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Walter Presents begins New Year with Black Widow Season 3 and 4
December 20, 2017 | VOD News
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 | VOD News
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 | VOD News
“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 | VOD News
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 | VOD News
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 | VOD News
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 | VOD News
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
Apple orders space drama from Ronald D. Moore
December 16, 2017 | VOD News
Apple is preparing to put a rocket under its new video push, with the order for a new space drama from Ronald D. Moore.
Moore, who is something of a sci-fi legend after creating the Battlestar Galactica reboot, first cut … Read More
Matt Charman and George Clooney team up for Netflix Watergate series
December 16, 2017 | VOD News
George Clooney and Matt Charman are teaming up for a new Netflix series about Watergate.
The very name conjures up spectres of US politics past, from the shocking details of the 70s scandal to their various incarnations on the big … Read More
Disney to buy 21st Century Fox
December 15, 2017 | VOD News
Disney will officially buy 21st Century Fox, in a colossal merger worth $52.4 billion.
One of the biggest deals in media history, the agreement would see the largest studio by box office and the third-largest join together. The prospect of … Read More
