Studiocanal extends multi-year deal with Amazon Prime Instant Video

Amazon and Studiocanal have extended their existing multi-year movie agreement, bringing new titles such as Paddington exclusively to Amazon Prime Instant Video.

Thanks to this new deal, Prime Instant Video will get the exclusive first Pay TV rights to all … Read More

1 in 3 children now have a tablet

One in three children now have a tablet, according to new research from Ofcom.

The 2014 Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report reveals that a third of British children between the age of 5 and 15 have their … Read More

VOD film review: Yes Man

Jim Carrey is on charming form in this formulaic but funny comedy.Read More

Save Utopia: Why Channel 4 cancelling Dennis Kelly’s show is a mistake

How often is it that you can say a TV programme is unique?

Television is going through something of a golden age at the moment, from Breaking Bad through to Amazon’s Transparent. But crime thrillers, high-concept sci-fi, period dramas … Read More

Amazon commissions Transparent Season 2 after “incredibly positive audience response”

Amazon has commissioned Season 2 of Transparent, just weeks after the show’s premiere on Prime Instant Video.

The series, dubbed by us as the most important TV show of 2014, is created by Six Feet Under’s Jill Soloway and stars … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Leftovers Episode 4

If you can say one thing for The Leftovers, it’s that it doesn’t shy away from symbolism. It may not like answers to its questions, but it loves to fill its screen with as much meaning as possible. So it’s … Read More

YouTube star PewDiePie to start his own network?

Never heard of PewDiePie? Well, he is, to put it mildly, kind of a big deal.

Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg’s YouTube channel is the most-watched on the site. When you consider that YouTube’s 100 biggest channels were viewed more than … Read More

VOD film review: Fruitvale Station

Ryan Coogler’s naturalistic retelling of real life events is powerful viewing, fuelled by a remarkable turn by Michael B Jordan.Read More

VOD film review: A Separation

Director: Asghar Farhadi Cast: Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaddi Certificate: 15 Watch A Separation online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Amazon Instant Video

Back in 2012, A Separation became the first Iranian film to win the Oscar for Best … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Strain Episode 4

Episode 4 of The Strain begins with the best worst opening of the series so far. After encountering a scientific first – a live specimen of a dangerous new infection – and taking the only logical response – bashing its … Read More