Netflix buys rights to Australian comedy series Utopia

Netflix has bought the rights to Utopia – no, not that one.

The Australian political comedy, made by Working Dog Productions, follows the goings-on at the Nation Building Authority, a fictitious government agency responsible for major infrastructure works Down … Read More

Channel 4 commissions shorts starring The Last Leg host

Channel 4 has commissioned a series of shorts starring Alex Brooker.

The host of The Last Leg is also an ambassador for disability charity Scope, who will partner with the broadcast for the shorts.

Titled What Not To Do, the … Read More

Magazine review: Oh My Vlog! (or Old People Are Scared of Things for Young People)

Marcus Butler is afraid of bees. Alfie Deyes’ first CD was a Busted Album. These are the kind of things you can learn in Oh My Vlog!, a new vlogger magazine that was released today in newsagents and select branches … Read More

Over 60m global viewers watching BBC iPlayer for free

Over 50 million people around the world are watching BBC iPlayer for free, according to new research.

BBC iPlayer is a service for UK users, funded by the licence fee, but a study by GlobalWebIndex, which interviewed around 47,000 people … Read More

We Are Colony raises $2m in funding

UK streaming service We Are Colony has raised $2m in seed funding.

The VOD market has become increasingly crowded with services as well as content, making it more important than ever for companies to differentiate their offering. We Are Colony … Read More

VOD film review: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

The greatest Iranian skateboarding vampire Western ever made.Read More

YouTube builds SVOD service – but is missing big TV bricks

YouTube is beginning to build its subscription VOD service – but the company is still missing crucial bricks.

The video site’s entry into the subscription streaming race has been long mooted, as Google attempts to establish its service as a … Read More

UK TV review: True Detective Season 2, Episode 5 (Other Lives)

How do you follow a shootout like that? In real life, probably with a lot of paperwork. True Detective, then, does the smart thing and skip forwards two months – another promising sign that what’s now being dubbed a “massacre” … Read More

MUBI signs first theatrical deal to co-distribute Arabian Nights

MUBI has signed its first theatrical deal to co-distribute Arabian Nights.

The SVOD service, which specialises in arthouse and independent movies, has partnered with New Wave Films to co-distribute the theatrical, home entertainment and VOD release for Miguel Gomes’s three-part … Read More

Hopster expands Apple TV reach into 100 new countries

Hopster has expended its Apple TV reach into 100 new countries.

The kids entertainment subscription service first launched on Apple’s set top box in May 2015, but is now rolling out to more territories. It is already live in … Read More