Demand for capacity grows on back of hit Netflix shows, online games and moreThe breakout success of the Korean drama Squid Game has prompted a local broadband provider to launch legal action to force the maker, Netflix, to help pay for the huge surge …
The Swarm: German TV adapts hit sci-fi novel in English
Broadcaster ZDF targets international sales and will dub eight-part series for domestic audienceIt topped Germany’s list of bestselling novels for eight months, and to great local excitement Frank Schätzing’s science-fiction page-turner Der Schwarm is …
Sexy Beasts to Acapulco: the seven best shows to stream this week
TV’s most ludicrous dating show returns, a pioneering American woman is recognised, and there’s a feelgood new coming-of-age comedy to tuck into Continue reading…
The Green Knight to The Guilty: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Dev Patel is on an Arthurian quest and Jake Gyllenhaal is in a sweaty cop thriller. Plus Judas and the Black Messiah and Ammonite. Here’s what to stream and watch on British screens Continue reading…
Netflix acquires works of Roald Dahl as it escalates streaming wars
Content deal over author of children’s classics such as Matilda and the BFG is firm’s biggest to dateNetflix has acquired the works of Roald Dahl, the author of children’s classics including Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the BFG, in th…
BBC director general welcomes proposals for ‘distinctly British’ content
Tim Davie says promotion of British talent could counterbalance the ‘globalised algorithmic’ commissioning of TVThe BBC’s director general has embraced the idea of requiring broadcasters to produce “distinctly British” content, after losing British tal…
From Hogwarts to inter-galactic space: how Alfred Enoch’s career rocketed
He gained cult status in Harry Potter, despite not even wanting to audition, then matured in How to Get Away With Murder. What’s the actor doing now? Playing 1,000-year chess in deep space At the age of 10, Alfred Enoch was cast as Gryffindor student D…
This Way Up: chaotic coming-of-age black comedy for the over-30s
There’s nothing two dimensional about this beautifully layered, hilarious and romantic post-breakdown comedy• This Way Up is streaming in Australia on Stan. For more recommendations of what to stream in Australia, click hereFor those mourning the Fleab…
Sex, Succession and sci-fi nightmares: the must-see TV of autumn 2021
More teenage hookups in Sex Education, a killer Olivia Colman and the long-awaited return of the Roy family … here is all the unmissable TV coming soonAnnie Murphy moves straight from Schitt’s Creek to another swearily titled series, this time a bold m…
Over 65s: what do you make of TV streaming services?
We would like to hear from older people about what they’re watching and what they think of streaming servicesNetflix has seen a rise in the number of over 65s tuning in to TV streaming as older people adopted more technology during the pandemic.We woul…