All Sky articles – Page 93
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NewsBT Sport on brink of La Liga deal
BT Sport is on the brink of its latest sports rights coup - tying up the rights to Spain’s elite football competition La Liga.
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Behind The ScenesLenny Henry's Got The Blues, Sky Arts
Lenny Henry wanted to know why there are so few black British blues singers. The story we uncovered was far more colourful and complex than we ever imagined, says Chris Wilson
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NewsSky keen on small indie deals
Sky is to continue to acquire UK production companies but will focus on smaller indies rather than targeting super-indie groups.
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NewsShine secures bumper police doc for Sky
Sky 1 has ordered a bumper 20-part documentary about the Greater Manchester Police force from Shine TV.
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NewsSky eyes Euro expansion for Now TV
Sky is preparing to roll-out Now TV across Europe, aggressively taking on Netflix in the online video space.
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NewsSky passes 12m subscriber ‘milestone’
Sky has posted a 5% increase in revenue as the pay-TV broadcaster passed 12m subscribers for the first time with its highest growth in new customers in the UK for 11 years.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Penny Dreadful
The second series of Sky Atlantic’s Penny Dreadful concluded with close to 600,000 viewers after almost 450,000 recorded or viewed the final on catch-up TV.
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NewsSky Arts orders first Amplify projects
Sky Arts has commissioned the first projects from its £1m-per year Amplify initiative.
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NewsSky creates tech hub in Leeds
Sky is establishing a technology base in Leeds which will be focused on developing its next wave of digital products and services.
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NewsIn brief: Air Ambulance ER; Rightster
Sky 1 commissions Tern TV to make a second series of Air Ambulance and Rightster launches an arts MCN.
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NewsEU slams Sky and US studios for blocking content
The European Union has launched an anti-trust case against Sky and the six major Hollywood studios, accusing them of illegally curbing cross-border access to pay-TV content.
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NewsSky seals deal with Blast!
Sky has tied up its fourth indie deal, taking a majority stake in The Tube producer Blast! Films.
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NewsSky 1 takes Richard Hammond into the jungle
Richard Hammond has landed his first post-Top Gear job, heading into the jungles of the Amazon for a Sky 1 documentary.
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NewsWild Things let loose for second Sky series
Sky 1’s mad-cap physical gameshow Wild Things is to return to for an extended second series.
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NewsSky 1 rethinks 8pm strategy
Sky 1 has pulled back from original 8pm commissions but plans to supersize other areas of the schedule, including year-round drama and comedy, as part of a 20% budget boost.
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NewsBT: Sky overcharges subs by £500m
BT is lobbying Ofcom to review the pay-TV market, arguing that Sky’s dominance is costing consumers £500 million a year and damaging sports rights negotiations.
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NewsSky 1 beefs up comedy with The Muppets
Sky 1 has landed three comedy-led series, including exclusive rights to The Muppets in the UK and Ireland, as part of a 20% increase in original content on the channel.
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NewsSky commits to improving VoD subtitles
Sky has guaranteed that all of its most popular on-demand programming will be supported by subtitles by next summer.
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NewsOfcom unconvinced over retransmission fees
The implementation of retransmission fees may trigger “more regulation, not less”, with no guarantee the extra revenue generated would be ploughed into programming according to Ofcom.
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NewsSky seeks children’s boss to ‘curate’ shows
Sky’s new kids’ boss will be expected to work in the space where content and product marketing collide to ensure its investment in the genre reaches viewers.