All Sky articles – Page 105
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NewsSky hires banks for Euro mega-merger
Sky’s plans to create a European mega-broadcaster have moved a step closer after the pay-TV operator engaged investment banks Morgan Stanley and Barclays to help with the complex transaction.
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RatingsCHARTS: F1 races ahead for Sky Sports
The moral of the tale is never, ever fight someone called The Mountain That Rides.
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NewsLouise Brown heads NFTS new media course
Channel 4’s former multiplatform boss Louise Brown is to head up an NFTS course which will give graduates skills to help build audiences and drive engagement around online video.
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NewsBroadcast unveils top execs for commissioning forum
Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt, ITV director of television Peter Fincham BBC1 controller Charlotte Moore are among the industry figures speaking at Broadcast’s second annual Commissioning & Funding Forum.
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NewsRyley: 24 hours news secure
Sky News boss John Ryley has claimed that the future of 24-hour rolling news is secure so long as broadcasters continue to innovate to keep pace with viewer demand.
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NewsFormats are back in fashion
Commissioners and producers at Sheffield DocFest 2014 suggested that the ob-doc renaissance is here to stay, but there was also a sense that more factual formats are on the cards.
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The Broadcast InterviewThe Broadcast Interview: Melvyn Bragg
The South Bank Show presenter talks about revisiting his TV past, the freedom offered by Sky Arts - and the importance of broadcasters covering religion.
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NewsBroadcasters welcome year-round US orders
Major British broadcasters have welcomed US networks’ move towards year-round commissioning, but have downplayed plans to launch all their imports on the same day as their US TX.
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NewsSky hunts funny factual formats
DOCFEST: Sky is hunting for new humorous factual formats to allow it to “tackle really difficult subjects” in a more accessible way.
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NewsJames Murdoch to give Mipcom keynote
James Murdoch, co-chief operating officer at 21st Century Fox, is to give the keynote interview at Mipcom in October.
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NewsSky launches European football channel
Sky is to launch its seventh sports channel, billed as a home for European football.
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RatingsCHARTS: Sky shows slip slightly
I worry about Jack Bauer. It must be exhausting being that clenched all the time, and then there’s all that running and waving his pistol while perpetually pointing out that he’s trying to save the world here, people.
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NewsSky Atlantic returns to Penny Dreadful
Sky has recommissioned horror drama Penny Dreadful for a second series as it continues to strike increasing numbers of international co-production deals.
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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.