Raindance Web Fest returns for 2015

The Raindance Web Fest will return for its third year running this September, Raindance has announced.

The dedicated digital series festival, which takes place during the Raindance Film Festival on 25th to 27th September, will feature a packed schedule of … Read More

Netflix buys rights to Australian comedy series Utopia

Netflix has bought the rights to Utopia – no, not that one.

The Australian political comedy, made by Working Dog Productions, follows the goings-on at the Nation Building Authority, a fictitious government agency responsible for major infrastructure works Down … Read More

Channel 4 commissions shorts starring The Last Leg host

Channel 4 has commissioned a series of shorts starring Alex Brooker.

The host of The Last Leg is also an ambassador for disability charity Scope, who will partner with the broadcast for the shorts.

Titled What Not To Do, the … Read More

Over 60m global viewers watching BBC iPlayer for free

Over 50 million people around the world are watching BBC iPlayer for free, according to new research.

BBC iPlayer is a service for UK users, funded by the licence fee, but a study by GlobalWebIndex, which interviewed around 47,000 people … Read More

We Are Colony raises $2m in funding

UK streaming service We Are Colony has raised $2m in seed funding.

The VOD market has become increasingly crowded with services as well as content, making it more important than ever for companies to differentiate their offering. We Are Colony … Read More

YouTube builds SVOD service – but is missing big TV bricks

YouTube is beginning to build its subscription VOD service – but the company is still missing crucial bricks.

The video site’s entry into the subscription streaming race has been long mooted, as Google attempts to establish its service as a … Read More

MUBI signs first theatrical deal to co-distribute Arabian Nights

MUBI has signed its first theatrical deal to co-distribute Arabian Nights.

The SVOD service, which specialises in arthouse and independent movies, has partnered with New Wave Films to co-distribute the theatrical, home entertainment and VOD release for Miguel Gomes’s three-part … Read More

Hopster expands Apple TV reach into 100 new countries

Hopster has expended its Apple TV reach into 100 new countries.

The kids entertainment subscription service first launched on Apple’s set top box in May 2015, but is now rolling out to more territories. It is already live in … Read More

True Blood to stream on Sky and NOW TV this summer

True Blood will be available to stream on-demand on Sky and NOW this summer.

Based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris, the Golden Globe-nominated series is created by American Beauty’s Alan Ball and finally reached the end of … Read More

The delicate formula for binge-watching

Binge-watching has become a term bandied about a lot in the video on-demand age. People binge on the latest Netflix series. They binge on Sky and NOW’s “box sets”. But what is binge-watching? And what makes people do it?

A … Read More