All Sky articles – Page 86
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NewsSky names comedy chief amid exec shake-up
Sky has appointed Jon Mountague as head of comedy and promoted Sky 1 director Adam MacDonald in a wide-ranging executive shake-up by new content boss Gary Davey.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Supergirl, Sky 1
The superhero series added 1m consolidated viewers to become Sky 1’s highest-rated series launch in three years.
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Behind The ScenesPrison: First & Last 24 Hours, Sky 1
Weeks immersed in prison life then long filming days paid off for our hard-working crew, says producer Louise Say
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NewsDrama bosses hunt episodic shows
Drama executives from ITV, Channel 4 and Sky have issued a call for contemporary stories, as well as episodic, ‘story-of-the-week’ style series.
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NewsFreddie Fries Again for Sky 1
Freddie Flintoff is to set off on a second nationwide tour in his fish and chip van for Sky 1.
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RatingsSupergirl soars for Sky
THURSDAY: Supergirl took off for Sky 1, as E4’s Big Bang Theory exploded past BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5.
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NewsSTV sends prison doc to Australia
Australian broadcaster Nine Network is remaking Sky 1 prison documentary Prison: First & Last 24 Hours.
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NewsFremantle raises questions over Bring the Noise
Fremantle Media UK has written to Sky and the indie behind Bring the Noise seeking assurances that the music panel show is unrelated to a format it previously pitched to the broadcaster.
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PodcastTalking TV: Danny Cohen / Stuart Murphy departures analysed
Danny Cohen and Stuart Murphy’s respective departures from the BBC and Sky are analysed on the latest edition of Talking TV.
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FeaturesBring the Noise, Sky 1
Sky 1’s new comedy and music spectacular Bring The Noise breaks with panel show tradition by taking inspiration for its set from concert arenas
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CommentA week of changing personalities
Sky looks to the future as Stuart Murphy era comes to a close
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NewsMurphy’s time at Sky assessed
Stuart Murphy is handing over Sky’s programming “train set” to the increasingly influential Gary Davey as he looks to indulge passions away from TV, including theme parks and classical music.
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NewsSky scores southern hemisphere rugby rights
Sky Atlantic has grown its audience by 70% year-on-year while the pay-TV broadcaster has swooped for rights to a host of southern hemisphere rugby rights.
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NewsStuart Murphy: my future lies outside TV
Stuart Murphy is hunting a role outside of the TV industry when he leaves Sky and has ruled out replacing Danny Cohen at the BBC.
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NewsStuart Murphy to leave Sky
Sky director of entertainment channels Stuart Murphy is to stand down after six years, and the broadcaster’s commissioning structure will be rejigged so he will not be replaced.
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NewsBedell, Tyler, Watsham and Taylor on hunt for Next Big Thing
Elaine Bedell, Alan Tyler, Richard Watsham and Celia Taylor will debate the Next Big Thing in Entertainment in a key session of Broadcast’s Commissioning Forum next month.
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RatingsKarl Pilkington helps Sky 1 to biggest audience of 2015
TUESDAY: The return of Karl Pilkington’s Moaning of Life and US superhero show The Flash helped Sky 1 to notch up some of its biggest audiences of the year.
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NewsSupergirl heads to Sky 1
Supergirl is to land on Sky 1 after the channel swooped for the rights to the Warner Bros-distributed drama.
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NewsSky to mic golfer for British Masters coverage
Sky Sports is to bolster its coverage of the British Masters golf tournament by making use of a live player microphone for the first time.
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NewsSundanceTV grabs Last Panthers
US cable network SundanceTV has picked up Sky Atlantic’s big-budget heist drama The Last Panthers.