Under the Shadow, American Honey and I, Daniel Blake lead 2016 BIFA winners

The 2016 BIFA Awards took place last night – and I, Daniel Blake and American Honey dominated the list of winners.

Andrea Arnold’s road movie enjoyed sweet success, taking home the top prize of Best British Independent Film, as well … Read More

Westworld finale to be simulcast in UK

The Westworld Season 1 finale will be simulcast in the UK, Sky Atlantic has announced.

HBO’s sci-fi epic, based on the Michael Crichton movie of the same name, has been the talk of the autumn TV season, rivalling Game of … Read More

Virgin TV launches new kids app

Virgin TV will launch a new kids app next spring, as part of its overall revamp of its TV service.

The upgraded service from the pay-TV provider places a reinforced emphasis on simultaneous streaming around the home, as well as … Read More

Virgin launches new “TellyTablet”

Virgin Media has unveiled a new mobile device that it calls a “TellyTablet”.

The tablet is a “personal smart TV”, which is designed and built to watch television in HD quality around the home. Runing on Android OS (Marshmallow), it’s … Read More

Walk This Way adds award-winning dramas to VOD line-up

Walk This Way has added a wave of award-winning dramas to its already impressive collection of films released on VOD around Europe.

The digital distribution scheme, which is supported by the European Commission, gathers together and promotes films for straight-to-VOD … Read More

And Google’s most popular film of the year is…

As the nightmarish year that has been 2016 draws to a close, it’s time for people to bring out their top 10 lists of the year. But what were the most popular films of the year online? One good barometer … Read More

YouTube adds 4K live-streaming

YouTube now lets you stream videos live in 4K.

4K is the word of the day in the VOD world, with TVs, streaming boxes and platforms all stepping up their video quality to Ultra High Definition. YouTube, though, was ahead … Read More

Virgin TV launches revamped box

Virgin TV has launched a revamped set top box that brings streaming and on-demand viewing to the heart of Virgin Media’s TV service.

The new V6 box, which is powered by TiVo software and built for apps, is 4K-ready, supporting … Read More

Adam Rose joins Amazon’s pot comedy pilot

Adam Rose will co-star in Amazon’s pilot for its pot comedy series Budding Prospects.

Directed by Bad Santa’s Terry Zwigoff, the series is based on the TC Boyle novel of the same name, following three hapless city boys move from … Read More

Amazon has found its Man in the High Castle

Amazon has officially found its Man in the High Castle.

Despite being the titular character, the mysterious man is absent entirely from the first season of Amazon’s series, which is based on Philip K. Dick’s alt-history novel about life in … Read More