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Netflix will help you lie to your kids this New Year’s Eve
December 29, 2015 | VOD News
Netflix will help you lie to your kids this New Year’s Eve with a series of countdown videos designed to trick your loved ones into thinking it’s midnight.
The streaming giant first began its annual deception last year, with a … Read More
Game of Thrones most downloaded TV of 2015, as major UK pirates jailed
December 28, 2015 | VOD News
Game of Thrones is once again the most pirated TV show of the year, according to TorrentFreak.
HBO’s fantasy epic was downloaded 14.4 million times in 2015 via BitTorrent, according to TorrentFreak, making it the most illegally watched series in … Read More
Interstellar and Furious 7 most pirated movies of 2015
December 28, 2015 | VOD News
Interstellar and Fast & Furious 7 were the most pirated movies of 2015, according to one company.
Piracy tracking firm Excipio monitored activity from the beginning of January through to Christmas Day, revealing that blockbusters were the most downloaded titles … Read More
ITV’s Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands gets early online premiere
December 28, 2015 | VOD News
ITV’s Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands is available to watch online before its TV broadcast for today only.
The new re-imagining of one of literature’s most epic tales stars Kieran Bew as the titular hero, with a cast that includes … Read More
Crunchyroll gets its own Christmas TV special
December 28, 2015 | VOD News
Crunchyroll had its own Christmas special this year on US TV – a rare feat for a VOD service.
The ad-supported site is one of the go-to places for legal streaming of anime in the UK, the US and other … Read More
Orphan Black Season 4 teaser trailer released
December 27, 2015 | VOD News
A new teaser trailer has been released for Orphan Black Season 4.
The Canadian sci-fi series, created by Graeme Manson and John Fawcett, stars Tatiana Maslay as Sarah Manning, a con artist who discovers that she is the product of … Read More
Narcos loses another showrunner ahead of Season 2
December 27, 2015 | VOD News
Narcos has lost another showrunner ahead of the show’s second season, after Adam Fierro departed just before Christmas.
Netflix’s original series, which chronicles the real-life stories of the US and Colombian efforts in the 1980s to battle Pablo Escobar and … Read More
Spotlight Stories: YouTube and Aardman team up for new interactive animation
December 23, 2015 | VOD News
YouTube and Aardman have teamed up to launch a new 360-degree video format, which Google has dubbed “Spotlight Stories”.
The new, festive short film builds upon a year of technical innovation from the streaming site, which has introduced both 360-degree … Read More
The Man in the High Castle becomes most-watched Amazon original show
December 22, 2015 | VOD News
The Man in the High Castle is now the most-watched Amazon original show to date.
The series, based on Philip K. Dick’s novel, has wowed audiences and critics alike, telling the story of an alternate history where World War II … Read More
BT TV becomes first TV service to offer Netflix 4K in the UK
December 21, 2015 | VOD News
BT TV has become the first TV service in the UK to offer Netflix in 4K.
Ultra HD has fast overtaken 3D as the next big thing for video quality in home entertainment – and streaming services have been quick … Read More
