Latest Sky News – Page 78
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NewsSky keeps its options open on Bravo relaunch
Sky has paved the way for resurrecting one of the former Virgin Media TV brands by registering Sky Bravo as a trademark.
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NewsOfcom: no relief for BT over Sky Sports
Sky Sports will not be available via BT’s YouView service for the start of the Premier League season after Ofcom refused to grant the telco interim relief.
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NewsSky in PSB talks over retransmission fees
BSkyB is hoping to hammer out commercial agreements with each of the public service broadcasters in a bid to defuse the row over retransmission fees.
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NewsDCMS to abolish retransmission fees
The government plans to abolish retransmission fees and has set out plans to preserve the prominence of PSB broadcasters in a wide-ranging policy paper.
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NewsSky profits bolstered by Now TV
Sky has reported operating profits of £1.3bn for the last 12 months, helped by 50,000 day-pass sales of its fledgling IPTV service Now TV.
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NewsSky loses three execs in factual commissioning shake-up
Sky has completed the second stage of its factual and factual entertainment commissioning restructure, resulting in the departure of three execs including Clare Handford.
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NewsSky Living lands The Blacklist
Sky has acquired US drama The Blacklist, marking one of the most significant sales since the LA Screenings - and is to air the Sony Pictures series on Sky Living.
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NewsShane Allen criticises C4 commissioning
BBC comedy boss Shane Allen has taken a swipe at Channel 4’s commissioning processes and argued that he is not threatened by Sky’s comedy push.
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NewsSky confirms 3D commitment
BSkyB has reaffirmed its commitment to 3D programming, with a focus on big events, despite broadcasters such as the BBC turning their back on the technology.
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NewsA League of Their Own sprints to Australia
CPL Productions is set to consult on an Australian version of its hit Sky 1 format A League of Their Own.
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NewsSky Vision closes CEE deals
Sky Vision has closed a raft of deals in Central and Eastern Europe for shows including Sky’s Galapagos and Kingdom of Plants after attending sales event Natpe Budapest for the first time.
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NewsSky to merge fact and fact ent teams
Sky is to combine its factual and factual entertainment commissioning teams as part of a restructure that will see Michele Kurland leave her role.
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NewsOfcom backs Sky Sports BT ads ban
Ofcom has ruled that Sky broke no regulations in refusing to carry adverts for BT Sport on its Sky Sports channels.
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NewsAfrican news channel goes live on Sky
African news channel TVC News, run by former Al Jazeera English boss Nigel Parsons, has launched on the Sky platform.
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NewsSky hits back against BT with broadband deal
Sky has hit back against emerging rival BT’s move to offer free Premier League football to broadband customers - by offering free broadband to Sky Sports subscribers.
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NewsYahoo! and Sky News sign content deal
Yahoo! has signed an agreement with Sky News to exclusively host an online hub for the broadcaster’s morning TV show Sunrise, as part of a wider deal to showcase three original co-commissioned video series globally.
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NewsWhizz Kid chief to host Sky Arts musician series
Whizz Kid Entertainment chief executive Malcolm Gerrie is to step out from behind the camera to present a Sky Arts series celebrating the careers of influential musicians.
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NewsSky dismisses Xbox reports
Sky has dismissed reports that it is to use the forthcoming Microsoft Xbox One games console as a set-top box platform.
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NewsSky's Make Me A Millionaire Inventor goes global
Sky1’s forthcoming factual entertainment series Make Me A Millionaire Inventor has been sold around the world ahead of its UK debut.
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NewsRoach beefs up Sky drama team
Sky has hired Shed Productions’ Waterloo Road executive producer Cameron Roach as a senior drama commissioner.