Latest Sky News – Page 80
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NewsSky Vision and Fremantle in exec swap
Sky Vision has poached Fremantle Media executive Niki Page while former Sky exec Angela Neillis has joined the RTL-owned producer and distributor.
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NewsSky Store opens up to non-subs
Sky is opening up its online film rental service Sky Store to allow access for non-subscribers for the first time.
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NewsSky Movies: Netflix not a competitor
Sky Movies boss Ian Lewis has told the Screen International Film Summit that Sky does not consider VoD services Netflix and LoveFilm as competitors.
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NewsSky 1 books leftfield global trek
Sky 1 is going on a travel adventure with an Irishman and his mother in its latest fact ent commission, 50 Ways To Test Your Mammy.
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NewsCarl Hall leaves Sky to set up indie
Carl Hall is to leave Sky and set up his own indie Warehouse 51 Productions.
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NewsMoone Boy scoops International Emmy comedy win
Sky 1 comedy Moone Boy was among the winners at the International Emmys, which saw UK shows pick up a trio of awards.
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NewsRevealed: 2013’s best acquisitions
From superhero spin-offs to headless horsemen, Broadcast assesses the year’s biggest imports
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NewsAshes highlights to air on Pick TV
Highlights of England’s defence of The Ashes in Australia are to be made available on Sky’s free-to-air service Pick TV.
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NewsSky adds 14 channels to Sky Go
Sky has added 14 new channels including Comedy Central, Dave and Discovery to its multiplatform TV service Sky Go.
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NewsITV wins back James Bond
James Bond will return to free-to-air television this year after ITV snatched the rights to the Ian Fleming franchise back from Sky.
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NewsSky to invest £5m in Silicon Valley start-ups
Sky is hunting for Silicon Valley start-ups to buy into as part of an $8m (£5m) investment with US venture capital fund Luminari Capital.
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NewsSky 1 postpones final Moaning of Life
Sky1 has postponed the final episode of Karl Pilkington’s travel series The Moaning of Life as a result of the Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
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NewsAd agencies count cost of ITV and Sky's football loss
ITV and Sky are set to lose around £40m and £10m respectively in annual advertising revenue following their loss of UEFA rights to BT - with execs warning that ITV4 could be hit particularly hard.
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NewsBT pays £900m to pinch Champions League from ITV and Sky
BT has won the rights to screen all UEFA Champions League games for the next three years, paying a knockout £900m to take the rights from Sky and ITV.
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NewsC4, C5 & Sky among Xbox One launch partners
4oD, Demand 5 and Now TV will be among the first wave of video apps to be made available on the Xbox One games console – with BBC iPlayer not initially included.
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NewsEamonn Holmes signs five-year Sky deal
Sky News has signed breakfast presenter Eamonn Holmes up for five more years.
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NewsSky Academy to train 1m youngsters
Sky is launching a Skills Academy in a bid to create opportunities for up to one million young people by 2020 and has appointed David Beckham as its ambassador.
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NewsCameras enter appeal courts
A custom-made control desk will usher in an “important milestone” for UK broadcasting this week as the BBC, Sky and ITN begin using cameras in courts.
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NewsUKTV adds on-demand to Sky carriage deal
UKTV series including sitcom You, Me And Them and US import Believe are to be made available via Sky’s digital platforms for the first time after the broadcaster renewed its carriage deal with the pay-TV platform.