All Sky articles – Page 98
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CommentWhy should viewers pay a new TV tax?
David Abraham misses the point on retransmission fees, says Sky’s Graham McWilliam
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RatingsSky Living wins 240k with Emmys coverage
TUESDAY: The 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards highlights show peaked with 240,000 viewers after moving to Sky Living from 5 USA.
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Ratings50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy draws 300k to Sky
MONDAY: Sky 1 bucket list show 50 Way To Kill Your Mammy got underway with more than 300,000 viewers as over 2m tuned in to the Scotland Decides debate on BBC2.
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NewsSky 1 orders cosplay gameshow
Sky has ordered a cosplay gameshow and a Christmas drama alongside a trio of acquisitions, including The Flash.
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NewsDavid Abraham takes aim at Sky and US studios
MacTaggart: Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has demanded that Sky pay to carry its services and argued that it should be handed the chance to strike “more flexible deals” with the rapidly consolidating indie sector.
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NewsHBO plots more Sky co-pros
HBO is hunting for dramas which it can co-produce with Sky, as well as looking to order a family-friendly scripted series.
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NewsTV a ruder place to work
Television has become a ruder and more frustrating place to work for UK indies over the past 12 months, with commissioning standards at the BBC in particular going backwards.
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NewsEntertainment shows fail diversity test
The vast majority of primetime entertainment shows are failing to refl ect the diversity of the British population, according to the first findings of a major Broadcast-backed study.
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NewsStars demand broadcasters ring-fence BAME cash
Idris Elba, Harry Hill and Emma Thompson are among the group of prominent actors, writers and producers to have written to the major broadcasters urging them to ring-fence money to create more diverse programming.
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NewsOfcom probes Sky News MH17 report
Ofcom is to launch an investigation into Sky News’ coverage of the MH17 air disaster after it received over 200 complaints about presenter Colin Brazier searching through the luggage of victims.
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RatingsSky Sports outscores BT Sport
SATURDAY: Sky Sports won the ratings battle against BT Sport on the opening weekend of Premier League action.
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CommentSky bids for permament change
Stuart Murphy anticipates ‘creative bounce’ from Sky’s diversity targets
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NewsGordonstoun opens gates for Sky 1
Sky 1 is heading to Prince Charles’ alma mater Gordonstoun for its latest ob-doc.
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NewsSky unveils diversity quotas
One senior production executive on all of Sky’s original commissions must come from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background, as part of an ambitious set of diversity targets laid out by the pay-TV broadcaster.
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NewsSky greenlights geek gameshow
Britain’s biggest geeks and fanatics are to appear in a new Victory Television gameshow for Sky 1.
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NewsSky News eyes US growth with connected-TV boost
Sky News is ramping up its presence on connected-TV devices as it targets an increasingly international audience.
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NewsBroadcasters prepare Robin Williams celebrations
UK broadcasters have begun changing their schedules to celebrate the work of Robin Williams, the US actor and comedian who has died at the age of 63.
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NewsSky launches weekly sports pass
Sky is expanding its pay-as-you-go Now TV sports offering with the launch of a new weekly access pass.
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NewsEU regulators to make Sky Europe decision by 11 September
European regulators will decide whether to approve BSkyB’s deal to create a pan regional European satellite service by 11 September.
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NewsNews bosses to appear before Lords committee
The House of Lords inquiry into women in news is set to call the heads of news from all the major broadcasters to give evidence, and will also consider the role of women in high-end factual programming.