BBC iPlayer film review: Fear Itself

Fear Itself is the new film from Charlie Shackleton, director of the dizzying teen odyssey Beyond Clueless. Inspired in doses by Adam Curtis and Mark Cousins, this BBC iPlayer exclusive is a pulsating journey into the perpetual gloaming of doubt … Read More

Hands-on review: New NOW TV Box (2015)

A year ago, we gave you a run-down of each streaming media device on the UK market, from Chromecast to NOW. Sky’s little box, essentially a branded Roku, was already handicapped, thanks to its restriction of apps to only those … Read More

New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK this week (17th October 2015)

Not getting your art house fix from Netflix? Wish there were more indie films on Amazon Prime? Every week, we round up the new releases on MUBI, a subscription VOD service that hand-picks films from around the world and adds … Read More

VOD film review: Superbob

Brett Goldstein is on super form in this endearingly low-key comedy.Read More

Revealed: The top-earning stars on YouTube

What are you doing right now? If the answer isn’t starting your own YouTube channel, you may be missing a trick, judging by Forbes’ list of top-earning web celebs.

The list, which uses sources including interviews with managersm Nielsen and … Read More

Amazon Prime TV review: Mr. Robot Season 1 (Episodes 1 to 3)

If you’ve been anywhere near the Internet this year, you’ll have heard of Mr. Robot, the US TV show about a computer vigilante. A series about hackers? The very word sounds dated these days – the kind of noun that … Read More

VOD film review: Cooties

This superbly acted comedy-horror strikes the right balance between gore, humour and bad taste.Read More

Ofcom to regulate UK VOD from next year

Ofcom will become solely responsible for regulating video on-demand services in the UK from next year.

In 2010, Ofcom designated the Authority for Television On Demand (ATVOD) as a co-regulator to take the lead in regulating editorial content for video-on-demand … Read More

YouTube levels up Gaming platform with mobile streams

Facebook may be improving its video offerings, but YouTube continues to level up its gaming platform this week, with a host of new updates.

YouTube Gaming was launched earlier this year to combat rival Twitch, building upon an already substantial … Read More

Interview: Meet Abraham Attah, star of Beasts of No Nation

Beasts of No Nation is remarkable for many reasons. It’s Netflix’s first original film. It’s the first movie by Cary Fukunaga since True Detective. And it could be the movie that earns Idris Elba his first Oscar nomination. Most of … Read More