VOD News
News about video on-demand services, new releases on Netflix UK and online video video.
Amazon Fire TV adds web browsing
December 21, 2017 | David Farnor
Amazon Fire TV has added web browsing support to all of its devices.
In a move that will please anyone currently living 10 years ago, Mozilla Firefox and Amazon Silk browsers have officially launched on Fire TV sticks and boxes … Read More
Before We Die: Walter Presents heads to Sweden for crime thriller
December 21, 2017 | David Farnor
Walter Presents is heading to Sweden for its latest box set: crime thriller Before We Die.
A show with a deep secret at its core, Before We Die follows Hanna, an uncompromising cop in the organised crime unit of the … Read More
Amazon Prime Video doubles subscribers
December 20, 2017 | David Farnor
The number of Amazon Prime Video subscribers more than doubled in the UK last year, according to new figures from Ofcom.
The regulator’s latest international analysis of the TV market highlights the ongoing growth of on-demand streaming both in British … Read More
Walter Presents begins New Year with Black Widow Season 3 and 4
December 20, 2017 | David Farnor
Walter Presents will begin the New Year with two new seasons of one of its best box sets to date: Black Widow.
The dark family saga shares elements with the Sopranos, only with an extra shot of adrenaline. It follows … Read More
Tin Star draws in over 16 million viewers
December 20, 2017 | David Farnor
Sky Atlantic’s Tin Star has drawn in an average audience of more than 16 million viewers, as Sky viewers embrace binge-watching.
Racking up more than 1.7 million for each of its 10 episodes, the revenge thriller, Tin Star, starring BAFTA … Read More
New Grace and Frankie Season 4 trailer introduces Lisa Kudrow
December 20, 2017 | David Farnor
“Do you two know how lucky you are to have each other?” That’s Sheree in the new trailer for Grace and Frankie’s fourth season.
Who’s Sheree, you ask? That’s the same reaction she gets Frankie, as she waltzes into … Read More
Amazon passes on 2017 comedy pilots
December 19, 2017 | David Farnor
Amazon has passed on all of its comedy pilots released this autumn.
Amazon’s pilot season format has been a key part of developing original shows for Amazon Prime Video, with individual episodes released publicly online and audience feedback used to … Read More
YouTube Red drops Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me 2 following director’s sexual misconduct confession
December 19, 2017 | David Farnor
YouTube has dropped Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me 2 from its upcoming slate of original titles, following the filmmaker’s confession to sexual misconduct.
The director, who became a famed documentarian with his fast food film Super Size Me, posted on … Read More
Greg Davies records Netflix special
December 19, 2017 | David Farnor
Greg Davies is the latest British comedian to record a stand-up special for Netflix.
The streaming service has increasingly stepped up its stand-up game in recent years, signing a wealth of big US names to step behind the mic and … Read More
CBeebies launches interactive version of The Snow Queen
December 18, 2017 | David Farnor
CBeebies has launched a new interactive version of The Snow Queen on its app.
The Snow Queen, narrated by actress Wunmi Mosaku, tells the tale of Gerda, a young village girl who is on a quest to save her best … Read More
