All Sky articles – Page 98
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CommentComment: Fortitude success shows Sky is on the right path
Drama has demonstrated the ambition and quality viewers can expect
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NewsSky posts nine year subscriber high
Sky added over 200,000 TV subscribers in the UK in the last three months of 2014, its fastest rate of growth in nine years.
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NewsSky lands exclusive rights to The Open
Sky Sports has snatched exclusive rights to cover The Open from the BBC, which has aired the golf championship for the past 60 years.
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CommentThe Twitter verdict: Fortitude
“Well I stuck with #Fortitude and thought it was really good. Except for the pig. Didn’t like the pig bit”
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RatingsFortitude launch captures 700k
THURSDAY: Sky Atlantic’s heavily-promoted drama Fortitude made a successful debut, securing an overnight audience of over 700,000 viewers.
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NewsSky to enter mobile market
Sky is to enter the mobile sector for the first time after striking a deal with Telefónica UK, which trades as O2.
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NewsAnalysis: Sky in Silicon Valley
Sky will continue its spate of San Francisco acquisitions at a steady pace over the next year as the seven businesses it has already backed begin to have a direct impact on its business.
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NewsSky eyes new drama partners
Sky is hunting for more international drama co-pro partners and has targeted broadcasters in Australia and Canada for its next wave of big-budget commissions.
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NewsSky News and Facebook partner for election debate
Sky News has partnered with Facebook as part of its Stand Up Be Counted (SUBC) initiative for an online debate in which youngsters will grill the major political leaders.
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NewsTV debates: broadcasters threaten to ‘empty chair’ leaders
The UK’s major broadcasters have threatened to ‘empty chair’ any party leader that decides not to participate in its latest proposals for the election debate.
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NewsBroadcasters table fresh leader debate proposals
The Green Party, the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru are to be invited to take part in the general election leader debates, according to reports.
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NewsDeadline for Premier League rights bids looms
The battle for Premier League football could be settled in the next fortnight as Sky, BT and Eurosport-owner Discovery submit first-round rights bids by February 6.
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NewsUgly Brother thinks global
Ugly Brother Studios is using its investment from Sky Vision to help it emerge from a spell of more conservative commissioning patterns in the US.
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RatingsDesi Rascals fails to hit 90k
TUESDAY: Sky Living’s structured reality format Desi Rascals launched with fewer than 90,000 viewers as BBC2’s one-off The Eichmann Show enthralled 1.2m.
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NewsSky Arts delivers Stephen Mangan pregnancy drama
Stephen Mangan is to star as a heavily pregnant man in a new one-off drama for Sky Arts.
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NewsDarroch to reveal Sky Europe plans at Mip TV
Sky chief executive Jeremy Darroch is to lift the lid on the company’s plans to create a European “powerhouse” in a keynote address at Mip TV.
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Behind The ScenesFortitude, Sky Atlantic
The producers battled limited daylight, snow shortages and polar bears
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NewsDesi Rascals rushes to be ‘leaked’ on Twitter
The rushes from Sky Living structured reality show Desi Rascals are to be ‘leaked’ on Instagram and Twitter as the broadcaster hopes to spark reaction from viewers that will help shape the show.
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NewsQuiet rise of Sky boss Gary Davey
Gary Davey will be tasked with shaping Sky’s pan-European content strategy after quietly rising to become one of the pay-TV operator’s most senior figures.
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NewsDiversity: TV united and divided
Channel 4 unveiled a comprehensive vision to tackle diversity this week, highlighting the challenge facing an industry united in its goals but divided on its solutions.