VOD News
News about video on-demand services, new releases on Netflix UK and online video video.
David Gordon Green talks Amazon’s Red Oaks
July 28, 2014 | VOD NewsDavid Gordon Green has praised Amazon’s approach to his pilot for Red Oaks – one of the company’s new batch of five TV pilots released on Thursday 28th August.
The sitcom, produced by Steven Soderbergh, is set in a 1980s … Read More
First look at new Game of Thrones Season 5 cast
July 26, 2014 | VOD NewsThis video from Comic-Con gives us our first look at all the new cast members of Game of Thrones Season 5, which will include a whole host of Prince Oberyn Martell’s family, from Alexander Siddig as his brother, Doran, to … Read More
The Walking Dead Season 5 available to watch online in UK from Monday 13th October
July 26, 2014 | VOD NewsThe Walking Dead Season 5 UK release date has been confirmed by Fox as Monday 13th October – with a Season 5 Part 2 premiere of Monday 9th February 2015.
The series, based on Robert Kirkman’s graphic novels, will premiere … Read More
blinkbox now on Chromecast
July 25, 2014 | VOD Newsblinkbox is now available on Google Chromecast.
The media steaming device, which plus into an HDMI port and lets viewers use their laptop or tablet to browse and “cast” content from video apps to their TV, launched in the UK … Read More
Meet Simpsons World: Your new favourite TV channel. If you REALLY like The Simpsons.
July 25, 2014 | VOD NewsIf you were planning to go outside this summer bad news: FFX just came up with 552 reasons not to.
If you like yellow people eating their shorts and drinking Duff, say hello to your new favourite TV channel: SimpsonsWorld.com. … Read More
Why did BBC iPlayer go down?
July 23, 2014 | VOD NewsFans of Formula 1 and EastEnders would have noticed over the weekend that BBC iPlayer wasn’t working properly. As we reported this week, the BBC’s flagship VOD service experiences some severe downtime, as problems first surfaced on Saturday 19th July … Read More
BBC Worldwide to launch paid iPlayer service in 2015
July 23, 2014 | VOD NewsBBC Worldwide is preparing to launch its paid iPlayer service next year.
The broadcaster’s commercial arm released its annual report this week and included details of the online electronic sell-through store. The proposed paid shop, which will give customers access … Read More
Orange Is the New Black drives Netflix to 50 million members
July 22, 2014 | VOD NewsNetflix now has over 50 million members around the world in over 40 countries, the company has announced.
Revealing the company’s latest growth figures in its Q2 2014 report, the Internet TV giant has confirmed that within 15 years of … Read More
BBC iPlayer hit by technical problems
July 21, 2014 | VOD NewsBBC iPlayer has not been working for some users this weekend as the broadcaster’s website continues to be hit by technical problems.
The issues first became apparent on Saturday morning, when the BBC tweeted that some people were unable to … Read More
UK ISPs, industry and government team up to tackle online piracy
July 21, 2014 | VOD NewsUK ISPs, the government and industry bodies have teamed up to introduce a new campaign to tackle piracy.
The Creative Content UK initiative will begin with an awareness campaign designed to educate the public about legitimate online content services, … Read More















