Amazon wins exclusive rights to Women’s Tennis Association tournaments  

From 2020, Amazon Prime Video will have exclusive rights to show the top Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tournaments. The four-year deal starts with a minimum of 49 tournaments in the first year, as the online giant brings a growing number … Read More

Channel 4 enjoys record digital growth

Channel 4 enjoyed a year of record digital growth in 2018, with 915 million views recorded.

Channel 4 delivered strong commercial performance last year, despite difficult market conditions and ongoing economic uncertainty. The broadcaster delivered corporation revenues of £975m … Read More

VOD film review: Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant are wonderful in this funny, moving, deeply honest story of identity and isolation.Read More

BBC faces backlash over cutting free TV licences for over-75s

The BBC is facing backlash from the government and some corners of the media, following its decision to cut free TV licences for a number of over-75s.

Around 3.7 million pensioners are expected to have to pay the Licence Fee … Read More

Netflix invests in next generation of Canadian creators

Netflix is stepping up its investment in the next generation of underrepresented Canadian creators.

At the 2019 Banff World Media Festival, the streaming giant joined imagineNATIVE, The Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) and Wapikoni Mobile to announce a suite of partnerships … Read More

Channel 4 invests in digital content for teens

Channel 4 is looking to reach younger viewers with a new wave of content on YouTube and social media.

This new Teens strand is part of Channel 4’s original digital content strategy. It aims to ensure that a new generation … Read More

Killing Eve Season 2 “already a huge smash”

Season 2 of Killing Eve is already a huge smash hit, with people flocking to BBC iPlayer to stream the show on its opening weekend.

Episode one was requested 864,000 times over the weekend and the box set for Season … Read More

VOD film review: Instant Family

Bursting with confidence and charm, this heartfelt tale of adoption is one of the standout comedies of 2019.Read More

VOD film review: Behind the Curve

Empathetic, educational and hugely entertaining, this fascinating Flat-Earther doc is essential viewing for a post-truth age.Read More

Spielberg to make midnight horror series for Quibi

Steven Spielberg is making a new horror series for streaming platform Quibi – one that you’ll only be able to watch at night.

The project was revealed this week at the Banff World Media Festival, where Quibi co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg … Read More