29 December 2015, The Tablet

Vision on


 
Television is changing. Lots of people will have looked under the Christmas tree and found any number of devices that let you turn an ordinary television into a box for receiving internet content.These days that doesn’t just mean out-of-focus clips of cats playing the piano. It means access to thousands of hours of television when you want it, including newly commissioned programmes for the price of a subscription to Amazon or Netflix.And yet, the traditional broadcasters are not giving up. Live, recorded and on-demand television from the major broadcasters and cable providers still accounts for 90 per cent of viewing. The programmes below are all either commissioned or in production, probably to appear in 2016. Upstart CrowThis six-part sitcom about the life of Shakespeare mar
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