Sheffield Doc/Fest shorts available to watch online on Curzon Home Cinema

Sheffield Doc/Fest and Curzon Home Cinema have teamed up to offer a selection of new documentary shorts to a home cinema audience.

The five films, which are in competition at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest, are Xenos by Mahdi Fleifel, … Read More

Orange Is the New Black Season 2 14 times more popular than Season 1 (among pirates)

Orange Is the New Black Season 2 is 14 times more popular than Season 1, according to new stats from tracking firm Excipio.

55,668 people watched episodes of the second season of the show within 48 hours of its premiere … Read More

Hemlock Grove Season 2 trailer unleashed

The trailer for Hemlock Grove Season 2 has landed – and, if anything, it looks even crazier than the first season.

No, we didn’t think that was possible either.

The show returns on Friday 11th July with a new … Read More

Digital video to overtake cinemas in three years?

“There’s eventually going to be a big meltdown,” Steven Spielberg said last year. Talking at an event with George Lucas, the pair predicted a Hollywood “implosion”, with fewer cinemas, higher ticket prices and longer theatrical runs – more like Broadway … Read More

More people watch BBC iPlayer on tablets than computers

More people are now watching BBC iPlayer on tablets than computers, according to the latest stats from the Beeb.

The monthly report for April shows that tablets made up 30 per cent of TV requests on the broadcaster’s VOD service, … Read More

Online and mobile viewing of sport on the up

Online has overtaken print media for the consumption of sports content, according to “Know The Fan – The Global Sports Media Consumption Report 2014” from PERFORM, Kantar Media and SportBusiness Group.

Second only to TV, this marks the first … Read More

Sky Go adds ITV channels to streaming line-up

From today (Wednesday 4 June), ITV channels will be available on Sky Go.

Sky’s mobile TV service, which lets customers stream channels live and on-demand on various devices, now includes ITV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and CITV for the first time … Read More

Xbox One and 360 users can now access VOD apps for free

Xbox One and Xbox 360 users can now access media streaming apps, such as Netflix and Amazon Instant Video, without the need for a Live Gold Membership.

Use of VOD apps, including 4oD, was previously restricted to paying Live Gold … Read More

Netflix releases BoJack Horseman teaser trailer and new pictures

The teaser trailer for BoJack Horseman has been released – along with two new pictures.

The Netflix Original animated series is its first cartoon to be aimed at adults and stars Arrested Development’s Will Arnett as BoJack, the failed legendary … Read More

Football documentary This Is Not a Ball lands on Netflix on 13th June

Football documentary This Is Not a Ball will land on Netflix UK on Friday 13th June, just in time for the start of the World Cup.

Produced by Videocine, an affiliate of Grupo Televisa and directed by Academy nominee Vik … Read More