Want to Watch Hulu, American Netflix or Stream Pandora in the UK? Here’s How
Region lock is a pain in the media-loving arse; while we have some decent content in the UK, most of the US-centric stuff is locked to those actually in the US. Yes, you can use a VPN to get to it, but...
View ArticleHere’s Kevin Spacey Being Creepy In the Trailer for Netflix’s Next Original...
On February 1, 2013 Netflix will premiere all 13 episodes of its latest original series, House of Cards in the US (with the UK to follow later). In the political drama directed by David Fincher (Fight...
View ArticleMatinee-Priced Gifts for Home Theatre Lovers
You don’t need to spend a ton of money to enjoy the hell out of movies at home. That’s a myth. So if you want to give your special person’s TV a boost, you can do it on a budget. A Bunch of Cheap HDMI...
View ArticleDumbo, Iron Man and Skywalker (Maybe) Coming to Netflix
If you’re a fan of Disney and subscribe to Netflix, then you’re going to love the news that the two companies have entered into a multi-year content deal. That’s right, you’ll soon be able to watch...
View ArticleNetflix Encodes Every Movie 120 Different Ways
The problem with streaming video to different devices — computers, tablets, phones, and whatever else — is that they all demand subtly different streams if they’re to look their best. If you’re...
View ArticleNetflix Will Finally Publish What You Watch on Your Facebook Timeline
This week, the House of Representatives and the Senate both passed a Netflix-endorsed measure amending the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act aka the Bork Law. Assuming President Obama rubber stamps the...
View ArticleInstant Emergency Presents to Make You Look Like a Total Legend
It’s Christmas eve — if you don’t have everyone covered by Christmas presents yet, you’re pretty screwed. Well, apart from these beauties that is. Here are your not-even-slightly-lame emergency Crimbo...
View ArticleHP’s Tiny Pocket Playlist Records Netflix and VOD Then Shares It via Wi-Fi
This sleek, simple HP pebble is more powerful than it looks. The Pocket Playlist is a portable storage device which can store and record media from a host of sources, then stream it to five devices...
View ArticleYou Can Now Watch Porn at Work With the iTwin Connect
The iTwin Connect is a cute little device that looks like a flash drive with two plugs, but has endless possibilities: the verdant green pastures of Netflix’s US library; browsing blocked sites from...
View ArticleHooray, the UK’s Getting Kevin Spacey’s New House of Cards On Netflix too
What’s this? We’re actually getting something televisual day and date with our US cousins? Kevin Spacey’s new “Netflix original series”, House of Cards, will apparently be available on UK Netflix too,...
View ArticleNetflix Says Virgin’s the Best ISP for Streaming its Films and Telly
The UK wing of Netflix has stirred up an angry man nest with its latest update on streaming speeds, claiming it’s Virgin Media users who see the highest average download speeds on the service. The...
View ArticleFact: If You Want a Decent Streaming Library, You’ll Need Both LoveFilm and...
I can’t say this has exactly come as a shock to me — I said as much in my review of the two services — but now we have statistically undeniable proof. According to the streaming aggregation masters at...
View ArticleNetflix and YouTube Create a Way to Use Your Gadgets to Control Your TV
Netflix and YouTube have designed a new system for turning that second screen you’re poking at in front of the TV into a remote control for your TV, set-top-box, etc. The protocol is called DIAL....
View ArticleWatch Hulu, American Netflix, CBS, and Fox in the UK With Hola
Want to break that pesky region lock and watch American TV streaming services in the UK? You’ve got another option. Hola promises to let you watch Hulu, American Netflix, CBS, Fox, and even stream...
View ArticleYou Don’t Have to Be a Netflix Subscriber to Watch Its Fancy New Series For Free
House of Cards may not be Netflix’s first stab at original content, but it’s by far its most important. Whether people turn to the streaming service for shows they can’t find anywhere else will define...
View ArticleTesco’s Taking Netflix, LoveFilm, and Now TV Head-On With a New Free TV and...
Looks like Tesco’s pushing out a solid effort to take on the likes of Netflix, LoveFilm, and Now TV, called Clubcard TV, instantly streaming movies and TV in your browser. The best bit is it’s “free...
View ArticleNetflix to Produce Exclusive Dreamworks 3D Animation Series
Following the success of David Fincher’s House of Cards, Netflix is going to produce a new series, this time teaming up with Dreamworks Animation SKG. The series will be based in Dreamworks’ upcoming...
View ArticleBBC iPlayer is “Doing a Netflix” and Making TV Programmes Purely for the...
So apparently Auntie Beeb is so rolling in creative dough it can afford to splash out on programming that will never actually make it to the TV airwaves. In the same vein as Netflix’s House of Cards,...
View ArticleWill Ouya Beat the Apple TV to the Streaming TV App Pie?
We’ve been saying for years all the Apple TV needs are channel-specific streaming TV apps and it’d be truly awesome. Now Ouya’s CEO has come out and basically said that the mini Android console should...
View ArticleReport: Spotify Will Add a Streaming Video Service
SAI reports that Spotify plans to expand beyond its on-demand streaming music service into the wild world of streaming video. According to unnamed sources, Spotify wants to take on VOD services with...
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