Latest Sky News – Page 95
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NewsSky's Strike Back sex cleared by Ofcom
Three sex scenes shown shortly after the watershed in Sky1’s drama series, Strike Back: Project Dawn, have been cleared by broadcast regulator Ofcom.
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NewsHarman backs BBC's call for retrans fee reform
Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman has backed the BBC’s call for retransmission fees to be waived when it appears on BSkyB’s platform.
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NewsSky Arts resurrects South Bank Show
Melvyn Bragg’s The South Bank Show is returning to TV for Sky Arts in 2012 after a three-year hiatus.
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NewsMurdoch re-elected as Sky chairman
James Murdoch, chairman of Sky, has been re-elected to the broadcaster’s board with a majority vote of 81% at the broadcaster’s AGM.
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NewsSky Movies launches on-demand via mobile
Sky has made its Sky Movies channel available on-demand via its Sky Go mobile app.
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NewsSky to launch F1 channel
Formula 1 is to be shown on a dedicated channel on Sky from March following the pay TV broadcaster’s swoop for the rights to the motorsport.
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NewsSky Arts' First Love to return
Alastair Campbell, Shaun Ryder and Carl Cox are among the celebrities who will feature in the second series of Sky Arts’ First Love series.
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Eamonn Holmes signs three-year Sky deal
Sunrise anchor Eamonn Holmes has signed a three year deal with Sky News putting an end to speculation he may be poached by ITV.
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NewsNutopia producer Handford jumps ship for Sky
Sky has appointed Nutopia producer Clare Handford as commissioning editor of factual to oversee existing shows and hunt for new commissions.
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NewsSky 1’s Mad Dogs to become Cats
Sky 1 is on the brink of turning blokey drama Mad Dogs into one for the ladies - Mad Cats.
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NewsSky News reporters emails checked for breaches
Sky News has called in legal advisers to check the emails of its most senior journalists in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed News International.
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NewsBSkyB board backs James Murdoch
BSkyB’s management board has leapt to the defence of James Murdoch after the company’s chairman faced a barrage of criticism in recent days over the phone hacking scandal.
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NewsSky set to land Partridge series
Sky Atlantic is set to acquire Steve Coogan’s online series Alan Partridge’s Mid Morning Matters and is also in talks with the comedian about other non-Partridge projects.
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NewsGray to swap Sky crown for Princess
Sky head of entertainment Duncan Gray is to join Princess Productions to spearhead a push on comedy and entertainment.
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NewsBectu: retransmission fees are a scandal
Bectu has waded into the retransmission fees row, slamming the current scenario in which PSBs pay BSkyB to appear on the platform as scandalous.
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NewsBBC may open up on-demand content
The BBC has revised its syndication policy to make it more flexible for people to access iPlayer, opening up the possibility it could appear on premium platforms such as Sky.
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NewsSky Go passes 100m views
Sky Go has served more than 100 million content views since it launched in July, with the average number per month approaching that achieved by Channel 4’s 4oD.
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NewsSky's Darroch paid £2.7m as profits hit £1bn
Sky’s chief executive officer Jeremy Darroch is on track to take home a basic salary of £935,000 next year, having earned £2.7m including bonuses this year.
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NewsLeopard lines up Matthew Bourne and da Vinci specials
Leopard Films is producing a Channel 4 doc about choreographer / director Matthew Bourne and has been drafted in to co-produce a Sky Arts live special on artist Leonardo da Vinci.
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NewsWingspan visits corridors of power for Sky Atlantic
Former British ambassador to the US Sir Christopher Meyer is to front a documentary series for Sky Atlantic exploring the relationship between cities including London, Moscow and Mumbai.