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Liberty pays £481m for 6.4% stake in ITV
Liberty Global has bought a 6.4% stake in UK terrestrial broadcaster ITV for £481 million…
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Sky orders more Alan Partridge comedy
Sky Atlantic has commissioned a new season of Alan Partridge’s Mid Morning Matters and a…
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Sky records surprise uptick in TV customers
UK pay TV operator BSkyB said that it added 74,000 new TV customers in the…
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Sky Go and Now TV to join PS4
Sky said it is preparing to launch its Sky Go on-demand service and Now TV…
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BBC and Sky settle retransmission fee dispute
The BBC and Sky have ended a long-running dispute about retransmission fees, agreeing that the…
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Netflix adds subs, plots European expansion
Netflix is set to “embark on a substantial European expansion” later this year, as it…
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BBC Worldwide presells drama miniseries
BBC Worldwide has presold two of its drama miniseries around the world. Ecosse Films-produced Fleming:…
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BBC claims sports viewing victory over Sky
The BBC claims it was the most-watched sports broadcaster in the UK last year, despite…
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Sky to fully fund Fortitude series after Starz drops out
UK pay TV operator BSkyB will foot the full bill for upcoming drama series Fortitude…
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DCD sells Aussie dramas to Sky, C5 and Hulu
UK-based distributor DCD Rights agreed US and UK deals for two of its Australian dramas….
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BT’s Sky challenge continues with sports news deal
BT has agreed a content deal with sports news agency sntv. The UK telco has…
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Comment: Are newspaper giants the new pay TV channels?
The news back in September that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos had bought the iconic Washington…
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YouView the largest catch-up provider in the UK, report
UK connected TV platform, YouView, is now the largest catch-up TV provider in the UK,…
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Sky Vision to show Fortitude
Sky Vision is set to land international rights to upcoming big-budget drama Fortitude, TBI understands….
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Sky’s quarterly programming costs top £600 million
BSkyB’s investment in new original programming and increased football rights costs have caused a spike…
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QVC launches two new channels
Shopping network QVC is launching two new channels in the UK – QVC Style and…
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Ofcom backs BSkyB in BT ads row
UK regulator Ofcom has ruled that BSkyB has not breached its broadcast code in refusing…
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Using the UK tax credit to boost trans-Atlantic relations
Patrick Irwin, Justin Thomson-Glover and Louisa Spring – the principals of London and LA-based exec-production,…
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BT Sports paves way for Sky price battle and rights inflation
BSkyB will hit back at BT with new pricing promotions as double-digit percentage increases in…
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Record audience figures swing Sky Deutschland to profit
German pay TV platform Sky Deutschland said it reached record audience levels in Q1 2013,…
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UKTV gets a new look
UKTV is introducing a new on-air look and feel. The UK channel operating group, which…
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Nickelodeon and Sky team for kids Block Party series
Nickelodeon UK and BSkyB have jointly commissioned a new kids series, Jordan & Perri’s Ultimate…
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Sky and Disney launch pay TV channel
UK pay TV platform BSkyB and Hollywood Studio Disney are launching a pay TV channel…
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Sky inks sports news channel deal with Viasat
UK pay TV platform BSkyB has inked a deal with its Scandinavian counterpart Viasat for…
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Shock decline in pay TV numbers in Western Europe
The total number of pay TV subscribers in Western Europe has fallen for the first…
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Sky Italia launches F1 channel
Italian pay TV operator Sky has launched a dedicated Formula 1 channel, Sky Sport F1…
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Sky Italia struggles as News Corp. posts strong results
Sky Italia swung to a loss and shed customers in the most recent quarter and…
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Sky hires fact-ent commissioner
UK pay TV operator Sky has hired Colm Martin as commissioning editor of factual entertainment….
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Broadcasters take The Simpsons short film
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has made The Simpsons spin-off short film The Longest Daycare…
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BSkyB to make sports channels available without subscription
BSkyB is making its sports channels available on a pay-as-you-go basis for £9.99 a day…