VOD News
News about video on-demand services, new releases on Netflix UK and online video video.
Facebook steps up live video service
April 7, 2016 | David FarnorFacebook is stepping up its live video service by several gears this month, with the announcement of a host of new features.
Live-streaming has become the main arena in which the online video giants are battling it out, with the … Read More
2016 Webby Award nominees announced
April 7, 2016 | David FarnorThe 2016 Webby Award nominees have been announced and VR has officially entered the streaming race.
Established way back in 1996, The Webbys is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS) – a 1,000+ member judging … Read More
UKTV Play expands reach with Freeview Play launch
April 6, 2016 | David FarnorUKTV Play is coming to Freeview Play later this year.
UKTV’s VOD service, which offers catch-up and live content from the broadcaster’s range of TV channels, is expanding its reach by joining Freeview Play’s array of streaming services.
Freeview Play, … Read More
MUBI snaps up exclusive streaming rights to festival favourites
April 6, 2016 | David FarnorMUBI has snapped up the exclusive streaming rights for a plethora of recent festival hits, including Berlinale Panorama opener I, Olga and Mathieu Amalric’s The Blue Room.
The subscription site, which curates a range of world and classic cinema, adds … Read More
Amazon and BBC team up for French fashion drama, The Collection
April 5, 2016 | David FarnorAmazon and BBC Worldwide have teamed up to produce a new French fashion drama. The Collection, produced by Lookout Point, is an eight-part series, set in the world of French haute couture just after the Second World War.
The … Read More
All 4 expands Watch Live streaming to Android
April 5, 2016 | David FarnorChannel 4 has launched All 4’s Watch Live feature on Android devices.
Live-streaming can seem like something of an oddity in the on-demand age, but mobile devices and computers have made being able to stream television live wherever audiences are … Read More
Netflix snaps up ITV Marcella for international distribution
April 4, 2016 | David FarnorNetflix has snapped up ITV’s Marcella for international distribution.
The show, which is created by The Bridge’s Hans Rosenfeldt, is purported to bring that Nordic noir sensibility to London, with Anna Frield starring in the thriller as a detective returning … Read More
The Fundamentals of Caring gets June Netflix release date
April 4, 2016 | David FarnorNetflix will release Sundance hit The Fundamentals of Caring this June..
The film, which closed the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, was snapped up by the streaming giant for a record-breaking sum. Based on the novel by Jonathan Evison and written, … Read More
Sky Atlantic to air Alan Partridge state-of-the-nation documentary
April 3, 2016 | David FarnorAfter the success of the second season of his Mid Morning Matters, Alan Partridge is bouncing back again to make a new documentary for Sky Atlantic.
The one-off, one-hour special, titled Alan Partridge’s Scissored Isle, will see him attempt to … Read More
Fortitude Season 2: First look images
April 3, 2016 | David FarnorAmid the usual swirl of rumours, cast announcements and cancellations, one piece of TV news may have passed you by this week: our first look at Season 2 of Fortitude.
Sky’s original Arctic crime drama, part Broadchurch and part X-Files, … Read More