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From streaming news to kids’ iPlayer: BBC expands online plans as cuts loom
September 7, 2015 | VOD NewsThe BBC is expanding its online plans for an open, more distinctive BBC, as the organisation acknowledges it will have to face tough choices.
Speaking today in the face of looming cuts and ahead of next year’s Royal Charter renewal, … Read More
VOD film review: The Tribe
September 7, 2015 | David FarnorDirector: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy Cast: Grigoriy Fesenko Certificate: 18 Watch The Tribe online in the UK: Amazon Prime / BFI Player / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Google Play
55 per cent of communication is non-verbal. Body language, eye … Read More
John Wick: A hard-hitting revenge thriller
September 7, 2015 | David FarnorKeanu Reeves is undoubtedly back in this hard-hitting action thriller.Read More
Catch up TV reviews: Educating Cardiff, Modern Life is Goodish, Life Stories, Sugar Rush
September 6, 2015 | David FarnorWhat’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
VOD film review: Buttercup Bill
September 6, 2015 | David FarnorDirectors: Remy Bennett, Émilie Richard-Froozan Cast: Remy Bennett, Evan Louison, Pauly Lingerfelt Certificate: 15 Watch Buttercup Bill online in the UK: Curzon Home Cinema / Apple TV (iTunes) / Virgin Movies / EE / TalkTalk / Eircom / Amazon Instant … Read More
Netflix announces first Japanese original series, Hibana
September 6, 2015 | VOD NewsUpdate: Hibana: Sparks will be available on Netflix UK from 2nd June 2016.
Netflix has announced its first Japanese original series.
The streaming giant will produce an adaptation of Hibana, the novel by Naoki Matayoshi.
The novella by the … Read More
New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK this week (6th September 2015)
September 6, 2015 | VOD NewsNot 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
Freeview Play connected TV service to launch in October
September 5, 2015 | VOD NewsFreeview Play is coming to UK living rooms this October.
The new connected TV service from Freeview, which helped to take the UK from analogue to digital with its commitment to commitment-free TV reception, will operate in a similar way … Read More
Netflix TV review: Narcos (Episodes 2 to 5)
September 5, 2015 | Chris BryantTony Montana famously said “if you want a war, you got a war”. Pablo Escobar actually fought one. Continuing its rich blend of truth and past-tense fear-mongering, Narcos Season 1 lives up to the standards the fellow Netflix Originals have … Read More
BBC iPlayer and BBC Four team up for theatre Live from Television Centre
September 5, 2015 | VOD NewsBBC iPlayer and BBC Four are teaming up to bring theatre Live from Television Centre to your living room.
The collaboration between the Beeb and Battersea Arts Centre and Arts Council England will bring together independent theatre-makers not just from … Read More















