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The Jason Statham Random Netflix UK Button
July 26, 2014 | VOD NewsIt’s Jason Statham’s birthday today and, to be frank, we’re excited.
At the age of just 47, The Stath has achieved an incredible amount. He’s studied martial arts (“all styles from Win Chun to karate to kickboxing”), he’s modelled for … Read More
Competition: Win a free digital copy of Northwest on iTunes
July 26, 2014 | VOD NewsNorthwest is out now on VOD and in cinemas and is released on DVD on Monday. To celebrate, we’re giving away three digital copies of the film on iTunes.
The Danish thriller follows the life of 18 year old Casper … Read More
First look at new Game of Thrones Season 5 cast
July 26, 2014 | VOD NewsThis video from Comic-Con gives us our first look at all the new cast members of Game of Thrones Season 5, which will include a whole host of Prince Oberyn Martell’s family, from Alexander Siddig as his brother, Doran, to … Read More
The Walking Dead Season 5 available to watch online in UK from Monday 13th October
July 26, 2014 | VOD NewsThe Walking Dead Season 5 UK release date has been confirmed by Fox as Monday 13th October – with a Season 5 Part 2 premiere of Monday 9th February 2015.
The series, based on Robert Kirkman’s graphic novels, will premiere … Read More
blinkbox now on Chromecast
July 25, 2014 | VOD Newsblinkbox is now available on Google Chromecast.
The media steaming device, which plus into an HDMI port and lets viewers use their laptop or tablet to browse and “cast” content from video apps to their TV, launched in the UK … Read More
Meet Simpsons World: Your new favourite TV channel. If you REALLY like The Simpsons.
July 25, 2014 | VOD NewsIf you were planning to go outside this summer bad news: FFX just came up with 552 reasons not to.
If you like yellow people eating their shorts and drinking Duff, say hello to your new favourite TV channel: SimpsonsWorld.com. … Read More
Why did BBC iPlayer go down?
July 23, 2014 | VOD NewsFans of Formula 1 and EastEnders would have noticed over the weekend that BBC iPlayer wasn’t working properly. As we reported this week, the BBC’s flagship VOD service experiences some severe downtime, as problems first surfaced on Saturday 19th July … Read More
BBC Worldwide to launch paid iPlayer service in 2015
July 23, 2014 | VOD NewsBBC Worldwide is preparing to launch its paid iPlayer service next year.
The broadcaster’s commercial arm released its annual report this week and included details of the online electronic sell-through store. The proposed paid shop, which will give customers access … Read More
Your 2014 Summer Binge-Viewing VOD Guide
July 23, 2014 | VOD NewsSweat. Swimming trunks. Sand. Sunburn. Other people. Let’s face it. Summer sucks.
If you go outside. You know, in the sun.
Us? We’re indoors. Under the duvet. Plan to do the same? We’ve picked our highlights of what’s … Read More
Orange Is the New Black drives Netflix to 50 million members
July 22, 2014 | VOD NewsNetflix now has over 50 million members around the world in over 40 countries, the company has announced.
Revealing the company’s latest growth figures in its Q2 2014 report, the Internet TV giant has confirmed that within 15 years of … Read More
















