From streaming news to kids’ iPlayer: BBC expands online plans as cuts loom

The 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

Director: 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

Keanu 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

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

VOD film review: Buttercup Bill

Directors: 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

Update: 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)

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

Freeview Play connected TV service to launch in October

Freeview 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)

Tony 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

BBC 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