All Sky articles – Page 89
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RatingsPartridge fails to pep up Sky ratings
TUESDAY: There was no “A-Ha!” moment for Sky Atlantic as Alan Partridge’s Mid Morning Matters returned with a meagre 60,000 viewers.
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NewsBBC2's The Trip heads to Sky
Sky Atlantic has swooped on Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s comedy travelogue The Trip after BBC2 opted not to commission a third series.
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FeaturesBest sports programme: The 2015 Investec Ashes Series
Sky Sports’ commitment to innovation and high production values helped its entry stand out from the competition.
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FeaturesBest international programme sales: Fortitude
Arctic crime drama Fortitude was Sky’s biggest investment in original drama when it was ordered in 2013, with a budget of around £28m.
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NewsShine takes The Force to Essex for Sky 1
Shine TV is to head to Essex for the second series of Sky 1 blue-light documentary The Force.
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CommentA shout-out to the Sky ad team
Half-year results show new revenue is out there, says Kate Bulkley
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NewsSky eyes free-to-air growth
Sky is increasingly moving into the free-to-air world, with chief executive Jeremy Darroch opening up about the broadcaster’s non-pay strategy.
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NewsSky backs sports app firm
Sky has invested £300,000 in sports marketing company InCrowd to help maximise its sports output.
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RatingsLucky Man sheds 200k
FRIDAY: Stan Lee’s Lucky Man lost a third of its audience on Sky 1 as Derby County’s clash with Manchester United in the FA Cup peaked with a crowd of almost 6m.
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NewsSky suffers £12m profit drop
Sky added 146,000 subscribers in final three months of 2015 but reported a £12m fall in pre-tax profits.
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NewsJames Murdoch appointed Sky chairman
James Murdoch is to return to Sky as chairman four years after he stepped down from the role.
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NewsSky 1 develops Game of Thrones-style drama
Sky 1 is developing a feature-length fantasy drama based on Jasper Fforde’s novel The Last Dragonslayer as it hunts its own Game of Thrones.
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RatingsStan Lee's Lucky Man brings good fortune to Sky
FRIDAY: Stan Lee’s Lucky Man made an auspicious start, reeling in Sky 1’s biggest audience for a drama launch since Sinbad.
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NewsSky invests £7m in ad-tech firm
Sky has invested £7m in advertising technology firm DataXu, continuing its spate of Silicon Valley-style deals.
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NewsSky News facing Gherkin exit
Sky News could be forced to leave its studio in London’s Gherkin after the landlord began weighing up plans to rent out the space.
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The Broadcast InterviewGary Davey, Sky
Sky’s managing director of content talks to Chris Curtis about going head to head with US studios, losing Stuart Murphy, and his search for a pan-European scripted blockbuster
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NewsSky Q bolsters on-demand video offering
Sky has bolstered the range of short-form video content it will make available via its next-generation set-top box after signing deals with Barcroft TV, Electus and Funny Or Die.
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RatingsFestive ratings highlights: Sherlock, Dickensian & Fungus
BBC dramas And Then There Were None, Dickensian and Sherlock performed strongly over the festive period, as ITV’s scripted efforts struggled and Fungus The Bogeyman helped Sky 1 to its best audience of 2015.
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NewsSky preps Michael Jackson roadtrip drama
Joseph Fiennes is to play Michael Jackson in a one-off drama for Sky Arts that will immortalise an outlandish roadtrip the singer took with Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando.
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CommentSky Q offers a new flavour of TV
Launch marks broadcaster’s move into quad-play, says Kate Bulkley