Despacito smashes 4 billion views barrier

If you haven’t been watching the music video for Despacito on a loop this summer, you’ve been doing the Internet wrong. The song, which is performed by Luis Fonsi and features Daddy Yankee, has dominated airwaves and playlists for weeks … Read More

Why you should be watching Mindhunter on Netflix

More talk show than crime thriller, Mindhunter is a gripping study of our fascination with criminals.Read More

Mobiles to make up half of viewing by 2020

Mobile devices are expected to make up half of all streaming by 2020.

New research by Ericsson predicts that the ubiquity of mobile viewing will continue to grow – perhaps even to a point where mobile viewing overtakes fixed-screen viewing.

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New trailer for Netflix’s Joan Didion documentary

Netflix has released a trailer for its upcoming documentary about Joan Didion.

Across more than 50 years of essays, novels, screenplays, and criticism, Joan Didion has been one of America’s premier chroniclers of the ebb and flow of the country’s … Read More

Maria Doyle Kennedy and Ed Speleers join Outlander Season 4

Maria Doyle Kennedy and Ed Speleers have been cast in the fourth season of Outlander. The pair will take on two key roles in the historical fantasy drama, which is based on the books by Diana Gabaldon.

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First look UK TV review: Norskov

When it comes to Scandinavian TV, us Brits like to focus on plot. The winding, expansive narratives. The script, which gives time to find nuances in both the lives of victims of crime and the detectives investigating them. The gripping … Read More

David Fincher explains why Mindhunter ended up at Netflix not HBO

This week sees the premiere of Mindhunter, Netflix’s new original series from David Fincher. The show is executive produced by the Se7en and Fight Club director and Charlize Theron, and is based on the 1996 book Mind Hunter: Inside the … Read More

London Film Festival reviews: Small Town Crime, Redoubtable, Gemini, The Shape of Water

With Netflix, Amazon, MUBI and more all taking to London’s Leicester Square to showcase a diverse range of films, we head to the London Film Festival to review the latest films – and TV shows – either looking for distribution … Read More

Female directors bring comedy Horror Shorts to Sky this Halloween

A spooky collection of comedy Horror Shorts is arriving on Sky this Halloween, directed by an all-female line-up.

Curated and produced by the award-winning Merman team of Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford (Catastrophe, Bliss), the collection brings together some of … Read More

33,000 caught using iPlayer without a TV Licence

More than 33,000 young people between the ages of 18 and 25 were caught watching live TV or BBC programmes on iPlayer without a TV Licence in the past year.

Recent research by TV Licensing shows BBC iPlayer continues to … Read More