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

Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. join NOW TV Entertainment line-up

Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. are now available to watch online on NOW.

Sky’s VOD service allows viewers to watch SKy channels both live and on demand without a Sky contract. For £9.99 a month, you get streaming access to the … Read More

Crossing Lines Season 2 to premiere on Amazon Prime Instant Video in August

Season 2 of Crossing Lines will have its World Premiere on Amazon Prime Instant Video on Friday 15th August 2014.

Starring William Fichtner (Elysium, Prison Break), Golden Globe-winner Donald Sutherland (The Hunger Games) and Tom Wlaschiha (Game of Thrones), the … Read More

Netflix picks up Congo documentary Virunga

Netflix, the world’s leading Internet TV network, has acquired the rights to Grain Media’s acclaimed documentary Virunga, an extraordinary look inside the battle for the heart of the Congo.

The film follows an embattled team of park rangers at Virunga … Read More

Trailer: Ocean documentary Mission Blue swims onto Netflix on 15th August

Netflix original documentary Mission Blue will be released on Friday 15th August, the same day that it is released in US cinemas.

Directed by The Cove’s Fisher Stevens and Robert Nixon (Gorillas in the Mist), the documentary took more than … Read More