VOD News
News about video on-demand services, new releases on Netflix UK and online video video.
Amazon suffers the axe again, as CBS scraps shows
October 21, 2016 | VOD NewsAmazon’s bad luck with US acquisitions continues this year, with CBS deciding to cancel both BrainDead and American Gothic.
US exclusives are a cornerstone of UK streaming services. While Netflix and Amazon in the US snap up British fare, such … Read More
Sky Q launches mobile app
October 21, 2016 | VOD NewsSky Q has launched a new mobile app, making it easier for customers to take their recordings wherever they go.
Sky Q was unveiled earlier this year as the broadcaster’s premium, next generation box, improving its visual quality, it’s interface … Read More
Australian swimming drama Barracuda dives onto BBC Three
October 21, 2016 | VOD NewsAll episodes of Barracuda are available on BBC Three from Saturday 17th December 2016.
BBC Three has bought the UK rights to Australian series Barracuda.
The deal with NBCUniversal International Distribution will see the swimming drama make a splash on … Read More
Things get personal in new trailer for The Crown
October 21, 2016 | VOD News“Might I suggest not being head of the church, or the state, or the army, or the navy, or the government…” snaps Prince Philip at Queen Elizabeth II in the new trailer for The Crown.
The latest glimpse of … Read More
Netflix goes Dark with first German original series
October 20, 2016 | VOD NewsNetflix has started principal photography on Dark, its first Germany original series.
Set in a German town in the present day, the show follows the disappearance of two young children, which exposes the double lives and fractured relationships among four … Read More
Frankie Boyle reunites with BBC iPlayer for US election autopsy
October 20, 2016 | VOD NewsFollowing the success of his Scottish Referendum and General Election Autopsy comedies, Frankie Boyle is reuniting with BBC iPlayer to dissect the 2016 US election.
American Autopsy will see the comedian at his acerbic best doing stand-up, review, discussion … Read More
Watch John Cleese recap the first six seasons of The Walking Dead
October 20, 2016 | VOD NewsWith less than a week to go until The Walking Dead Season 7 is available to watch in the UK, we’re all desperate to know who was chosen at the end of Season 6 – but in all the careful … Read More
Shudder officially launches in the UK
October 20, 2016 | VOD NewsShudder has officially launched in the UK and Ireland today, offering all-you-can-scream horror on-demand.
The subscription video service, backed by AMC Networks, first launched in the USA last year, growing to become the horror genre’s answer to Netflix.
The site’s … Read More
Walk This Way unleashes war film collection on VOD
October 19, 2016 | VOD NewsWalk This Way is declaring war this autumn, with a new collection of films themed around conflict set in Cambodia, Paris and Madrid.
The digital distribution scheme, which is supported by the European Commission, gathers together and promotes films for … Read More
New photos give us a closer look at BBC Three’s Class
October 19, 2016 | VOD NewsThere are only three days until BBC Three’s Doctor Who spin-off, Class, finally arrives.
Created Patrick Ness, the young adult series charts a course that navigates extra-terrestrial threats through the equally perilous galaxy of teenage hormones, exams and detention. … Read More
















