New Sky+ box features keep Sky Movies up with the stream

Sky has rolled out a range of new updates for its set top boxes in an attempt to keep up with streaming rivals.

Sky launched its Sky+ boxes years before Netflix and Amazon Prime came along, but the broadcaster has … Read More

VOD film review: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Andrew Dominik’s visually stunning study of myth, fame and violence is a slow, assured, brilliantly acted Western.Read More

Netflix releases Beasts of No Nation character posters

Netflix has released new character posters for Beasts of No Nation.

The drama, written and directed by True Detective’s Cary Fukunaga, stars newcomer Abraham Attah as Agu, a child soldier torn from his family to fight in the civil war … Read More

VOD film review: War Book

Director: Tom Harper Cast: Adeel Akhtar, Nicholas Burns, Sophie Okonedo Certificate: 15 Watch War Book online in the UK: Vertigo On Demand / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play

Ever since the 1960s, the UK government … Read More

BBC iPlayer adds new Netflix-like features

BBC iPlayer is continuing its quest to become more like Netflix with a raft of new features launched today.

The Beeb’s catch-up service saw views slide significantly during the spring period, attributing a decline in activity to the competition it … Read More

Netflix releases final Narcos trailer

“With the money… came the violence.”

Netflix has released a new trailer for its original series, Narcos, and the show is starting to look like a seriously addictive substance.

The thriller tells the true story of the US and Colombian … Read More

UK-produced music videos given age ratings

Age ratings will now be displayed on UK-produced music videos on Vevo and YouTube.

“Clear” ratings will be added to videos on the streaming sites that are not suitable for children as part of a voluntary government initiative to … Read More

Students unsure when to pay TV Licence for streaming

Students are unsure whether they need a TV Licence for streaming television, according to a new study.

The report, conducted by TV Licensing, found that the majority of university students cannot tell the difference between what counts as “recorded TV” … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Hit Record on TV

“Ladies and gentlemen, please turn on all recording devices,” announces a polite voice at the start of each episode of HitRecord on TV – a playful instruction that neatly sums up the subversive, all-inclusive philosophy that governs Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s new … Read More

Live-streaming service launches for artists

When it comes to online video, “catch-up” and “binge-view” are the two words you hear all the time, but “live-stream” may be the one where the biggest steps are being taken.

As bandwidths have increasing and technology has improved, … Read More