Watch: Facebook takes on YouTube with new video platform

Facebook is officially stepping up its video game, with the launch of its new platform, Watch.

Facebook has been dipping its toes in the video arena for some time, as the social network attempts to compete with YouTube for online … Read More

Disney ditches Netflix US to start its own streaming service

Disney is ditching Netflix to start its own streaming service.

The surprise decision was announced yesterday by the House of Mouse in an earnings call with shareholders. If the words are sounding familiar, that is because Uncle Walt’s empire has … Read More

Research proves people do want legal streaming

One of the long-standing myths of the internet and online video is that everyone wants to see everything for free. This month’s HBO hack and the leak of Episode 4 of Game of Thrones’ seventh season saw some people – … Read More

CBS All Access is heading overseas

CBS All Access is heading overseas, buoyed by the positive buzz surrounding the upcoming release of Star Trek: Discovery.

The sci-fi franchise’s return was intended to be the flagship programme for the launch of the OTT app, helping to bring … Read More

Netflix acquires Mark Millar’s Millarworld

Netlix and Mark Millar are joining forces to bring his comic book creations to the world.

The streaming giant has acquired Millarworld, the comic book publishing powerhouse founded by the man behind Kick-Ass and Kingsman, labelling him “one of the … Read More

Amazon’s Black America and HBO’s Confederate: Two halves of the same alt-history coin

From Timeless and The Man in the High Castle to SS-GB, alt-history TV is having something of a moment, as writers, spurred on by the golden age of the small screen, seize the opportunity to imagine a different version of … Read More

Convicts and criminologists join Walter Presents summer line-up

Walter Presents is heading to Brazil and Belgium this summer on a holiday that embraces convicts and criminologists alike.

This August, get ready to be hooked on Belgium’s most neurotic and endearing detective: Professor T. The crime thriller follows the … Read More

Bardo: Netflix orders first Chinese-language original series

Netflix has ordered its first Chinese-language original series.

Bardo (擺渡身), which hails from Taiwan, is an eight-episode jailbreak thriller with a karmic dimension.

It follows the journey of Ah Quan, a good man who has descended into crime and … Read More

Box Set Britain: 8 in 10 admit to binge-viewing

It’s official: Britain has become a nation of telly addicts, as research from Ofcom shows just how normal binge-viewing has become.

40 million of us now watch episodes back-to-back, according to Ofcom, prompting it to dub the country “Box Set … Read More

You may soon be able to control BBC iPlayer with your voice

You may soon be able to control BBC iPlayer with your voice, judging by new tests undertaken by the BBC.

The Beeb has worked with Microsoft to build an experimental version of the catch-up service that uses artificial intelligence … Read More