The demand for "real time" streaming media is pushing ISPs like never before, with new stats claiming an average 40 per cent of all peak internet traffic in Europe is generated by demand for music and video streams. And in some countries it accounts for as much as half of all network traffic. Read More >>

Watch enough Arrested Development—I mean, is there really such a thing as enough?—and you become party to a long and intricate series of recurring jokes. Now, you can feast your eyes on an interactive visualisation that lets you take a closer look at where the gags crop up. Read More >>

Want to find out when Netflix will pull Godzilla so you don't miss it? Too bad. Netflix just decided to stop providing that information through its API, so third-party services like InstantWatcher.com's Expiring Soon on Instant are now pretty much useless. Read More >>

When news first broke nearly a year and a half ago that Netflix was resurrecting Arrested Development for a fourth season, the reception was joy followed by immediate apprehension. Could the expectations be met? Could it be as funny as it is in our collective memories? The answer, based on this first trailer, is a very hopeful maybe. Read More >>

The going gets tough on Netflix sometimes. Between the eight people sharing your account it's just not clear who has been marathoning Grey's Anatomy, and the recommendations are all over the place. How are you supposed to find something to watch? With this brilliant flowchart, of course. Read More >>

Craving a good dollop of Disney? Good, because Netflix has just landed a whole load of "exclusive" Disney movies, both classics and new stuff, for streaming in the UK. Included in the mix are Marvel films, stuff from Dreamworks, and things like Wall-E and Pirates of the Caribbean. Hopefully that means the Star Wars lot will make it too. Read More >>

There's a great Netflix feature in Bloomberg Businessweek today, which details how the company delivers its enormous catalogue to 36 million customers without a hitch. It's more than impressive maths — it's almost a miracle. Read More >>

The Chief Content Officer of streaming giant Netflix claims the modern trend for easily streaming legal content is impacting on the more hardcore Bittorrent scene, with pirate traffic dropping in countries when Netflix switches on its servers. According to Netflix's Ted Sarandos, this is because "...people are mostly honest." Read More >>

Streaming is all the rage. No one seems to want to own anything anymore when it comes to media, or is it that no one wants to sell it to you? Either way, streaming is where it's at, whether it's Spotify, Netflix, LoveFilm or Now TV. But there's a big problem with all of them, and it's just reared its ugly head again. Read More >>

A double-whammy from Lovefilm this morning: not only is there a new app rolling for all Lovefilm Instant devices, bringing a revamped UI and Watchlist functions, but HD streaming is finally being extended to more platforms. As of this morning, HD streaming is enabled on the PS3 (720p only, boo), but hopefully this heralds the arrival of glorious HD streaming on even more devices. Fingers crossed. Read More >>

Oh, hey, Netflix is getting wise, finally. In its quarterly money-talking-numbers session, CEO Reed Hastings let out that Netflix is going to introduce a new $12 (£8-odd) per month plan for families that lets them stream four shows at once. The old £6 plan has a limit of two simultaneous streams. Read More >>

Netflix currently uses Microsoft's Silverlight plugin to run its streams. It's an inelegant solution that sometimes makes for subpar and bogged down streaming experiences. But Silverlight is possibly dying! And Netflix wants to get better! So Netflix is planning to move on from streaming on Silverlight and towards HTML5 video. When that happens, streaming movies on Netflix might suck less. Read More >>

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 exclusive content, which would put the company in direct competition with companies like Netflix, Amazon, and even, if you're willing to stretch you imagination, with the likes of Sky. Read More >>

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 come packing a load of streaming apps from major publishers and she's "talking to everyone". Read More >>

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, the BBC has commissioned a series of drama short films that'll only ever see the light of day on iPlayer. Read More >>