All Sky articles – Page 78
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NewsSky strikes women's netball deal
Sky has boosted its support of women’s sport with a four-year netball deal.
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NewsZai Bennett named Sky supremo
Sky has overhauled its content team, with Zai Bennett effectively taking over Stuart Murphy’s old role days after Phil Edgar-Jones replaced Celia Taylor as non-scripted boss.
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NewsMicky Flanagan returns to Sky
Comedian Micky Flanagan is returning to Sky 1 for a six-part documentary two years after his Detour de France travelogue.
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NewsCelia Taylor to leave Sky
Sky head of non-scripted Celia Taylor is leaving the broadcaster after seven years.
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NewsSky pulls Store from YouView after price hike
Sky is to pull its TV and film download app Sky Store from YouView after the platform ramped up its charges.
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NewsFormat fight on the horizon
A fierce battle is brewing to uncover the next generation of fact ent formats, after the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 all identified new returners as a top priority.
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NewsSky reveals first BAME figures
Sky is extending its diversity initiative to cover news and sport after revealing its performance for the first time since tough BAME targets were introduced in 2014.
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CommentMike Darcey: Sky's stand off with Netflix
The former Sky chief operating officer analyses why the pay-TV operator and SVoD giant have failed to make friends.
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RatingsSlow start for Young Pope
THURSDAY: Sky Atlantic’s big budget The Young Pope got off to an underwhelming start, pulling in 141,000 (0.8%) across its two-hour launch.
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NewsSky prepares 1,000 hours for 2017
Sky is to debut 1,000 hours of original commissions over the next twelve months across Europe with 80 series in production and another 170 in paid development.
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NewsJamie Vardy to front Sky Sports series
Sky Sports has ordered a six-part series featuring Leicester City and England striker Jamie Vardy’s V9 Academy from Zig Zag.
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NewsSky Vision lands Savage Kingdom
Sky Vision has picked up international rights to Icon Films’ natural history series Savage Kingdom.
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NewsSky sees slowing subscriber growth
Sky has reported slowing subscriber growth and a fall in advertising revenues, although total turnover has grown over the last three months.
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NewsSky Italia plans dramas to follow Young Pope
Sky Italia is developing high-end dramas based on the country’s football corruption scandal, the impact of the Arab Spring and Europe’s financial crisis, to follow The Young Pope.
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NewsShowtime and Sky Atlantic join Broadcast Commissioning Forum
Showtime senior vice-president of programming Robin Gurney will talk transatlantic trends with Sky Atlantic director Zai Bennett at the Broadcast Commissioning Forum on 3 November.
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NewsUKTV's W buys property formats from Cineflix Rights
Cineflix Rights has sold more than 200 hours of lifestyle and crime programming to UKTV, Sky and CBS Reality.
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NewsSky Living acquires procedural Conviction
Sky Living has picked up investigative procedural Conviction from Entertainment One ahead of Mipcom.
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NewsVR push gains momentum
The virtual reality revolution gathered pace this week as Sky launched a dedicated app, while two senior broadcasting executives founded production companies dedicated to the fledgling format.
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RatingsSky's Westworld traps 500k
TUESDAY: JJ Abrams’ sci-fi drama Westworld gripped almost half a million viewers – the channel’s best-performing show of the year after Game Of Thrones.
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NewsSky launches VR app
Sky has launched a virtual reality app featuring 20 videos involving David Beckham, Paul McCartney and heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua.