Netflix UK TV review: Babylon (Channel 4 pilot)

Babylon. By Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong. It’s telling that’s how the show is billed in its credits: a rare instance where the writers are given headline status above a director and cast. And what a director and cast it … Read More

BBC scales back YouView investment

The BBC is reportedly planning to scale back its investment in YouView.

The broadcaster will cut its support of the set-top box, which was intended to become the new flagship platform for Britain’s free-to-air digital television – Freeview 2.0.

Now, … Read More

VOD film review: The Artist

Director: Michel Hazanavicius Cast: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, James Cromwell, John Goodman, Malcolm McDowell, Uggy the Dog Certificate: PG Watch The Artist online: iTunes

Every weekend during the 2014 awards season, we look back at past winners and where you … Read More

VOD film review: Prisoners

A gripping look at what lengths parents will go to find their missing children.Read More

10m viewers registered with Channel 4, as targeted ads are introduced on 4oD

10 million viewers have now registered with Channel 4. That’s a lot of people. In fact, that’s half of all UK viewers aged between 16 and 24.

With a growing number of people – specifically, young people – signing up … Read More

VOD film review: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Director: Terry Gilliam Cast: Sarah Polley, John Neville, Jonathan Pryce Watch online: Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Google Play

Interior: a theatre within a city under siege. A farce is playing out even as … Read More

VOD film review: Another Earth

This moving, understated study of guilty and grief is an ambitious sci-fi that dares to think small.Read More

Amazon Studios release 10 new Original pilots on Amazon Prime Instant Video for 2014

Last year, the world of TV production chalovefilmnged. Netflix introduced original content for the Internet streaming age, with David Fincher and Kevin Spacey’s House of Cards bagging Emmy awards and Golden Globes. Amazon, meanwhile, released a batch of pilots for … Read More

Addicted? One in five Brits prefer box sets to sex

Bad news this morning: Brits are obsessed with box sets. Yes, you, him, her, potentially everyone in the country, we all could be closet box set addicts, according to research from blinkbox.

41 per cent of Brits surveyed by Tesco’s … Read More

VOD film review: Goats

Despite decent visuals and performances, this earnest drama about wealthy people looking for something more is lacking in substance.Read More