UK TV review: Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 9 (Battle of the Bastards)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

Was this it? Was this the moment television finally overtook cinema as the pre-eminent popular art form of our age? Given the mediocrity on display at the summer box office, versus what’s being served up to … Read More

MUBI will not launch in China this year

MUBI will not launch in China this year, following the cancellation of its deal with Huanxi.

The Asian entertainment company announced its agreement with the subscription streaming service at the start of the year. Huanxi said that it would invest … Read More

UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 11 (Vengeance Is Mine)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

It’s not easy being the head of the Jacobite Rebellion. Firstly, your nickname is Bonnie. Secondly, you look and sound like a petulant schoolboy. And thirdly, nobody in your war cabinet can agree on what the … Read More

UK TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 7 (Ebb Tide)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

Who’s the better boyfriend: Dr. Frankenstein or Dracula? Any TV show based around that question deserves to win all the awards. As Penny Dreadful Season 3 nears its conclusion, that dilemma has never been more keenly … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Scream Season 2, Episode 3

Warning: This contains spoilers.

Will she or won’t she? That’s the question we’re left with by the end of Episode 3 of Scream’s second season. It’s a significantly more exciting question than the previous one: Did she or didn’t she? … Read More

UKTV strikes landmark deal with Virgin Media to provide over 10,000 hours of entertainment

UKTV has inked a landmark deal with Virgin Media, giving Virgin Media customers access to more UKTV shows than on any other pay TV platform in the UK or Ireland.

The agreement will double the number of programmes available to … Read More

Why The Living and the Dead should be your next box set

More than your average ghost story, this creepy, character-driven drama is a pastoral horror show to savour.Read More

BBC breaks live-stream record with England vs Wales

BBC broke its own live-streaming record with the England vs. Wales match last week.

When it comes to online video, it’s easy to focus on catch-up and on-demand viewing, but live video is a crucial part of any broadcaster’s digital … Read More

Catch up TV reviews: Eurotrash, Gogglesprogs, Interview with a Murderer

What’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5.  

(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our … Read More

What’s leaving Netflix UK in June / July 2016?

Summer’s here and, like creatures of the night scuttling away from natural light, Netflix is about to see another wave of films and TV shows vanish from its line-up. So if you’re a fan or robots, aliens, singers, time-travelling cops … Read More