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Netflix and Amazon bag first BAFTA Kids nominations
October 28, 2017 | David FarnorNetflix and Amazon have bagged their first ever BAFTA Kids awards nominations this year.
The entertainment industry has seen its awards ceremonies increasingly disrupted by the presence of online streaming services, with Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale winning Outstanding Drama Series … Read More
Sky Store introduces more ways to Buy & Keep movies
October 28, 2017 | David FarnorSky Store is introducing more ways to Buy & Keep the latest blockbusters to customers.
Sky’s pay-per-view service lets people buy and rent movies online, offering films to Sky customers through their set top box or to non-customers through its … Read More
BBC iPlayer launches dedicated portal for Irish language and Ulster-Scots programmes
October 28, 2017 | David FarnorBBC Northern Ireland’s Ulster-Scots and Irish Language television programmes are now being made more widely available to audiences around the UK on BBC iPlayer.
As of this week, a wide collection of programmes, all of which have been supported by … Read More
Netflix claims to have 300 million viewers worldwide
October 27, 2017 | David FarnorEarlier this year, Netflix smashed through the 100 million customer mark, as people around the world subscribe to the VOD service. The streaming giant’s actual audience, though, may be as much as three times that.
Speaking to BusinessInsider about Stranger … Read More
Amazon greenlights Ken Block’s The Gymkhana Files
October 27, 2017 | David FarnorAmazon has greenlit The Gymkhana Files, a new unscripted series featuring famed motorsports star and entrepreneur Ken Block.
The eight-episode series will chart the making of Gymkhana 10, the recently-announced tenth installment of his award-winning, record-breaking Gymkhana Film series. The … Read More
Black: Netflix snaps up South Korean series for simultaneous streaming
October 27, 2017 | David FarnorNetflix has snapped up the rights to Black, a South Korean series.
The fantasy thriller is written by Choi Ran and directed by Kim Hong-sun, with a cast that includes Song Seung-heon, Go Ara, Lee El and Kim Dong-jun.
Produced … Read More
Mudbound: New trailer for Netflix’s Oscar contender
October 27, 2017 | David Farnor“Violence is part and parcel of country life,” says Carey Mulligan in the new trailer for Mudbound.
Netflix’s latest original film, snapped up at Sundance this year, follows two families who work the same land in the Mississippi Delta but … Read More
Stranger Things after show to launch with Season 2
October 26, 2017 | David FarnorStranger Things is getting its own after show, Netflix has revealed.
These days, you’re not a show if you don’t have your own after show – a programme about the programme that dissects the episode that has just broadcast. The … Read More
Michael Landes joins You Are Wanted Season 2
October 26, 2017 | David FarnorMichael Landers will co-star in Season 2 of Amazon’s You Are Wanted.
The streaming service’s first German original series is a tech thriller that follows Lukas Franke, a young hotel manager who finds himself the victim of a hacker. Created … Read More
Netflix raises $1.6bn extra funding for new content
October 25, 2017 | David FarnorNetflix is raising an additional $1.6 billion funding, as the streaming giant continues to step up its original content production.
The VOD service is selling almost $2 billion worth of notes to “qualified institutional buyers”. The proceeds from that wave … Read More