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News about video on-demand services, new releases on Netflix UK and online video video.
Trailer: Community Season 6 to air in UK on Sony TV
February 25, 2015 | David FarnorCommunity Season 6 will air in the UK on Sony TV.
Update: The trailer for Community Season 6 has been released – we’ve added it below.
The show, which was resurrected by Yahoo last year after its cancellation, will premiere … Read More
Netflix confirms production of Pee-wee’s Big Holiday
February 24, 2015 | David FarnorNetflix has confirmed that production is beginning on a new Pee-wee Herman film.
We first reported on the project, Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, last year, when it was rumoured to have moved to the streaming site. Now, Netflix has officially announced … Read More
Trailer: Trailer Park Boys Season 9 set for March Netflix release
February 24, 2015 | David FarnorTrailer Park Boys will return to Netflix UK for a ninth season next month.
The Canadian mockumentary series follows Ricky, Julian and Bubbles on their misadventures around Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
The show, which has amassed a … Read More
Hopster announces Android launch and signs DreamWorks deal
February 24, 2015 | David FarnorHopster is launching on Android, just as the company announced a new deal with DreamWorks Classics.
The multi-territory agreement gives the kids’ TV and learning service rights to seven titles, including Postman Pat, Rupert Bear, and Noddy in Toyland.
The … Read More
Trailer: Playing It Cool available to watch online in the UK on 2nd March
February 23, 2015 | David FarnorChris Evans. Michelle Monaghan. Aubrey Plaza. Ioan Gruffud. No, this isn’t the cast list for a summer blockbuster or smash hit comedy: this is the list of people who star in Playing It Cool, which will be released straight to … Read More
Amazon orders more original kids’ TV shows
February 23, 2015 | David FarnorAmazon has ordered more seasons of its original kids’ TV shows.
Creative Galaxy, Annedroids, Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street, and recent Annie Award winner Tumble Leaf have all had a second season greenlit by Amazon Studios. Amazon has … Read More
Netflix releases final House of Cards Season 3 trailer
February 23, 2015 | David Farnor“What are you looking at?”
House of Cards Season 3 returns on Friday – and Netflix has released another new trailer, just in case you’d forgotten.
Once again accompanied by the song Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of … Read More
Oscars 2015: The year the speeches said something
February 23, 2015 | David FarnorThe 2015 Oscars approached with the mildly uncomfortable knowledge that all 20 nominations for performances went to white actors. “Tonight, we celebrate the best and whitest… sorry, the best and brightest,” quipped host Neil Patrick Harris at the start of … Read More
Full list: 2015 Oscar winners and where to watch them online
February 23, 2015 | David FarnorBirdman, not Boyhood. That was the main message to take home from the 2015 Oscars, as Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s meta showbiz comedy swooped in to steal both Best Picture and Best Director away from Richard Linklater’s 12-years-in-the-making favourite.
Birdman ruled … Read More
Where to watch the 2015 Oscar-nominated short films online in the UK
February 21, 2015 | David FarnorThe 2015 Oscar-nominated short films are now available to watch online in the UK.
Shorts are usually a sadly overlooked part of the awards race. While feature films are wheeled out in front of UK cinema audiences earlier every year, … Read More