New Amazon Instant Video pilots to premiere on 28th August

Amazon’s latest round of pilots for original TV shows will premiere on Thursday 28th August, including talent ranging from Whit Stillman and Steven Soderbergh to Ron Perlman, Adam Brody, Chloë Sevigny and David Gordon Green.

After its second batch of … Read More

NOW TV introduces weekly sports pass to watch Premier League online without Sky

NOW has introduced a new weekly sports pass to allow fans to watch Premier League football online without Sky.

NOW’s sports pass was previously only available for a single day, giving fans without Sky live streaming access to all Sky … Read More

Breaking Bad is the most streamed programme in the UK

Breaking Bad is the most streamed programme in the UK, according to new research.

The study conducted by GfK is the first real insight we’ve had into subscription VOD trends. Indeed, we’ve written before about the lack of data available … Read More

Gotham will be available to watch online on Demand 5

Gotham will be released on Channel 5 in the UK this autumn.

The Warner Brothers series, one of the most anticipated shows of the year, draws on the origin story of a pre-Batman Gotham City and follows young Detective (and … Read More

BBC iPlayer usage up 342 per cent in five years

Usage of BBC iPlayer has soared 342 per cent in the last five years.

The Beeb’s VOD service notched up 260 million views in June 2014, up 9 per cent on the same month last year and up a staggering … Read More

NOW TV Box adds YouTube app

YouTube is now available on the NOW Box.

The device, by Sky, is effectively a branded Roku box, which plugs into your telly and turns it into a smart TV. While the price (£9.99) is attractive, the streaming media device’s … Read More

Breaking: Netflix went down last night, forcing people to actually talk to each other

UK homes were shocked last night went Netflix went down for at least one hour, forcing people to actually talk to each other.

Not in person, of course – on social media. These are some of the best tweets … Read More

The BFI Yearbook stats tell us one thing about UK VOD

The UK video on-demand market has grown a whopping 400 per cent in the last decade, according to the latest BFI Yearbook.

The annual report on the British film industry – here, and always worth a read – reveals … Read More

Wuaki.tv predicts the death of browser streaming within 2 years

Wuaki.tv has predicted the death of browser streaming within two years.

The UK streaming service, which offers both subscription and pay-per-view titles, has seen a huge increase in the number of movies and TV shows being streamed to Smart TVs … Read More

NOW TV now available on PS4 and Xbox One

NOW has joined the next generation of consoles.

Sky’s VOD service, which offers live and on-demand access to its TV channels and movies without a Sky contract, is now available on PS4 and Xbox One consoles.

Gidon Katz, Director … Read More