Latest Sky News – Page 66
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NewsChocolate scoops C5 & Sky shows
NBC Universal’s Chocolate Media has won a pair of factual commissions for Channel 5 and Sky.
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NewsSky wins £800m from betting arm sale
Sky has agreed to sell a controlling stake in betting and gaming business Sky Bet for £800m.
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NewsSky Arts holds first speed-dating event
More than 40 indies and arts organisations attended the first Sky Arts speed-dating event in London last week as it bids to cultivate partnerships that can lead to breakout television ideas.
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NewsSky looks to virtual reality
Sky plans to conduct immersive virtual reality (VR) trials on up to 15 shows in early 2015 to discover more about the technology’s potential.
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NewsPrince of Wales opens Sky Academy Careers Lab
The Prince of Wales formally opened the digitally-focused Sky Academy Careers Lab yesterday, which will offer a full-day experience to around 100 older teenagers each week.
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NewsSky Vision boss sets out stall
Sky is planning further investment in the UK indie sector as part of a long-term plan to become a primetime production and distribution powerhouse.
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NewsYouGov profiles TV audiences
Audience research business YouGov has launched an app that allows users to view data collected from its 190,000 members. Broadcast runs its eye over the quintessential audience of each of the main broadcasters.
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NewsOfcom to probe Premier League TV rights
Ofcom has launched an investigation into the way live Premier League television rights are sold in UK.
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NewsSky finalises European mega-merger
BSkyB has been renamed as Sky after it completed its £7bn acquisition of Sky Italia and purchase of a majority stake in Sky Deutschland.
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NewsBroadcasters back CDN commissioner training scheme
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky are aiming to boost the diversity of their commissioning teams after signing up to a training scheme for under-represented executives.
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NewsSky 1 chief hands indies Storage Hunters challenge
Sky 1 director Adam MacDonald has tasked UK production companies with delivering the next Storage Hunters or Pawn Stars.
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NewsITV hits back at Sky in retrans fees row
ITV has hit back at Sky in the retransmission fees debate and reaffirmed its commitment to plough any new revenue generated back into original content.
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NewsSky demands clarity from ITV over retransmission fees
Sky has called on ITV to provide “concrete details” in the retransmission fees debate and has raised the prospect of potential blackouts.
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NewsWhistle Sports scores Sky deal
Whistle Sports is to work closely with Sky Sports to help online talent make the jump to TV after the pay-TV broadcaster invested £4.3m in the multiplatform network (MPN).
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NewsSky Arts issues call for ideas
Sky Arts is calling on indies that don’t traditionally make arts programming to bring it ideas as the channel’s strategy takes shape under recently installed director Phil Edgar-Jones.
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NewsSky Sports set for BT Youview launch
Sky Sports is to be made available on BT’s Youview service for the first time following a ruling by the Competition Appeal Tribunal after four years of legal wrangling.
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NewsSky Italia eyes collaborations
Sky Italia is to increase the amount of big-budget drama it develops with its British and German counterparts, BSkyB and Sky Deutschland, following the creation of Sky Europe.
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NewsBBC’s David Dimbleby election role disappoints Lords
House of Lords communications committee member Lady Deech has claimed to be “disappointed” by the BBC’s decision to appoint David Dimbleby to anchor its general election coverage.
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NewsSky invests in US sports MCN
Sky has invested $7m (£4.3m) in a US multichannel sports network as it continues its push to back tech start-up businesses.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Modern Family creates UK buzz
Content discovery service Outbrain has claimed that sitcom Modern Family is the global show which is of most interest to UK consumers.