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News about video on-demand services, new releases on Netflix UK and online video video.
Melissa Leo isn’t afraid to make enemies in Netflix’s The Most Hated Woman in America
March 10, 2017 | David FarnorMelissa Meo isn’t afraid to make enemies in Netflix’s The Most Hated Woman in America. That much is clear from the trailer alone.
The Netflix original movie follows Madalyn Murray O’Hair, founder of the “American Atheists” movement and a pioneering … Read More
Vimeo launches 360-degree videos
March 9, 2017 | David FarnorVimeo now supports 360-degree videos.
In an age of VR and immersive video, 360-degree viewing is increasingly becoming expected of a streaming platform worth its salt. With YouTube, Facebook and Twitter all supporting the format for quite a while, then, … Read More
Amazon and Jill Soloway team up again for female rodeo series
March 9, 2017 | David FarnorAmazon and Jill Soloway are teaming up once again to develop a new series about an all-female rodeo.
Soloway, who was previously best known for Six Feet Under, struck gold with Amazon original series Transparent, which follows the identity struggles … Read More
Netflix UK: Pretty Little Liars Season 7 Part B gets April release date
March 9, 2017 | David FarnorPretty Little Liars Season 7 Part B will premiere in the UK on 19th April.
The show, which stars Ashley Benson, Tyler Blackburn, Troian Bellisario, Lucy Hale, Ian Harding and Andrea Parker, will return once again to our screens as … Read More
BBC One renews Taboo for Season 2
March 8, 2017 | David FarnorThe BBC has renewed Taboo for a second season.
The show, starring Tom Hardy, has been commissioned for another run, within a few weeks of Season 1 reaching its conclusion. Like the first season, Season 2 will span eight episodes, … Read More
The Man in the High Castle launches Resistance Radio
March 7, 2017 | David FarnorAmazon is inviting audiences to delve deeper into the world of The Man in the High Castle with the launch of a new digital station, Resistance Radio.
The best thing about Amazon’s original series, adapted from Philip K. Dick’s award-winning … Read More
Iron Fist’s Finn Jones returns to Twitter following diversity debate
March 7, 2017 | David FarnorIron Fist’s Finn Jones has returned to Twitter today, aftering deleting his account following a heated debate about diversity and the Netflix series.
The show, which completes the streaming giant’s quartet of Hell’s Kitchen Defenders, stars the Game of Thrones … Read More
Britain goes pay monthly, as access trumps ownership
March 7, 2017 | David FarnorBritain has gone pay monthly for the first time, as digital media booms, with access trumping ownership.
According to the Entertainment Retailers Association, spending on access to entertainment via subscription services like Netflix, Spotify and apps like Pokemon Go has … Read More
Netflix is in talks for more Gilmore Girls
March 6, 2017 | David FarnorThere may be more Gilmore Girls to come, Netflix has confirmed, as the streaming giant is in talks with the show’s creators about bringing the series revival back once more.
Last November saw the Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel’s mother … Read More
Indonesian fantasy series Halfworlds to premiere on Shudder UK
March 3, 2017 | David FarnorHBO Asia’s Halfworlds will premiere exclusively on Shudder in the UK this April.
AMC’s subscription VOD service, which is dedicated to horror from around the world, has snapped up the exclusive rights to the fantasy show.
The high-velocity programme, which … Read More