VOD News
News about video on-demand services, new releases on Netflix UK and online video video.
Curzon12: Curzon officially launches subscription streaming service
August 29, 2017 | David FarnorCurzon Cinemas has officially launched its own subscription streaming service, Curzon12.
The distributor, exhibitor and VOD provider has already established itself as a major player on the UK streaming scene, with day-and-date releases not just from its own Artifical Eye … Read More
BT Sport to stream live on Twitter
August 25, 2017 | David FarnorBT Sport has inked a deal with Twitter to stream some of its sports coverage live on the social network.
BT Sport Score, the football results show, will be available to anyone using Twitter in the UK. The agreement allows … Read More
Snapchat to debut first scripted original shows this year
August 24, 2017 | David FarnorSnapchat will debut its first scripted original series this year.
The mobile messaging service has made its name as one of the more creative apps out there, thanks to its use of mobile devices’ in-built cameras, animated filters and strings … Read More
How Netflix knows what you should watch next
August 23, 2017 | David FarnorWhen it comes to the modern TV world, the most important superpower anyone can have is knowing what to watch next on Netflix. The streaming giant, though, is one step ahead – and The Defenders is a good example of … Read More
Little Evil: Netflix unleashes trailer for horror comedy
August 23, 2017 | David FarnorThe director of Tucker and Dale vs. Evil is teaming up with Netflix to make a new horror comedy.
Called Little Evil, the film is written and directed by Eli Craig, the man behind the 2010 cult hit, which combined … Read More
Meet the bakers for Channel 4’s Bake Off
August 22, 2017 | David FarnorBake Off is back – but not quite as we know it. Channel 4’s new incarnation of the BBC’s baking show will officially kick off on Tuesday 29th August – one week today. And, while hosts Sandi Toksvig and Noel … Read More
Amazon joins BBC on Peter Moffat’s The Last Post
August 21, 2017 | David FarnorAmazon has boarded The Last Post, BBC’s new drama from Peter Moffat.
Set in the mid-60s in the shimmering heat of Aden (Yemen), the six-part drama centres on a unit of Royal Military Police officers and their families. Their job … Read More
Shudder snaps up six horror films ahead of 2017 FrightFest
August 21, 2017 | David FarnorHorror subscription streaming service Shudder has snapped up six films ahead of FrightFest this week.
The horror extravaganza kicks off on Thursday 24th August in London’s Leicester Square, bringing the best scares from around the world to a cinema full … Read More
YouTube launches “Breaking News” feed
August 21, 2017 | David FarnorYouTube is quietly launching a new Breaking News feed across its platform.
YouTube has been in the headlines for all kinds of wrong reasons in the last year, just at a point where Facebook is significantly stepping up its rivalry … Read More
The Expanse Season 2 set for September Netflix UK release date
August 19, 2017 | David FarnorThe Expanse Season 2 will premiere on Netflix UK this September.
The sci-fi series, from SyFy, is based on the New York Times bestselling book series by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, and unfolds across a colonised solar system 200 … Read More