Confidential is dead. Long live Doctor Who Extra.

The behind-the-scenes programme that once accompanied the BBC’s flagship sci-fi series was cancelled in 2011 to cut costs, a decision that disappointed many fans. Now, though, the Beeb has announced … Read More

BBC releases Notting Hill Carnival documentaries exclusively on iPlayer

The BBC has released four new documentaries about Notting Hill Carnival exclusively on BBC iPlayer.

The BBC is placing an increasingly large focus on iPlayer as its digital media platform, not just revamping the VOD service earlier this year but … Read More