From streaming news to kids’ iPlayer: BBC expands online plans as cuts loom

The BBC is expanding its online plans for an open, more distinctive BBC, as the organisation acknowledges it will have to face tough choices.

Speaking today in the face of looming cuts and ahead of next year’s Royal Charter renewal, … Read More

Netflix announces first Japanese original series, Hibana

Update: Hibana: Sparks will be available on Netflix UK from 2nd June 2016.

Netflix has announced its first Japanese original series.

The streaming giant will produce an adaptation of Hibana, the novel by Naoki Matayoshi.

The novella by the … Read More

Freeview Play connected TV service to launch in October

Freeview Play is coming to UK living rooms this October.

The new connected TV service from Freeview, which helped to take the UK from analogue to digital with its commitment to commitment-free TV reception, will operate in a similar way … Read More

BBC iPlayer and BBC Four team up for theatre Live from Television Centre

BBC iPlayer and BBC Four are teaming up to bring theatre Live from Television Centre to your living room.

The collaboration between the Beeb and Battersea Arts Centre and Arts Council England will bring together independent theatre-makers not just from … Read More

BBC iPlayer struts new line-up for 2015 London Fashion Week

BBC iPlayer is strutting its stuff ahead of the 2015 London Fashion Week, with a line-up of three exclusive programmes featuring model Abbey Clancy, singer Lianne La Havas and fashion vlogger Grace Victory.

The BBC has been placing an increasing … Read More

New Arrow Season 4 trailer gives first look at Diggle’s costume

A new trailer has arrived for Arrow Season 4 and it gives us a first look at Diggle’s new costume.

John Diggle has been a loyal sidekick for three seasons now, but with Oliver Queen hanging up his bow at … Read More

New Danger Mouse trailer arrives as Richard Ayoade joins cast

“The following contains scenes of EXTREME DANGER,” warns the latest trailer for Danger Mouse, before the sneak preview introduces us to our hero’s inflatable danger trunks.

The BBC’s animated reboot arrives this month, just in time for the new James … Read More

Dogwoof offers digital SuperTicket for Cartel Land cinema release

Cartel Land is released in UK cinemas today and Dogwoof is offering digital SuperTickets to those who see the film in the first week of its run.

Dogwoof, which has established itself as both a leader in the documentary and … Read More

Borgen released exclusively on iTunes in the UK

Birgitte Nyborg fans, rejoice! Borgen has finally arrived on VOD in the UK.

UK distributor Arrow Films has snapped up the international digital rights to the Danish series and released all three seasons excluslvely on iTunes.

Adam Price’s drama stars … Read More

Netflix’s Narcos will return for second season

Netflix has commissioned a second season of Narcos.

The series, which chronicles the real-life stories of the US and Colombian efforts in the 1980s to battle Pablo Escobar and the Medellin drug cartel, premiered on Netflix around the world last … Read More