Amazon orders kids originals Bug Diaries and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

Amazon has ordered two new kids originals series: Bug Diaries and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters.

The Bug Diaries is an animated comedy series for preschoolers based on the books by best-selling author Doreen Cronin and best-selling Illustrator Harry Bliss. … Read More

Exclusive clip: Samuel L. Jackson in Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq

Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq is released in UK cinemas on Friday 2nd December – and we’ve got an exclusive from the film to give you a glimpse of its incendiary brilliance.

Inspired by the ancient Greek play “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes, the … Read More

Kevin Smith drops out of Amazon Buckaroo Banzai series

Kevin Smith has dropped out of Amazon’s Buckaroo Banzai TV series, following a legal challenge from MGM over the rights to make it.

MGM launched a lawsuit against Earl Mac Rauch and Walter Richter, the writer and director of the … Read More

ITV Hub now available on Google Chromecast

ITV Hub is now available on Google Chromecast.

The broadcaster’s VOD service relaunched last year as a digital hub for all of its channels, including live and catch-up content. As part of a new deal with AwesomenessTV, the site will … Read More

YouView unveils revamped interface

YouView has unveiled its revamped interface, which will be rolled out to all of its set top boxes this winter.

The upgraded menus and layout promise a slicker and faster way to browse what’s on TV, but there’s more than … Read More

A+E teams up with Simplestream to launch Blaze TV apps

A+E is teaming up with Simplestream to launch new streaming apps for its UK TV channel, Blaze.

A+E Networks’ first free-to-air channel in the UK, Blaze launched on Freeview and Sky in September. The channel aims to “raise the flag … Read More

BBC Three goes Inside Watford FC with Premier League football documentary

BBC Three will go Inside Watford FC this winter, with a new Premier League football documentary.

The four-part series aims to show what life is really like behind the scenes of a Premier League football club. Filmed throughout November and … Read More

National Lottery draw leaves BBC One to stream live on iPlayer and Facebook

The National Lottery draw results will no longer be broadcast live on BBC One, instead streaming live on BBC iPlayer and Facebook.

As part of a new three-year deal between Lottery organises Camelot and the BBC, the Lottery, which has … Read More

YouTube Kids introduces more parental controls

YouTube Kids is introducing more controls to give parents a better handle on what their children are watching.

Now almost two years old, the app designed for younger viewers has not had the smoothest infancy, with criticism over sponsored content … Read More

Amazon snaps up UK rights to Hulu’s The Path

Amazon has snapped up the exclusive UK rights to Hulu’s The Path.

Starring Aaron Paul, Michelle Monaghan and Hugh Dancy, the drama was commissioned by the US streaming site back in March 2015, before premiering online earlier this year.

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