YouTube reaches more young people than commercial TV, claims study

YouTube reaches more young people than any commercial TV channel, claims one new study.

The research, commissioned by the video site, was run by Comsore and uses ratings data from BARB and findings from a YouGov survey. It found that … Read More

More than half of OITNB fans go back for repeat viewings

More than half of Orange Is the New Black fans go back for repeat viewings, new research from Netflix reveals.

The streaming giant is famously secretive about its viewing figures and user behaviours – earlier this month, the site announced … Read More

Eat the World: Amazon orders original cooking series

Amazon is serving up a new cooking docuseries for Prime Video subscribers.

Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on 2nd September. The show will follow Emeril Lagasse (Emeril Live, Top Chef) and some of … Read More

Skylanders, Spy Kids, Kong Season 2: Netflix unveils new original kids’ slate

Not content with just announcing further details of Guillermo del Toro’s Trollhunters, Netflix is continuing to place an emphasis on its original kids’ content with five new animated series.

“At Netflix, we invest in stories that our members will love … Read More

Sky Movies to relaunch as Sky Cinema

Sky Movies is relaunching this July as Sky Cinema.

Sky’s movie platform has been a long-established part of its paid TV service, but has found itself increasingly competing with newer SVOD rivals such as Netflix in recent years. Now, it’s … Read More

Netflix builds comedy line-up with David Brent and Handsome detective

Netflix continues to build its comedy line-up with two new acquisitions this week.

The first is Ricky Gervais’ David Brent movie. The spin-off from his sitcom The Office, called Life on the Road, sees a documentary crew catch up with … Read More

The Living and the Dead box set to premiere exclusively on BBC iPlayer

The Living and the Dead will premiere exclusively on BBC iPlayer on Friday 17th June.

All episodes of the eerie series, starring Colin Morgan, will be released at once as a box set for binge-viewing before the show begins its … Read More

BBC Three orders documentaries exploring US hate crimes

BBC Three has ordered a new string of documentaries investigating hate crimes in the USA.

At a time when accusations of race prejudice are dominating the US political debate, and the LGBT community is facing new state legislation aimed against … Read More

Cannibal horror Tear Me Apart to hit VOD following June premiere

Cannibal horror Tear Me Apart will land on VOD immediately following its UK theatrical premiere this June.Read More

UKTV Play launches revamped website

UKTV Play has been given a fresh lick of paint online with the launch of a new and improved website.

The VOD service’s revamped design places a new emphasis no the diversity of content available to catch up with: the … Read More