blinkbox reports record-breaking Christmas sales – and the rise of tablets

blinkbox had record-breaking sales this Christmas, as viewers increasingly turn to video on-demand as a way to purchase and rent movies.

Sales surged 245 per cent year-on-year on the Tesco-owned pay-per-view service during the Christmas period.

The rise of … Read More

Mr. Selfridge Season 2 released on iTunes before TV premiere

Photo: ITV

ITV’s period drama hit Mr. Selfridge has released its second season on iTunes three days ahead of its TV broadcast.

Hot on the heels of HBO’s decision to make Girls Season 3 available to watch online through Sky’s … Read More

Sky 1 snaps up 24: Live Another Day for TV and on-demand

Guess who’s back. Back again. Bauer’s back. Tell a friend… to sign up to Sky’s NOW, because Sky 1 has snapped up 24: Live Another Day.

The return of everyone’s favourite CTU agent/hero/torturer/angry father with a gun will be broadcast … Read More

Kon-Tiki directors helm Netflix Original series based on Marco Polo’s adventures

Photo: Kon-Tiki, directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg, who will helm Netflix’s new series

A Netflix Original series based on the escapades of Marco Polo is set to premiere this year on the Internet TV service.

The directors of … Read More

Netflix announces Lilyhammer Season 3 for 2014

Netflix must really like their original series Lilyhammer, because they’ve just announced Season 3 will be released on the Internet TV service in 2014.

The comic drama starring Steven Van Zandt (The Sopranos) as a mob fixer who enters the … Read More

Full list of 2014 Golden Globe winners – and where you can watch them online

American Hustle ended up the surprise big winner at last night’s Golden Globes, taking home three awards: Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), Best Actress (Musical or Comedy) for Amy Adams and Best Supporting Actress (Musical or Comedy) for Jennifer … Read More

“There’s good and evil on both sides”: Game of Thrones Season 4 trailer

The trailer for Game of Thrones Season 4 has landed – and from the opening shot of a flying you-know-what, it promises to be very bloody indeed.

When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die. … Read More

Game of Thrones Season 4 available to watch online in UK on NOW TV

Update: Episode 10 of Game of Thrones Season 4 is only available on NOW until Tuesday 15th July 2014. To watch the whole series, click here.

It’s finally happened. Game of Thrones Season 4 will be available to watch online … Read More

The Hobbit tops most pirated movies in 2013

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was the most pirated movie in 2013, according to TorrentFreak.

The first part of Peter Jackson’s trilogy racked up over 8 million downloads on the BitTorrent network last year, ahead of Django Unchained and Fast & … Read More

The year of 4K: Breaking Bad, House of Cards both to stream in Ultra HD on Netflix

2014 is all set to become the year of 4K, judging by what’s happening at the Consumer Electronics Show.

Netflix has confirmed at CES 2014 that future Netflix Original programmes will all be filmed and edited in 4K, including House … Read More