UKTV’s Watch sinks teeth into Guillermo del Toro’s The Strain for UK broadcast

UKTV has sinked its teeeth into Guillermo del Toro’s The Strain. The series’ UK broadcast will be on Watch this autumn.

The sci-fi horror is based on the best-selling vampire novel trilogy co-written by the Pan’s Labyrinth director and author … Read More

Digital video spending rises one-third in 2014

Digital video spending climbed by 33 per cent in the first half of 2014.

New figures from the British Video Association show that in the first six months of this year, consumer expenditure on digital video fuelled a rise in … Read More

Amazon Prime Instant Video TV review: Extant Episode 1 (spoiler-free)

“Just give me some time to figure it out.” That’s Molly’s reaction to her doctor in Episode 1 of Extant. It’s understandable: she’s just returned home after 13 months isolated in space. And discovered she’s with child.

It’s an … Read More

TheHorrorShow.tv moves into DVD as well as VOD distribution

TheHorrorShow.tv is moving into DVD distribution.

The streaming site, which specialises in horror and genre titles, launched last year in the UK. While the industry increasingly moves towards digital releasing, though, the company has taken a step in the other … Read More

VOD TV recap: 24 Live Another Day Episode 10

Warning: This contains spoilers.

Never trust a man in a cravat. That’s what 24: Live Another Day seemed to tell us in Episode 9, when it revealed that Adrian Cross was the bad guy all along.

Yes, Adrian Cross, everyone’s … Read More

Jay & Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie: The film Kevin Smith was made to distribute

“Jay and Silent Bob win the lottery and become superheroes” would be an accurate depiction of Jay and Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie, an hour-long film penned by Kevin Smith and produced by hetero life-partner Jason Mewes. Scrappily animated … Read More

Why Netflix and Amazon are fighting over your kids

From fast food to toys, kids have always been a big target market in this commercial age. Film is no exception: 12A certificate movies accounted for 51.8 per cent of gross UK box office last year in the cinema, as … Read More

VOD film review: Under the Skin

This atmospheric, unsettling, beautifully scored film sticks with you for an inhuman amount of time. Read More

VOD TV review: Penny Dreadful Episode 8 (Grand Guignol)

“Do you really want to be normal?”

This is not the end, merely a continuation. Season 2 of Penny Dreadful has already been confirmed by Showtime and will contain 10 episodes. One wonders if the original pitch for Season 1 … Read More

Infographic: This happens on YouTube every minute

2.7 videos are viewed on YouTube every minute. That’s a lot of videos. But what happens during those 60 seconds? This infographic from YouTube Downloader gives you an idea…

(Hat tip to Broadband TV News)

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