VOD News
News about video on-demand services, new releases on Netflix UK and online video video.
Laura Marling, Benjamin Grosvenor join live Proms 2020 line-up
August 6, 2020 | Staff Reporter
Laura Marling, Benjamin Grosvenor and the Philharmonia Orchestra have joined the line-up of live concerts being performed for the 2020 Proms.
This year’s same-but-different classical festival is currently streaming online, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Running from 17th July to … Read More
Disney+ becomes 3rd most popular streaming service in UK
August 6, 2020 | Staff Reporter
Disney+ is now the third most popular subscription streaming service in the UK, according to new data from Ofcom.
The media regulator’s latest report highlights just how much the home entertainment landscape has changed since the coronavirus lockdown. As people … Read More
BBC iPlayer racks up record six months
August 6, 2020 | Staff Reporter
BBC iPlayer has racked up a record six months this year, as lockdown drove up viewing on the Beeb’s streaming service.
A record-breaking number of viewers turned to BBC iPlayer in the first half of 2020, with 3.1 billion requests … Read More
Watch: First trailer for Charlie Kaufman’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things
August 6, 2020 | Staff Reporter
“There’s something profoundly wrong here.” Charlie Kaufman’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things arrives on Netflix this September, and a new trailer gives us a first look at the film’s mind-bending weirdness.
Based on the acclaimed novel of the same name … Read More
BBC iPlayer streams Scenes for Survival
August 5, 2020 | Staff Reporter
Scenes for Survival, the theatre project created by the National Theatre of Scotland in response to the coronavirus pandemic, is moving to BBC iPlayer this month.
The project, which has been running online and on social media since 27th … Read More
Leonardo DiCaprio inks first-look deal with Apple TV+
August 5, 2020 | Staff Reporter
Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company has inked a first-look deal with Apple TV+.
DiCaprio is no stranger to streaming, having exec-produced the Netflix docuseries Fire Chasers and feature film doc Virunga. He will also produce Barry Jenkins’ dramatic feature based on … Read More
Amy Adams and Adam McKay team up for Netflix’s Kings of America
August 5, 2020 | Staff Reporter
Amy Adams and Adam McKay are teaming up for Kings of America, a new drama for Netflix.
The series centres on the stories of three powerful women whose lives were inextricably intertwined with the world’s largest company: a Walmart heiress, … Read More
Disney+ to release Mulan as premium VOD title
August 4, 2020 | Staff Reporter
Disney will release Mulan directly on Disney+ in a number of territories, the corporation has announced, after multiple delays to the film’s theatrical release.
The movie, directed by Niki Caro and boasting both Jet Li and Donnie Yen in its … Read More
Trailer: Get Duked! arrives on Amazon this August
August 4, 2020 | Staff Reporter
Amazon is going camping this August with new comedy Get Duked! – and a trailer gives us a look at the dark and daft thriller.
Dean, Duncan and DJ Beatroot are teenage pals from Glasgow who embark on the Duke … Read More
First look: Apple TV+ takes the Long Way Up this September
August 4, 2020 | Staff Reporter
Apple TV+ is taking the Long Way Up this September with a new series reuniting Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman.
Ewan and Charley’s previous adventures including Long Way Round and Long Way Down. Now, more than a decade since their … Read More
