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Sky rubbishes BBC’s ‘bizarre’ SVOD concerns
Sky’s content chief, Gary Davey, has slammed the BBC’s “bizarre” concerns over the arrival of…
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Ex-Sky non-scripted chief to lead Mentorn
Former Sky head of non-scripted Celia Taylor has joined Tinopolis Group-owned UK factual prodco Mentorn…
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Sky bags Moomins reboot
UK satcaster Sky has boarded the upcoming reboot of Tove Jansson’s kids property Moomins. Sky…
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Murdoch ‘confident of Sky deal approval’ in early 2018
21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch has said he expects the company’s acquisition of Sky…
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Fighting the pirates
Illegal downloads and streams are directly impacting the TV business, but how far are they…
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Game of Thrones leads to record Sky audience
Sky recorded record entertainment audiences in its fiscal first quarter and grew its customer numbers…
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Watchdog details scope of Fox-Sky investigation
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published an issues statement outlining the scope of…
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Ampere: media giants’ debts are manageable
Debt levels at media giants such as Netflix and Sky are less significant than those…
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Edge joins Sky & C4 in backing TRX
Edge Investments has taken a minority stake in Dial Square 86, the holding company for…
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AMC set to go free for Snatch premiere
BT and AMC will broadcast the channel free of charge in the UK from October…
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Men & Motors net relaunches as lifestyle format
UK channel brand Men & Motors has been retooled for the international market as a…
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Sky scraps overnight measurements
UK paycaster Sky is to scrap overnight measurements in favour of a seven-day cumulative audience…
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Sky brings in Marvel’s Inhumans for UK & Ireland
Pay TV channel Sky 1 has brought in Marvel’s Inhumans for this autumn, making it…
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Murdoch: Sky deal would be ‘positive’ for Brexit
James Murdoch has urged 21st Century Fox’s takeover of Sky to not be the victim…
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TBI Weekly: The best of Cartoon Forum
Cartoon Forum took place this week, bringing in some of the best animators, distributors, producers…
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Confirmed: Sky deal referred to watchdog for review
The UK government has confirmed that 21st Century Fox’s planned £18.5 billion (US$24.6 billion) takeover…
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Gov’t minded to refer Fox’s Sky deal to watchdog
An influential UK politician has said she is “minded” to refer the proposed merger between 21st…
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Sky’s Spanish SVOD service launches
European satcaster Sky has debuted in Spain’s increasingly crowded and competitive subscription VOD service. The…
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Sky launches €2m Irish entertainment fund
European satcaster Sky has created a €2.2 million (US$2.6 million) fund to find Irish entertainment…
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Sky hires Big Talk exec as comedy commissioner
Sky has hired Big Talk Productions’ Josh Cole as commissioning editor for comedy. In the…
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Iflix hires RTL CBS Asia founder
Iflix has appointed the founding CEO of RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network, Jonas Engwall, as its…
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Sky & HBO buy into Bad Wolf
Scripted strategies at Sky and HBO are once again aligning, with both of the pay…
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Sky discovers Bad Wolf’s Witches adaptation
UK satcaster Sky has commissioned a drama series, A Discovery of Witches, for its linear…
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Sky brings Jamie Vardy football doc to flagship net
Sky 1 is set to broadcast fly-on-the-wall doc The Next Jamie Vardy in September. Beginning…
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Sky ploughs another £1m into TRX
UK satcaster Sky has invested another £1 million (US$1.3 million) in rights trading platform TRX….
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Iflix closes $133m funding round led by Hearst
Emerging market SVOD service Iflix has completed a US$133 million funding round led by US…
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Ofcom: UK now a ‘nation of binge viewers’
The UK has become “a nation of binge viewers” but there are stark differences between…
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Sundance SVOD service heads to Rillington Place, Riviera
AMC Networks has acquired Europe-produced scripted trio Back, Rillington Place and Riviera for its Sundance-branded…
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Sky confirms Sky España OTT plans
Sky has confirmed plans to launch a “simple and affordable” over-the-top service in Spain, marking…
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Chernobyl drama first from HBO, Sky pact
A drama based on the Chernobyl catastrophe is the first high-end series to come out…