BT offers UEFA Champions League and Europa League free to BT TV customers

BT will offer UEFA Champions League and Europa League football free to all BT TV customers from next season.

The announcement follows BT’s acquisition of the UK rights to UEFA Champions League football, which were previously shared between Sky and … Read More

Sky Arts relaunch offers over 1,000 hours of arts on-demand

Sky relaunches its arts channel today, a move that brings a comprehensive line-up of arts programming to its on-demand platform.

The relaunch will see Sky Arts 1 and 2 combined to created a single channel – Sky Arts (number … Read More

VOD views jump 23pc as digital drives Channel 4 growth

Views on Channel 4 programmes on-demand jumped 23 per cent last year, as the broadcaster’s digital strategy continues to drive its growth.

Channel 4’s 2014 Annual Report, published today, reveals a £30 million increase in revenue for the broadcaster, which … Read More

VOD film review: Inherent Vice

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson Certificate: 15 Watch Inherent Vice online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Rakuten TV / Sky Store / Google Play

There … Read More

UK VOD TV review: Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 9

Already seen Episode 9? Read on at the bottom for some spoiler-filled analysis.

Last week, Game of Thrones brought us the shocking reminder that no matter how much politicians pussyfoot around, when death rises up from the ground and tries … Read More

12 things Jurassic Park teaches us about bad project management

We look back at the original Jurassic Park to examine why InGen’s dinosaur theme park was doomed to failure.Read More

Digital growth to drive UK entertainment and media market to £66.6bn by 2019

The growth of digital video, music and other meda is expected to drive the UK entertainment market to a total worth of over £60 billion by 2019.

A new report from PwC forecasts the UK entertainment and media market will … Read More

Netflix TV binge review: Sense8 (Episodes 4, 5 6)

“Art is like religion – to the believers, it is everything.”

Netflix’s blurb suggests that Sense8’s protagonists, The Sensates, are people whose telepathic gifts are the one thing keeping them alive. However, Episodes 4, 5, & 6 suggest quite the … Read More

VOD film review: Son of a Gun

Ewan McGregor goes bad guy for this tense, smart, gripping thriller.Read More

Short film review: Black Angel (1980)

Director: Roger Christian Cast: Tony Vogel Runtime: 25 mins Watch Black Angel online in the UK: YouTube / iTunes

Every Sunday, we review a short film available on VOD. We call it Short Film Sunday. This week, with the news … Read More