All Sky articles – Page 147
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NewsBSkyB promises separate channel boss for Living
Living to get budget boost but shared commissioners
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NewsSky readies first batch of content for 3D channel
Sky has lined up co-productions with the likes of The History Channel and National Geographic Channel for the first raft of content to air on its 3D channel, which launches on 1 October.
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NewsStations win awards for war coverage
Sky News and Channel 4 have been presented with International Emmy Awards for their coverage of the Taliban in Pakistan.
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NewsLiving TV Group’s staff play waiting game for Sky jobs
Living TV Group staff will discover next week which jobs will be available to them at new owner BSkyB.
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CommentWhy quality is much more important than quantity
Pay-TV broadcasters’ definition of success is meeting customer needs, says Mike Darcey.
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Behind The ScenesAn Idiot Abroad, Sky1 HD
Producer Richard Yee puzzled why Sky 1 HD would send a travel-hater to tour the globe. Then he realised that the ranting was the story.
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NewsBBC loses exclusive US Masters coverage
The BBC will no longer have exclusive coverage of the US Masters golf tournament from 2011, ending a 24-year run as the event’s only broadcaster.
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NewsSky signs Stephen Fry to promote 3DTV
Stephen Fry said 3D TV is “the next most exciting chapter in television history” and is sharing his passion with the public.
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NewsJobs at risk as Living integrates with Sky
Almost half of Living TV Group (LTG) staff could lose their jobs as part of its integration with new owner BSkyB. The satellite broadcaster is also scrapping the Bravo and Channel One brands and will boost Living’s budget by 25%.
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NewsBravo and Channel One scrapped by Sky
Sky is to scrap Bravo and Channel One and boost spend on Living by 25% by the end of the year following its acquisition of Living TV Group.
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NewsOFT clears Sky to buy Living
Sky’s purchase of Living TV Group has been given the go-ahead by the Office of Fair Trading.
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NewsBSkyB/ITV return to pre-recession turnover
BSkyB and ITV appear to have shrugged off the economic woes of 2009, according to the public body the European Audiovisual Observatory.
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NewsBroadband competition tops 7m
The number of “unbundled” broadband lines in the UK has passed the 7 million mark for the first time.
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NewsLiving staff await Sky’s proposals for integration
Staff at Living TV Group (LTG) are bracing themselves to learn next week how the broadcaster will fit together with new owner BSkyB.
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NewsSky passes 3m mark for HD subscribers
Sky has passed 3 million high definition subscribers and will launch Living as its 50th HD channel before Christmas.
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NewsSky Movies calls for epic work to woo subscribers
Sky Movies HD is hunting for “epic” feature-length pieces from indies to help attract subscribers following its first original commission, Neverland.
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NewsThompson fires back at Sky
EDINBURGH: Mark Thompson has slammed Sky for failing to invest in British talent and content but the big idea of his MacTaggart speech is that Sky should pay to re-transmit PSB channels.
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NewsAbbott drama in pipeline for Sky
EDINBURGH: Shameless writer Paul Abbott is developing a new family drama for Sky 1.
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CommentC4 looks best option for UKTV
A sale of Virgin Media’s 50% stake to Sky or ITV is hard to imagine.
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NewsPub preferred place to view Premier League
Out-of-home viewing will account for more than one-third of all Premier League audiences aged 18-34 this season.