From the long-running Death in Paradise to the critically acclaimed mini-series Press, here’s what coming to BritBox UK next month
Following a few weeks of “Beta Testing”, BritBox launches officially in the UK today, amidst reports of a new content deal with Channel 4, and distribution deals with EE and BT. And more good news for British TV fans – Doctor Who is coming to BritBox, with 600+ episodes that will be available on the
HBO/Warner Media and Sky have extended their deal, and will also continue to co-produce shows such as Chernobyl together
As The Walking Dead returns with Season 10 on Fox (and NOW TV) in the UK, news arrived on the third spin-off series in the Walking Dead universe, which is set to debut in spring 2020. The show, which will air on AMC in the US, was bought in the UK (and other regions) by
Lovers of true crime docu-dramas have a reason to celebrate this week, as Sky launches “Sky Crime” – a true-crime channel that has been added to NOW TV (as well as Sky’s traditional pay-tv packages). As we reported back in August, Sky is adding two new channels to NOW TV – Crime, which launched on
NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, “Peacock”, will launch in the US on April 2020, with several new shows and reboots
Apple’s upcoming streaming service is coming to the UK in November, with several highly anticipated shows
Two new channels are set to be added to Sky and NOW TV’s services in the coming months: Sky Crime, which will feature true crime shows from the US, and Sky Comedy, which will include premium scripted US comedy shows from HBO, NBC and Showtime. NOW TV was created as Sky’s answer to Netflix and
A new Ofcom report sheds some light on the streaming habits of Brits – and shows how regular pay-TV companies (Sky/Virgin Media/etc’) are losing the battle to streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime. Furthermore, broadcast channels such as BBC 1 and ITV are also losing viewers – a lot of them – in
BritBox, the joint streaming TV venture from BBC and ITV which is supposed to be the British answer to Netflix, is coming this autumn. The service, according to newly released details, will cost £5.99 a month, and will have no exclusive new programmes at launch (though new programmes are expected to arrive in 2020.) The
Box-sets of popular shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Criminal Minds, Scandal and others have recently been removed from NOW TV and Sky’s on-demand section, following the end of the contract between ABC Studios and Sky. ABC is owned by Disney, and with Disney’s plans to introduce their own Video on Demand streaming service later this year, Disney+,
Sneaky Pete, a show that was touted as one of Amazon Prime Video’s most successful projects, has been cancelled following the recent release of its third (and now final) season. Sneaky Pete stars Giovanni Ribisi and veteran character actress Margo Martindale, and tells the story of a con man who gets released from prison, steals his cellmate’s identity, and