Now from £18: Where is the cheapest place to buy Google Chromecast?

Google Chromecast has been discounted to as little as £18 in the UK.

The streaming media device, which launched earlier this year, lets you stream (“cast”) content live from your mobile device onto your TV over a Wi-Fi connection. The … Read More

UKTV plans Amazon style pilots

UKTV is planning to introduce a string of Amazon-style TV pilots to its VOD service,

The UK broadcaster launched its catch-up service, UK TV Play, earlier this summer. The platform has been a huge success since, according to General Manager … Read More

2014 Raindance Web Fest line-up confirmed

The line-up for the 2014 Raindance Web Fest has been confirmed, including a talk and Q&A with YouTube claymation guru Lee Hardcastle.

The event, which spans two days in September, takes place during the Raindance Film Festival in London. The … Read More

1 in 5 Netflix subscribers will soon be in Europe

1 in 5 Netflix subscribers will eventually be from Europe, according to one new report.

Netflix accounted this year that it would be focusing attention on expanding into more countries this year – specifically, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland and … Read More

Breaking Bad: Did Netflix win or lose the 2014 Emmy Awards?

It’s hard to believe that it has been almost a year since Breaking Bad’s final season. The 2014 Emmys, though have not forgotten: Vince Gilligan’s series, which won a huge following in the UK after it was released on Netflix … Read More

VOD TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 1 (Deep Breath)

Warning: This contains mild spoilers

It’s the perfect title, of course. Every X number of years, Doctor Who fans gather, breath held, to find out if the new guy is going to match up to the standards set by previous … Read More

RIP Richard Attenborough

Lord Richard Attenborough has passed away. The 90-year old filmmaker stunned as violent gangster Pinkie Brown in 1947’s Brighton Rock, but like his ruthless character was only just getting started: he went on to star in The Great Escape, The … Read More

VOD film review: Gainsbourg

With fantastical visuals and a stylish soundtrack, this arresting look at a controversial artist is flawed but above the ordinary.Read More

VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 8 (Almost Home)

It’s getting harder to know what to make of this final season, what conclusion to eventually draw, as the various threads get tied up. What started out as a decent scale conflict between our protagonists and the Hep V vampires … Read More

The Flash will be available to watch online in the UK from 28th October

The Flash will be available to watch online in the UK from Tuesday 28th October.

The Flash is the latest acquisition from Sky 1 HD, along with another Warner Bros. TV show, Forever.

Sky customers will be able to watch … Read More