Amazon and BBC team up for French fashion drama, The Collection

Amazon and BBC Worldwide have teamed up to produce a new French fashion drama. The Collection, produced by Lookout Point, is an eight-part series, set in the world of French haute couture just after the Second World War.

The … Read More

Wolf Hall leads BAFTA TV nominees as Transparent takes on Narcos

Wolf Hall is leading the pack in the 2016 BAFTA TV nominations in a year that cements the importance of streaming services in UK living rooms.

The BBC’s historical drama has received four nominations, including Leading Actor for Mark Rylance … Read More

Peter Serafinowicz to play The Tick in Amazon pilot

Peter Serafinowicz will play The Tick in Amazon’s upcoming pilot.

The British comedian, who has given us everything from Darth Maul’s booming voice to the Brian Butterfield Diet, has been signed up as the lead for Amazon Studios’ adaptation of … Read More

1 in 4 UK households subscribe to Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or NOW TV

One in four UK households now subscribe to Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or NOW.

New figures from TV ratings firm Barb show that 24 per cent of UK households claim to subscribe to one of the three main SVOD suppliers, … Read More

ITV Hub and All 4 arrive on Amazon’s Fire TV Stick

Amazon has added ITV Hub and All 4 to its Fire TV stick line-up.

The online retailer doubled down on its entry into the subscription VOD race with the launch of its own streaming hardware, dubbed Fire TV. The streaming … Read More

Amazon to release Woody Allen’s next feature film

Woody Allen’s next feature film will be released by Amazon.

The untitled romantic comedy has been acquired for all North American rights by Amazon Studios, including theatrical and streaming.

The film, shot last summer on location in New York and … Read More

Streaming giants continue Sundance deals, despite Berlin’s brick wall

Sundance may be a distant memory, but Netflix and Amazon continue to snap up films from the festival.

Netflix has bought the worldwide SVOD rights to White Girl, starring Dana Brody off Homeland. Morgan Saylor plays the titular college … Read More

Outlander Season 2 gets UK release date

Amazon has confirmed the UK air date for Outlander Season 2.

The Golden Globe-nominated fantasy series, which premieres exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the UK, will be released on the site on Sunday 10th April, with episodes arriving each … Read More

Amazon orders four seasons of ITV’s Thunderbirds reboot

Amazon has ordered four seasons of ITV’s reboot of Thunderbirds for exclusive release on Prime Video.

Thunderbirds Are Go, which reboots Gerry Anderson’s puppet series as a CG animation, first premiered on ITV last year.

The new series brings … Read More

Netflix’s Brahman Naman deal completes Sundance VOD shopping spree

Coming-of-age flick Brahman Naman, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, will be released on Netflix worldwide later this year.

Set in Bangalore in the 1980s and directed by Q, the Indian comedy follows the exploits of Naman, a high-school … Read More