Sky and A+E Networks extend agreement across Europe

A+E Networks and Sky have extended and strengthened their long-term partnership this week. The renewed deal will see Sky distribute the US network’s portfolio to Sky’s 22.4 million customers across the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany and Austria.

The pan-territory partnership … Read More

VOD film review: Kicks

Lyrical, gritty, moving and ambitious, this study of boys trying to be men is a directorial debut from a striking new talent.Read More

BBC Store closes after failing to beat online competition

The BBC is closing its digital video service BBC Store, after the site failed to compete with a crowded online marketplace.

The pay-per-view shop, which only launched a matter of months ago, was designed to give BBC viewers a place … Read More

Cleopatra TV series in the works at Amazon

Cleopatra, once brought to life in 1963 by Elizabeth Taylor in one of the most expensive movies ever made, is returning to the screen.

This time, though, the famous Egyptian queen is aiming much smaller, with a TV series … Read More

Netflix UK TV Review: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt continues to be one of the smartest comedies out there.Read More

Facebook to spend up to $250k per show as original video plans flourish

Facebook is willing to spend up to $250,000 per show as its original video plans seriously step up a gear.

The social network has increasingly embraced video in recent years, seeking to build a video sharing community that will boost … Read More

“I’ll see you on the other side”: Baz Luhrmann’s The Get Down cancelled by Netflix

The Get Down will not return for a second season.

Baz Luhrmann’s inventive tale of hip-hop, the streets, and 70s New York was the director’s first foray into the small screen, and one of Netflix’s highest profile originals of … Read More

First look Walter Presents TV review: Black Widow (Penoza)

Just when you think you’re out, they pull you back in. So goes the gangster’s motto, a time-honoured fact of thug life that dates all the way back to the Corleone family. Black Widow (known as Penoza in its home … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On

Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On is a six-part Netflix docu-series that aims to broaden the scope of the original feature-length doc of the same title, which focused on a small group of female amateur porn actors in Miami. The result … Read More

What’s coming soon to Netflix UK in June 2017?

After May’s bumper crop of Netflix originals, June is light on the ground this year – if, by light on the ground, you mean the fifth season of Orange Is the New Black, picking up from That season finale and … Read More