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NewsBroadcasters stand firm on leaders’ debates
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky have held firm on their original plans for the proposed election debates – raising the possibility of prime minister David Cameron being empty-chaired if he fails to participate.
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NewsGomorrah lands second series
Filming on the second series of acclaimed Sky Italia crime-drama Gomorrah is due to get underway in Naples next month.
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NewsCoba: non PSBs outspend BBC on new indie originations
The non-PSBs spent £30m more on new, original commissions from indies than the BBC, ITV and Channel 5 combined in 2013, according to the Commercial Broadcasters Association (Coba).
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NewsSky creates Twitter game to support Critical launch
Sky 1 has produced a ‘choose your own adventure’-style Twitter game to support its medical drama Critical.
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NewsITV to air first leaders’ debate
ITV will air the first leaders’ debate as the broadcasters plan to push ahead with the events during the election campaign.
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NewsSky to squeeze out remaining German shareholders
Sky’s plans to fully own its pan-European satellite pay-TV platform moved a step closer after it began to squeeze out the remaining shareholders of Sky Deutschland.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: What £5.1bn would buy
Click to discover what the money BT and Sky spent on Premier League rights could have bought.
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NewsSky Arts hunts for Guitar Star
Somethin’ Else has scooped its biggest-ever commission after landing a nine-part series from Sky Arts in which it will launch a hunt for the nation’s best guitarist.
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NewsFootball rights deal laid bare
There was an audible gasp among the roomful of journalists when Premier League boss Richard Scudamore revealed that Sky and BT had paid more than £5.1bn to keep live rights to the competition until 2019.
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NewsSky Arts hunts for Guitar Star
Sky Arts has launched a hunt for a guitarist to play at the Latitude festival as part of a nine-part series produced by Somethin’ Else.
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NewsSky and BT splash the cash in £5bn Premier League deal
Sky and BT Sport have paid £5.14bn to retain live broadcast rights to the Premier League for the 2016/17 to 2018/19 seasons.
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NewsSky appoints entertainment commisisoner
Former Chatty Man exec producer Richard Ackerman has joined Sky as a non-scripted commissioner.
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NewsSky Arts acquires Italian political thriller
Sky Arts has picked up edgy Italian political thriller 1992 as part of a deal that will mark the latest series to launch in all five of Sky’s European territories.
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NewsSky posts nine year subscriber high
Sky added over 200,000 TV subscribers in the UK in the last three months of 2014, its fastest rate of growth in nine years.
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NewsSky lands exclusive rights to The Open
Sky Sports has snatched exclusive rights to cover The Open from the BBC, which has aired the golf championship for the past 60 years.
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NewsSky to enter mobile market
Sky is to enter the mobile sector for the first time after striking a deal with Telefónica UK, which trades as O2.
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NewsAnalysis: Sky in Silicon Valley
Sky will continue its spate of San Francisco acquisitions at a steady pace over the next year as the seven businesses it has already backed begin to have a direct impact on its business.
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NewsSky eyes new drama partners
Sky is hunting for more international drama co-pro partners and has targeted broadcasters in Australia and Canada for its next wave of big-budget commissions.
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NewsSky News and Facebook partner for election debate
Sky News has partnered with Facebook as part of its Stand Up Be Counted (SUBC) initiative for an online debate in which youngsters will grill the major political leaders.
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NewsTV debates: broadcasters threaten to ‘empty chair’ leaders
The UK’s major broadcasters have threatened to ‘empty chair’ any party leader that decides not to participate in its latest proposals for the election debate.