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Interview: Rob Burnett talks Netflix’s The Fundamentals of Caring
June 19, 2016 | Nathanael SmithThe Fundamentals of Caring is the latest Netflix Original acquired by the streaming site, a thoroughly charming indie in which Paul Rudd cares for a teenager with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) – played brilliantly by Craig Roberts. Before its release … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Dazed and Confused
June 19, 2016 | Mark HarrisonThe ultimate Netflix and chill movie.Read More
Advertising your business on YouTube? There’s an app for that
June 19, 2016 | VOD NewsHoping to advertise on YouTube? There’s an app for that, as the video site targets small businesses.
YouTube is always keen to emphasise its potential for advertisers. This week, research commissioned by the streaming giant highlighted its engagement with younger … Read More
Why you should be watching UnREAL on Amazon Prime Video
June 19, 2016 | Helen ArcherThere is something very fitting about the fact that it was Lifetime which picked up the darkly brilliant drama UnREAL last year. The natural home of the kind of output popular with predominately female viewers – from TV movies that … Read More
Amazon pilot reviews: The Interestings, The Last Tycoon, Little Big Awesome and more
June 18, 2016 | David FarnorAmazon’s summer 2016 pilot season is here, with two adult dramas and six kids’ series available for anyone (including non-Amazon Prime Video subscribers) to stream for free. Audience feedback is then used to choose which pilots get commissioned to become … Read More
YouTube reaches more young people than commercial TV, claims study
June 18, 2016 | VOD NewsYouTube reaches more young people than any commercial TV channel, claims one new study.
The research, commissioned by the video site, was run by Comsore and uses ratings data from BARB and findings from a YouGov survey. It found that … Read More
This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (18th June)
June 18, 2016 | VOD NewsHeard of BFI Player? Well, there’s also BFI Player+, a subscription service that offers an all-you-can-eat selection of hand-picked classics.
Every Friday, Mark Kermode highlights one of the collection’s titles with a video introduction. This week, it’s Elena, Andrey Zvyagintsev’s … Read More
10 years on: How YouTube’s Lonelygirl15 help invent the web series
June 18, 2016 | David FarnorSay the words “Lonelygirl15” to someone these days and you’ll likely be met with faint recognition. “Oh yeah, that YouTube hoax”, they might say. “How long ago was that?” The answer is 10 years ago.
16th June 2006. That was … Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Violators
June 18, 2016 | Ian LoringWith strong performances and a world that is filled with truth, The Violators is worth a watch, but feels like it could have been more.Read More
New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (18th June 2016)
June 18, 2016 | VOD NewsNot getting your art-house fix from Netflix? Wish there were more indie films on Amazon Prime Video? Every week, we round up the new releases on MUBI, the subscription VOD service that hand-picks new and old classics from around the … Read More















