VOD News
News about video on-demand services, new releases on Netflix UK and online video video.
NBA TV launches subscription streaming service
November 6, 2019 | Staff Reporter
NBA Digital has launched NBA TV as a new streaming service.
The direct-to-consumer subscription offering means fans can access the channel through the NBA website or app and stream more than 100 exclusive live NBA games, plus original programming and … Read More
Intergalactic: Filming begins on Sky One sci-fi
November 6, 2019 | Staff Reporter
Filming is now underway on Sky One sci-fi series Intergalactic.
The Sky original drama imagines life off earth, sees Savannah Steyn (The Tunnel, Wannabe) head up a galaxy of stars including: Parminder Nagra (Bend It Like Beckham, ER), Eleanor Tomlinson … Read More
Lionheart: Netflix’s Nigerian movie disqualified from Oscar
November 5, 2019 | Staff Reporter
Lionheart, Netflix’s first Nigerian movie, has been disqualified from an award in this year’s Oscars race.
The film, which is the first original movie to be produced in the country for the streaming giant, marks the directorial debut of Genevieve … Read More
Hearst heads to Facebook Watch for two series
November 5, 2019 | Staff Reporter
Hearst is heading to Facebook Watch for two new original series.
The shows, tied to its magazine brands, will bring lifestyle programming to the social network’s fledgling video platform, which is partnering with brands and publishers in a move to … Read More
Amazon unwraps Kacey Musgraves Christmas special
November 5, 2019 | Staff Reporter
Amazon Prime Video will unwrap a new Kacey Musgraves festive special this Christmas.
The online giant is teaming up with the Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter for The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show. The special, produced by Fulwell 73 Productions, marks Prime Video’s … Read More
Viacom and Facebook Watch team up for new short-form series
November 5, 2019 | Staff Reporter
Viacom and Facebook Watch are teaming up for a slate of new short-form original series.
The series, created by Viacom Digital Studios, will be exclusively for the social network’s burgeoning video platform in Europe, Americas and Asia, as part of … Read More
Watch: Meet the cast of Netflix’s Klaus
November 5, 2019 | Staff Reporter
Netflix is unwrapping a special treat this November, with the premiere of its first animated original movie, Klaus.
The festive flick follows a failed student from the postal academy, who is stationed on a frozen island above the Arctic Circle, … Read More
Trailer: Sky’s The New Pope to air in January 2020
November 5, 2019 | Staff Reporter
The New Pope will be back on our screens in January 2020, Sky has confirmed, and a new trailer gives us a fresh glimpse of Jude Law’s return.
The HBO-Canal+-Sky production, a follow-up to The Young Pope, promises a “religious … Read More
Sandra Bullock to star in Netflix film from Nora Fingscheidt and Christopher McQuarrie
November 5, 2019 | Staff Reporter
Sandra Bullock will star in a new Netflix film from Nora Fingscheidt and Christopher McQuarrie.
Bullock’s latest feature Bird Box remains one of Netflix’s top performing films and was watched by over 80 million accounts in its first four weeks. … Read More
Trailer: Netflix wishes you a Merry Happy Whatever
November 5, 2019 | Staff Reporter
“I want him to love you as much as I love.” Those are the famous last words that begin the trailer for Netflix’s new festive series, Merry Happy Whatever.
The show follows Don Quinn (Dennis Quaid), a strong-willed patriarch from … Read More
