VOD News
News about video on-demand services, new releases on Netflix UK and online video video.
Netflix is cracking down on proxies
January 14, 2016 | David FarnorNetflix is cracking down on people using proxies to access different versions of the streaming service.
The VOD giant has proven itself a disruptive force in the film and TV industry, releasing titles such as Beasts of No Nation or … Read More
Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle available for free this weekend
January 14, 2016 | David FarnorAmazon is making Mozart in the Jungle available for free to everyone this weekend, in celebration of its success at the Golden Globes last weekend.
Based on Blair Tindall’s memoir of the same name, the comedy series follows the New … Read More
The 2016 Oscar nominees and where to watch them online
January 14, 2016 | David FarnorThe 2016 Oscar nominees have been announced and Netflix has bagged two nominations – but none for Beasts of No Nation.
The streaming company’s first feature film, which was released in cinemas and online last year, began the awards race … Read More
Robot Wars will return to BBC Two
January 13, 2016 | David FarnorRobot Wars will return to BBC Two. This is not a drill.
Sergeant Bash. Matilda. Sir Killalot. If those names are already sending a mechanical chill up your spine, then prepare to activate your excitement circuits: BBC Two has commissioned … Read More
The Ellen Degeneres Show heads to ITV2
January 13, 2016 | David FarnorEllen DeGeneres is coming to UK – and not, perhaps, to where you might expect.
The hugely popular US talk show has joined the ITV family, with the show set to premiere on British screens on ITV2.
The show started … Read More
Amazon’s The New Yorker Presents gets February release date
January 12, 2016 | David FarnorAmazon has confirmed that The New Yorker Presents will premiere in February.
The first non-fiction show developed by Amazon’s original content arm was commissioned for a full season following its pilot last year. The series is based on content from … Read More
Amazon unveils Bosch Season 2 trailer – and release date
January 12, 2016 | David Farnor“There is a random feel to this city,” says Bosch in the new trailer for the show’s second season.
It’s the kind of cliched thing you expect to hear a detective say in their detective voiceover – and Amazon’s original … Read More
Good Girls Revolt officially cancelled, “will not air on another network”
January 12, 2016 | David FarnorGood Girls Revolt has officially been cancelled and will not air on another network.
The show, which premiered on Amazon Prime Video last year, was inspired by the landmark sexual discrimination cases covered in Lynn Povich’s book of the same … Read More
Obama’s final State of the Union to stream on YouTube and Amazon
January 11, 2016 | David FarnorBarack Obama will go down in history as the Digital President – and he’s not about to let his online title slide, with his final State of the Union address able to stream on YouTube and Amazon.
YouTube has become … Read More
BBC iPlayer releases trailer for original film The Rack Pack
January 11, 2016 | David Farnor“I’m an entertainer…” says Alex “Hurricane” Higgins in the new trailer for BBC iPlayer’s The Rack Pack.
Played by Luke Treadaway, the snooker legend lives up to that claim, as the film – iPlayer’s first scripted feature – follows his … Read More