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Labour criticise Osborne as Netflix pays zero corporation tax in UK
December 21, 2015 | VOD NewsLabour have criticised UK Chancellor George Osborne, as a new report emerges saying that Netflix paid zero corporation tax in the UK last year.
The VOD giant has around 70 million subscribers worldwide, each paying a monthly fee. With 40 … Read More
Macaulay Culkin reprises Kevin McCallister role in web series
December 20, 2015 | VOD NewsWhat would being left home alone in a house aged eight do to you? A new web series gives us the answer, as Macaulay Culkin reprises his role as Kevin McCallister from 1990’s Home Alone.
The former child star became … Read More
Netflix releases first episode of Making a Murderer for free on YouTube
December 20, 2015 | VOD NewsNetflix has released the first episode of Making a Murderer for free on YouTube.
The move is an unprecedented one for the streaming giant: Netflix has always operated behind a strict wall of secrecy, from concealing its ratings to not … Read More
Amazon picks up eight pilots and renews Red Oaks and Hand of God
December 20, 2015 | VOD NewsAmazon is stepping up its original content game, ordering full seasons from an unprecedented five out of its six latest adult pilots, as well as renewing two of its new original series.
Amazon Studios has had something of a game-changing … Read More
Amazon renews The Man in the High Castle for Season 2
December 19, 2015 | VOD NewsAmazon has renewed The Man in the High Castle for a second season.
The show, based on Philip K Dick’s novel, wowed us when it first arrived as one of the streaming service’s frequent pilots – and it had the … Read More
TalkTalk hires former Amazon exec to boost TV
December 18, 2015 | VOD NewsTalkTalk has hired a former Amazon exec to boost its TV service.
In the age of streaming and VOD, most major appointments have been at online forms, such as YouTube. They have tended to focus on snapping up talent from … Read More
Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Mackenzie Davis join Netflix’s Black Mirror
December 17, 2015 | VOD NewsGugu Mbatha-Raw and Mackenzie Davis have reportedly signed up to star in an episode of Netflix’s Black Mirror.
Charlie Brooker’s sci-fi anthology, which meshes The Twilight Zone with the quiet horrors of the technological age we now find ourselves in, … Read More
Trailer: Netflix’s Fuller House to land in February 2016
December 17, 2015 | VOD NewsNetflix’s new series, Fuller House, will land in February 2016.
The streaming giant announced the release date today, along with a teaser trailer for show, which continues the adventures that first began in 1987’s Full House. No, we don’t either.
Sneaky Pete to premiere on Amazon this January
December 17, 2015 | VOD NewsAmazon isn’t wasting any time at the start of 2017, kicking off its new year with the premiere of its new original series, Sneaky Pete.
Starring Giovanni Ribisi (Avatar), Marin Ireland (Side Effects), Margo Martindale (The Americans) and Michael Drayer … Read More
Netflix unveils House of Cards Season 4 teaser and 2016 release date
December 16, 2015 | VOD NewsThe first teaser trailer for House of Cards Season 4 has landed, along with the release date – and it comes with the official Frank Underwood seal of approval.
After three seasons that saw Kevin Spacey’s calculating politician scheme his … Read More















