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Downton prodco, Stan Lee making Sky drama
UK pay TV operator Sky has commissioned Lucky Man, a ten-part supernatural cop drama from…
Sky buys US prodco Jupiter
UK satellite broadcaster Sky has acquired a majority stake in US-based producer Jupiter Entertainment. The…
Brian Sullivan exiting Sky Deutschland
Brian Sullivan will step down as CEO of Sky’s German arm on June 24 to return…
TMG, Sky have Sensitive Skin
Sky has picked up Kim Catrall comedy drama series Sensitive Skin for its UK pay…
Bake Off rises in BBC-Keshet deal
Israeli free-to-air broadcaster Keshet has acquired British cooking competition format The Great Bake Off. The…
Netflix content spend outstrips BBC, HBO, Discovery
Netflix now outspends the BBC, HBO and Discovery on content, according to new research. Only…
Walking Dead spin-off set for Brazil
The newly-commissioned Walking Dead companion series will air in Brazil after AMC Networks secured carriage…
Fox gives David Smyth intn’l copro role
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has promoted David Smyth to senior VP, sales and development,…
Sky ‘squeezes out’ remaining Deutschland shares
Sky has confirmed it is to acquire the remaining 4% of the shares in Sky…
Sky, Canal+ pick through Debris with Tunnel 2
European pay TV players Sky and Canal+ are joining forces to make another series of…
Sky follows Danger Dogs
Sky in the UK is among buyers of Danger Dogs, a series from Australia’s Flame…
Sky moots German 4K service
Sky could launch a 4K TV service in Germany at the end of this year…
Premier League auction hits record £5.1bn
Sky has retained the bulk of live Premier League football for upcoming seasons, but upped…
Sky takes UK and German rights to Italy’s 1992
Sky has acquired 1992, the upcoming political drama produced for Sky Italia, for its UK…
Combined Sky reports bumper customer growth
Sky reported strong customer growth in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Austria in its first…
Sky ‘plans 4K set-top’
UK service provider Sky is reportedly planning to launch a next-generation set-top box in the…
Broadcasters take Depeche Mode on tour
A raft of broadcasters have acquired a Depeche Mode live concert film. Depeche Mode: Live…
Discovery to bid for Premier League rights
Discovery Communications will join the auction for lucrative English Premier League rights in the UK,…
Sky CEO Darroch to deliver MIPTV keynote
Sky’s group chief executive Jeremy Darroch is due to deliver a ‘Media Mastermind Keynote’ at…
Ex-Dragonfly boss resurfaces at ITV Studios prodco
The former managing director of Dragonfly Film & TV, Simon Dickson, has joined an ITV…
Sky launching drama series across Europe
Sky is launching its original drama Fortitude across its European footprint simultaneously. The series will…
Sky appoints content boss
Sky has appointed Sky Deutschland executive Gary Davey its UK content boss, filling the role…
Virgin Media adds two Sky HD channels
UK cable operator Virgin Media has added Sky News HD and Sky Sports News HQ…
Regulator to assess Sky Sports wholesale mandate
Ofcom has launched a consultation to look at whether regulation that requires Sky to offer…
Sony’s Pop picks up Funnymals
Sony’s recently-acquired UK digital channel Pop TV and the African feed of Comedy Central has…
Darroch replaces Murdoch on Sky Deutschland board
Sky Deutschland has appointed Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch as the new chairman of its supervisory…
Sky Deutschland launches Star Wars channel
Sky Deutschland, the German arm of UK-Italian-German pay TV operator Sky, has launched a dedicated…
BSkyB rebrands as Euro merger completes
BSkyB has completed the takeovers of its European pay TV cousins, and subsequently rebranded its…
Murdoch talks Shine/Endemol, Sky Europe in Cannes
James Murdoch spoke publicly about the Shine/Endemol merger yesterday at MIPCOM. Referring to the deal, which…
Sky Deutschland says it will add 450,000 subs
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland expects to gain between 400,000 and 450,000 subscribers and full-year…