All Sky articles – Page 101
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NewsITV joins Sky Go
Sky has struck a deal with ITV to add the free-to-air broadcaster’s channels to its multiplatform service Sky Go.
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NewsSky puts out The Smoke
Sky 1 has cancelled Kudos-produced fire-fighter drama The Smoke after a single series.
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NewsAnalysis: Turner Laing's departure
Sophie Turner Laing could be set for a move into the production sector when she leaves Sky later this year.
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NewsSophie Turner Laing to leave Sky
Sophie Turner Laing, managing director of content at Sky, is to leave the pay-TV broadcaster later this year.
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NewsSky promotes comedy exec Boyer
Sky’s Ben Boyer has been promoted to commissioning editor of comedy to replace the ITV-bound Saskia Schuster.
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NewsITV snares Sky’s Schuster to head up comedy
ITV has hired Yonderland commissioner Saskia Schuster to lead its continued push into original comedy.
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RatingsMr Sloane debuts with 97,000
Sky Atlantic’s latest original commission Mr Sloane launched with fewer than 100,000 viewers on Friday, as Channel 4’s Gogglebox bowed out on a high.
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RatingsThrones takes ratings crown
It’s hard to believe, but that’s the football season finished. Except, that is, for the various league playoffs, the World Cup just three weeks away, and the friendly internationals in between.
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NewsLA Screenings: drama to wow buyers
British buyers have spent the past week in the Californian sunshine assessing a new season of US shows that has a heavy emphasis on drama.
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RatingsPenny Dreadful debuts with 354,000
Sky Atlantic’s gothic thriller Penny Dreadful sunk its teeth into an audience of 350,000 on Tuesday – making it the channel’s most popular show of the year after Game of Thrones.
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NewsBroadchurch wins big at Baftas
Broadchurch was the big winner at the Bafta Television Awards, on a tough night for the BBC.
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RatingsJack's back with a bang
Jack’s back, covered as he is in scars inflicted by eight series of fist-fights, shootouts, drugs and the odd momentary death.
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NewsAnalysis: Sky’s ‘empire’ plan
Sky’s plans to create a European mega-firm could save it hundreds of millions of pounds a year, which analysts believe could be used to supplement a combined pa-ncontinent commissioning budget of £1.4bn.
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Behind The ScenesMr Sloane, Sky Atlantic
Recreating a brown and beige British 1960s pub culture a world away from Mad Men
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NewsLords: boost election debate diversity
UK broadcasters vying to host an election debate next year should consider installing moderators from more diverse backgrounds, according to a group of peers.
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RatingsMan City triumph peaks with 1.3m
Manchester City’s title-clinching performance during Sunday’s final round of Premier League fixtures peaked with 1.3m viewers – well below the season climax in 2012.
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NewsSky Vision picks up Zodiak exec
Sky Vision has hired former Zodiak exec Barnaby Shingleton as director of factual and entertainment.
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NewsUK broadcasters hit by US cancellations
Channel 4, Sky and UKTV are among the broadcasters to have been hit by cancellations of imported series as the US networks make room for a crop of new shows.
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NewsSky and Virgin re-up carriage deal
Sky and Virgin have struck a five-year channels deal that gives Virgin Media subscribers multiplatform access to Sky channels for the first time - but does not include Sky Atlantic.
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NewsSky in acquisition talks with German & Italian sisters
Sky has kicked off initial talks to acquire its sister pay-TV platforms in Germany and Italy as part of a multi-billion pound deal to help it compete with rivals including BT and Virgin Media.