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Penny Dreadful Season 3: Watch the full trailer
April 11, 2016 | David FarnorThe full trailer has now been released for Penny Dreadful’s third season and, in case you didn’t think darkness was soon going to be upon us, the video quickly puts any doubts to rest. “Darkness will soon be upon us,” … Read More
Viewster reassures anime fans after closure of OMAKASE subscription service
April 10, 2016 | David FarnorViewster has reached out to reassure anime fans following the closure of its OMAKASE subscription service.
The site, which launched in 2007, is a free, ad-supported service that offers thousands of anime titles to customers around the world, including the … Read More
First images from Netflix’s Gilmore Girls revival released
April 9, 2016 | David FarnorNetflix has released a whole bunch of new images from its Gilmore Girls revival.
The reboot will consist of four episodes of 90 minutes, each one covering a different season over the course of one calendar year.
Since the … Read More
BBC Three orders new documentaries from Stacey Dooley and Reggie Yates
April 9, 2016 | David FarnorBBC Three has ordered new documentaries from Stacey Dooley and Reggie Yates.
The two presenters have proven vital to the channel’s continuing commitment to factual programming, with Yates recently winning Best Presenter at the RTS Awards for Extreme Russia and … Read More
BBC Three viewing figures revealed: Thirteen most popular, as views rival Sherlock
April 9, 2016 | David FarnorBBC Three has released its first viewing figures since becoming an online channel – and Thirteen is leading the pack.
BBC Three switched from traditional to digital broadcast six weeks ago and, in that time, it has already unleashed a … Read More
Amazon signs first global anime deal with Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
April 8, 2016 | David FarnorAmazon has snapped up the global rights to Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress – its first global anime acquisition.
Kabaneri, which is available to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video from today, is the first series from Fuji TV’s “noitaminA” … Read More
Netflix renews Project Mc2 for two more seasons
April 8, 2016 | David FarnorNetflix has renewed Project Mc2 for two more seasons, set to arrive later this year.
The Daytime Emmy-nominated series was produced by Netflix in association with MGA, the company behind the Bratz dolls. Alongside a string of short-form videos produced … Read More
John Leguizamo, Andrea Riseborough and Owen Teague join Netflix’s Bloodline Season 2
April 8, 2016 | David FarnorBloodline returns for a second season in May – and it’s bringing with it a host of new characters.
If you thought Danny was the start of the Rayburn family’s troubles, wait until you meet his relatives. At the beginning … Read More
Life and Death Row: Love Triangle series to land on BBC Three in April
April 7, 2016 | David FarnorBBC Three is aiming to out-Serial Serial with its new true crime documentary series, Life and Death Row: Love Triangle, which arrives later this month.
The online channel’s first serialised documentary made exclusively for digital audiences, Love Triangle follows on … Read More
Hannibal Buress documentary lands on Netflix this Friday
April 7, 2016 | David FarnorNetflix has announced a new comedy documentary for release this week.
Hannibal Takes Edinburgh, a feature-length film following Hannibal Buress at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, will be released globally on the VOD service on Friday 8th April.
Filmed over the … Read More