1 in 4 Brits now watch Netflix

One in four UK adults now watch Netflix, according to Ofcom, as audiences increasingly embrace VOD.

More than half of UK adults (59 per cent) used a video on-demand service during 2015 – up from 57 per cent in 2014. … Read More

Amazon’s kids’ series The Kicks scores August release date

Amazon’s footballing kids’ series, The Kicks, will premiere this August.

Based on Olympic gold medalist Alex Morgan’s best-selling books, the show follows Devin Burke (newcomer Sixx Orange), who was the star player on her school soccer team, until her family … Read More

Amazon Prime Video adds SD card storage for downloads

Amazon Prime Video now supports SD card storage for offline downloads.

Downloading titles from a subscription VOD service is something that has long been on the wishlist of Netflix users. Amazon beat its rival to it, though, by adding downloads … Read More

2016 Emmys: Netflix and Amazon receive record nominations as online video steals spotlight

Netflix and Amazon have both received a record number of Emmy nominations, in a year where online video has never been more acclaimed.

At a glance, the awards seem the same old set-up, with Game of Thrones again leading the … Read More

Fire TV and The Grand Tour tickets – VOD deals available on Amazon’s “Prime Day”

Amazon is holding another “Prime Day” today (12th July), as it offers Prime members a range of discounts across “nearly every category” on the online shop.

“Nearly every category” is code for Amazon flogging off its clearance items from its … Read More

Amazon’s The Grand Tour heads to UK – your chance to win tickets

Amazon’s The Grand Tour is officially heading to the UK for its next run of live studio recordings.

Clarkson, Hammond & May’s show, which will premiere on Amazon Prime Video later this year, announced earlier this year that it would … Read More

Amazon will be the UK TV home of Cameron Crowe’s Roadies

Amazon Prime Video has acquired the exclusive UK TV rights to Cameron Crowe’s music series Roadies.

The show, which premiered in the US on 26th June with a pilot episode written and directed by Crowe, stars Luke Wilson, Carla Gugino, … Read More

Preacher renewed for Season 2

AMC has renewed Preacher for Season 2.

The second coming of the show was announced by Variety today, just as the show hits the halfway point in its first season.

Indeed, AMC is already happy with the show’s successful performance, … Read More

The Girlfriend Experience premieres exclusively on Amazon Prime Video

Amazon has snapped up the exclusive UK TV rights to The Girlfriend Experience.

All 13 episodes of Steven Soderbergh’s limited series are now available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the UK, Germany and Austria, following a multi-territory deal between … Read More

Amazon hires HBO veteran to head comedy development

Amazon has hired HBO veteran Nick Hall to head up its comedy development team.

Hall first joined HBO back in 2008, before being promoted to VP in 2011 and SVP in 2014. During his time at the cable network, he … Read More