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NewsTalkTalk offers free YouView box for £14.50 monthly fee
Emerging triple-play provider TalkTalk is to offer its phone and broadband subscribers a free YouView set-top box for a £14.50 monthly fee with access to Sky content costing an additional £15.
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NewsSky profits hit £1.2bn
Sky has boosted pre-tax profits 17% to £1.19bn as its spend on entertainment costs increased by £70m.
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NewsSky strikes YouView deal with TalkTalk
Sky’s portfolio of entertainment, sport, movies and news channels will be available via YouView as part of a range of TV distribution deals agreed with ISP shareholder TalkTalk.
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NewsDownton indie to produce Dracula drama for Sky and NBC
Downton Abbey indie Carnival Films is to produce a new version of classic vampire story Dracula for Sky Living and US network NBC.
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NewsJane Johnson departs Sky Living after 18 months
Sky Living director Jane Johnson is leaving the broadcaster after 18 months to be replaced by commissioning editor Antonia Hurford-Jones.
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NewsSky back for more music From The Basement
Sky has acquired the third series of live music show From The Basement, which it is expected to air on Sky 3D and Sky Arts later this year.
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NewsSky targets pay-TV refuseniks
Launch of Now TV designed to address 46% of UK homes who “previously rejected pay TV”.
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NewsSky bolsters comedy with four new faces
Sky has beefed up its comedy commissioning team with four appointments, including former head of BBC Comedy North Jon Mountague, and the creation of a new head of development role.
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NewsSinbad lands on iPhone
Impossible Pictures has launched a freemium iPhone game to tie in with the broadcast of its Sky 1 drama Sinbad.
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NewsJoneses try to keep up with Kalahari tribe in Sky 1 follow-up
Sky 1 has ordered a follow-up to Steve Jones’ trip through the Amazon that will take him to the Kalahari Desert.
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NewsSky's Now TV to launch with £15 monthly sub
Sky’s internet TV service Now TV is to launch on Tuesday with more than 1,000 films available to stream for either £15 per month or up to £3.49 per title.
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NewsPeep Show’s Bain to pen comedy for Sky
Sky is developing a scripted comedy project from Peep Show and Fresh Meat co-writer Sam Bain.
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NewsSky eyes move into distribution as original content grows
BSkyB is looking to launch a distribution arm in a bid to capitalise on its increased investment in original content.
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NewsVirgin Media CEO writes to Vince Cable over pay TV movie probe
Virgin Media has written to business secretary Vince Cable to highlight the “irrational, unsound and highly speculative” conclusion of the Competition Commission’s pay TV movie findings.
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NewsSky internet TV service in trademark dispute
BSkyB could be forced to rename its high-profile new internet television service Now TV amid a trademark dispute with Hong Kong-based telecoms giant PCCW.
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NewsBack2Back snaps up Sky exec
Brighton-based indie Back2back has poached a Sky exec to take on the newly-created role of creative director.
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NewsMcLaren launches animation unit with Hamilton/Button toon
Formula 1’s McLaren Group has launched an animation unit and secured its first commission from Sky Sports F1 featuring Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button.
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NewsStoryvault hires Sky’s Morley for development role
Storyvault Films has hired Sky factual commissioning editor Bernadette Morley as its head of development.
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NewsSky acquires Elementary, Vegas, Arrow and The Following
Sky has snapped up the rights to four new US shows including a fresh adaptation of Sherlock Holmes starring Johnny Lee Miller.
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NewsUnforgettable revived in US
US crime drama Unforgettable, which airs on Sky Living in the UK, has been saved from the axe after being cancelled by CBS.