BBC Three doubles reach in successful first year

BBC Three has doubled its reach in its first year, as the online channel builds an audience on social media as well as on BBC iPlayer.

The decision to move BBC Three online was a controversial one, risking a reduced … Read More

Netflix UK film review: The Hangover

A shallow, immature film that skimps on everything except for the jokes. Read More

UK TV review: The Leftovers Season 3, Episode 3 (Crazy Whitefella Thinking)

With the final season of The Leftovers available all at once on-demand, we’ll be bringing you our thoughts on each episode one at a time. Warning: This contains spoilers.

“I am not a part of Kevin Junior’s story. He is … Read More

Top of the Lake Season 2 to premiere as BBC iPlayer box set

Top of the Lake Season 2 to premiere as a box set on BBC iPlayer

Top of the Lake returns this month for a second season – and it will be doing so with a vengeance, as all episodes land … Read More

UK TV review: Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 1

Begun, this great war has.Read More

Netflix comes of age with over 100m subscribers

Netflix has come of age this year, as the streaming service has smashed through the 100 million barrier for global subscribers.

The streaming service was founded 20 years ago, before the idea of streaming video on a mass scale was … Read More

Watch Kristen Bell sing Chasing Coral’s closing song

Chasing Coral arrived on Netflix worldwide this weekend, as Jeff Orlowski follows his Oscar-nominated Chasing Ice with an eye-opening documentary about the devastating impact climate change is having upon coral reefs.

Orlowski’s 2012 gem (also on Netflix UK) was nominated … Read More

MUBI to release Mimosas in UK cinemas this August

MUBI is releasing Cannes winner Mimosas in UK cinemas this August.

The subscription streaming service has made a name for itself in recent years as the go-to place to catch up with the hottest titles from the Croisette’s film festival, … Read More

YouTube adds GIF thumbnails for videos

YouTube is adding new GIF previews of uploaded videos to replace its traditional thumbnails.

Thumbnails on YouTube have long been a vital part of any vlogger’s strategy to attract viewers, as the right image, caption or taste of what a … Read More

What’s leaving Netflix UK in July / August 2017?

Summer. A time of sunshine, ice cream, strawberries and running to the nearest beach. Unless you’re Ian McKellen, David Bowie or Colin Firth, in which case you’ll be preparing to say goodbye to Netflix UK, as a range of cinematic … Read More