DC FanDome: DC to host online preview event

If you wondered why DC Comics weren’t present at San Diego’s Comic-Con At Home this summer, the answer has arrived this weekend with the announcement of a new DC-online online event: DC FanDome.

The 24-hour digital showcase will take place … Read More

Royal Albert Hall streams concerts live online: The line-up

The Royal Albert Hall is just one of many venues across the UK with their doors shut during the coronavirus pandemic, but, like the National Theatre and others, it’s also turning to the web to serve up some digital culture … Read More

Laura Marling, Benjamin Grosvenor join live Proms 2020 line-up

Laura Marling, Benjamin Grosvenor and the Philharmonia Orchestra have joined the line-up of live concerts being performed for the 2020 Proms.

This year’s same-but-different classical festival is currently streaming online, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Running from 17th July to … Read More

Disney+ becomes 3rd most popular streaming service in UK

Disney+ is now the third most popular subscription streaming service in the UK, according to new data from Ofcom.

The media regulator’s latest report highlights just how much the home entertainment landscape has changed since the coronavirus lockdown. As people … Read More

BBC iPlayer racks up record six months

BBC iPlayer has racked up a record six months this year, as lockdown drove up viewing on the Beeb’s streaming service.

A record-breaking number of viewers turned to BBC iPlayer in the first half of 2020, with 3.1 billion requests … Read More

BBC iPlayer streams Scenes for Survival

Scenes for Survival, the theatre project created by the National Theatre of Scotland in response to the coronavirus pandemic, is moving to BBC iPlayer this month.

The project, which has been running online and on social media since 27th … Read More

Disney+ to release Mulan as premium VOD title

Disney will release Mulan directly on Disney+ in a number of territories, the corporation has announced, after multiple delays to the film’s theatrical release.

The movie, directed by Niki Caro and boasting both Jet Li and Donnie Yen in its … Read More

How has the coronavirus lockdown impacted streaming?

The digital video sector has officially boomed during the coronavirus lockdown, with spending on buy-and-keep digital downloads rising 87 per cent year-on-year.

Spending reached £113 million from March to June 2020, while 1.8 million new customers either bought or rented … Read More

Old Vic to stream Jekyll and Hyde this August

The Old Vic Theatre will stream its production of Jekyll and Hyde for free this August.

The dance thriller, devised, directed and choreographed by Olivier Award winner Drew McOnie, is inspired by Robert Louis Stevensons The Strange Case of Dr … Read More

Universal and AMC agree PVOD model

Universal and AMC Theatres have made peace and agreed upon a landmark new model that will allow the distributor to break the theatrical window.

The two companies butted heads this summer, after Universal led the way in releasing films online … Read More