Sky Arts


Sky Arts is Occupied with Scandi drama

UK pay TV channel Sky Arts has acquired Norwegian political thriller series Occupied. The deal with Zodiak Rights means the Jo Nesbø-penned show will debut in the UK early next year. Its debut on commissioning channels TV2 in Norway and Arte in France comes on October 2 and in November, respectively. The show comes from […]

Ovation crowns Portrait Artist of the Year

US channel Ovation has acquired seasons one and two of Portrait Artist of the Year, an art competition show from the UK. The show, from Storyvault Films and for Sky Arts in the UK, will debut on Ovation on October 18 following a deal with distributor Zodiak Rights. Portrait Artist of the Year challenged shortlisted […]

Sky UK, Germany and Italy team for arts

Sky is setting up a new production hub in Italy that will make content for the European pay TV operator’s services in the UK, Italy and Germany and Austria, which cumulatively have 21 million subs. Sky’s new arts initiative will also see the Sky Arts 1 and 2 channels merged in the UK and the […]

Viewpoint: Changing the tune

Music programming in the era of reality TV is not what it used to be, and broadcasters must get back to championing bands, argues Julie Jakobek, managing director of UK indie producer JA Digital Music TV used to be so straightforward. Turn on the set and you would see an iconic pop video, a new […]

TMG, Sky have Sensitive Skin

Sky has picked up Kim Catrall comedy drama series Sensitive Skin for its UK pay TV Sky Arts channel. German producer and distributor Tele München Group has taken European German-language rights to the series, which is distributed by Tricon Films & Television. The Canadian series is a remake of an earlier BBC Two drama that […]

AMC-CBS venture captures Tricon’s Killer

The AMC Networks and CBS channels joint venture in the UK and EMEA is among buyers of Tricon Films & Television programming such as To Catch a Killer. One of the CBS Studios International- and AMC Networks International – Zone-owned channels, CBS Reality, has bought the 8x60mins Killer along with the 7x60mins I Didn’t Do […]

Brit artist Jake Chapman making TV drama for Sky

Controversial British artist Jake Chapman is making a move into TV with Mills and Doom: The Marriage of Reason and Squalor, a drama for UK pay TV operator Sky. The drama will run to four parts and stars Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spiderman) and Sophie Kennedy Clark (Philomena), and is billed as an unsettling ‘twisted […]

TalkTalk bags Sky catch-up rights, extends deal

UK telco TalkTalk has extended its arrangement with BSkyB with a new deal that hands it catch-up programming from premium channels Sky Sports and Sky Movies. The new multi-year wholsale agreement means TalkTalk will continue to offers its pay TV customers Sky Sports and Sky Movies channels, including the upcoming European football net Sky Sports […]

Buyers Briefing digital season: Will Ennett, TalkTalk

Name: Will Ennett Title: Head of pay TV content, TalkTalk Former Blinkbox and Viasat buyer Will Ennett joined UK telco TalkTalk a year ago as head of pay TV content, a role that sees him strike deals for the TalkTalk TV pay service, which is available through internet TV service YouView. He becomes the first […]

Edgar-Jones replaces Hunt at Sky Arts

Phil Edgar-Jones has replaced James Hunt at UK pay channel Sky Arts. Hunt left his role as director as the BSkyB-owned last week and Edgar-Jones, who was previously Sky’s head of entertainment, has stepped in to the fray. Edgar-Jones will now report to Stuart Murphy, director of entertainment at Sky, and continue to oversee entertainment […]