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Movies Anywhere: Hollywood studios team up for cross-platform digital locker
October 14, 2017 | VOD News
Hollywood is finally coming up with the answer to the fragmented nature of the online streaming world with the launch of a new service, Movies Anywhere.
The digital locker is a free app and website that collates movies that have … Read More
iPlayer streams 6 comedy-horror shorts for Halloween
October 14, 2017 | VOD News
BBC iPlayer is streaming six comedy-horror shorts this Halloween.
Commissioned by BBC Writersroom, Fright Shorts is a series of five-minute films, written by six brand new Northern Ireland comedy writers. Selected from hundreds of applicants from an open call by … Read More
The Weekly MUBI Digest | 14th October
October 14, 2017 | VOD News
MUBI took us to the London Film Festival this week, with the exclusive online release of Spell Reel, following its big screen premiere. As well as looking forward, MUBI continues to look back, both at Takashi Miike’s work – ahead … Read More
Amazon UK TV review: Lore Season 1
October 13, 2017 | David Farnor
Amazon’s podcast adaptation is an uneven but undoubtedly unique slice of horror television.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Riverdale Season 2, Episode 1
October 13, 2017 | Martyn Conterio
Riverdale returns to our screens in style, as the gang rally around Archie.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Combat Shock (1984)
October 13, 2017 | Anton Bitel
Giovinazzo’s sleazy slice of gonzo filmmaking is a gritty riposte to Reagan’s yuppified American Dream.Read More
The 90s on Netflix: Hook (1991)
October 13, 2017 | Mark Harrison
Spielberg’s post-modern Pan has some happy thoughts, but loses its marbles.Read More
Despacito smashes 4 billion views barrier
October 13, 2017 | VOD News
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
October 12, 2017 | David Farnor
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
October 12, 2017 | VOD News
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.
