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SkyShowtime reveals key execs as Paramount & Sky streamer preps for launch
SkyShowtime, the soon-to-launch joint venture streamer from Comcast and Paramount, has revealed its senior management…
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SkyShowtime go for launch as JV streamer gets regulatory approval
Sky’s parent company Comcast has announced that its joint-venture streaming operation with ViacomCBS has received…
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TBI Weekly: Five questions for SkyShowtime’s new CEO
This week’s appointment of Monty Sarhan as the CEO of SkyShowtime takes us one significant…
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ViacomCBS & Comcast name CEO for European SVOD SkyShowtime
SkyShowtime, the new Comcast and ViacomCBS joint venture streaming service, has found its CEO. Monty…
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NENT sets US launch date for Viaplay after striking Comcast deal
Nordic streamer Viaplay is to launch in the US on Wednesday, offering 1,100 hours of…
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Sky CEO on plans to become a ‘powerhouse creator’ & European expansion
Sky’s recently appointed CEO Dana Strong used her first public keynote today to underline plans…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Predicting the future & effects of digital ad growth
Online advertising will account for more than 70% of worldwide ad revenue by 2025. As…
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Comcast & ViacomCBS team to launch European streamer SkyShowtime
Sky owner Comcast has teamed up with ViacomCBS to launch SkyShowtime, a new joint venture…
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NBCU’s Peacock to land on Sky in Europe, marking first international expansion
NBCUniversal (NBCU)’s streaming service Peacock will come to Sky customers in Europe later this year,…
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Comcast & ViacomCBS explore global streaming alliance
Comcast and ViacomCBS are exploring a global streaming partnership, with the former’s CEO Brian Roberts…
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NBCU owner Comcast eyes ViacomCBS or Roku deal, according to report
NBCUniversal (NBCU) owner Comcast is exploring a potential tie-up with US-based media giant rival ViacomCBS…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Could Peacock & Paramount+ combine?
A week on from AT&T’s seismic decision to spin off WarnerMedia with Discovery, TBI explores…
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Sky Studios names YouTube EMEA chief Cécile Frot-Coutaz as CEO
European media giant Sky has appointed the head of YouTube in EMEA and former Fremantle…
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Sky Italia’s MD & programming chief to depart
Sky Italia’s MD Maximo Ibarra and programming chief Nicola Maccanico are set to leave the…
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Sky Studios promotes Jupiter execs in bid to ‘turbocharge’ US operations
Comcast-owned Sky Studios has brought its various US production entities under the control of Jupiter…
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TBI Weekly: Seven trends to look out for in 2021
2021 is off to a busy start. We’ve seen senior content execs depart in North…
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Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch steps down, succeeded by Comcast’s Dana Strong
Jeremy Darroch, CEO of European pay-TV and broadband group Sky, is stepping down after 13…
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Comcast talks up Peacock’s AVOD/SVOD hybrid model as sign-ups surge
NBCUniversal’s newly launched streamer Peacock has reached 22 million sign-ups in a better-than-expected quarter for…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Peacock takes flight as subs flock in
NBCUniversal’s streamer Peacock might have had its feathers ruffled by the global pandemic affecting its…
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Sky strikes kids content pact with NBCU sibling DreamWorks
Sky has struck a deal with fellow Comcast-owned NBCUniversal (NBCU) that will see a raft of…
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NBCU’s vice chairman Ron Meyer exits after admitting affair
NBCUniversal (NBCU)’s vice chairman Ron Meyer has left the US studio after more than 25…
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NBCUniversal starts laying off staff as streaming focus takes hold
NBCUniversal (NBCU) has started cutting staff as it focuses more attention on its streaming business,…
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Sky Arts to go free-to-air from September in UK
Comcast-owned pay-TV operator Sky will make its Arts channel free-to-air in the UK, the operator…
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NBCU’s Peacock ruffled by Android absence & technical errors
NBCUniversal’s (NBCU) streamer Peacock suffered online ignominy on its US-wide launch after its app was…
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NBCU lands streamer Peacock into a crowded US landscape
NBCUniversal’s (NBCU) fledgling streamer Peacock landed into a crowded US streaming market today, leaning on…
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Sky and Discovery ink new multi-year carriage deal
Comcast-owned broadcaster Sky has signed a new carriage deal with Discovery across the UK, Ireland,…
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Comcast to spend $100m to tackle racism, drive ‘meaningful change’
Comcast has said it will spend $100m to fight inequality as part of a multiyear…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Breaking down the numbers for 2019/20
2019 might seem like a different world to the Covid-19 dominated landscape we live in…
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Sky Studios takes stake in BBC Studios’ alums prodco The Lighthouse
Comcast-backed Sky Studios has taken a minority stake in UK production company The Lighthouse, the…
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NBCU’s Peacock launches amid ‘significant’ Covid-19 impact
NBCUniversal (NBCU) has rolled out its new streaming service Peacock to select users in the…