All Sky articles – Page 100
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NewsSky woos youngsters to politics with digital initiative
Sky News is planning a multiplatform initiative to engage young people with politics ahead of next year’s general election.
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NewsSky rolls out personalised TV ads
Sky has struck agreements with 40 major brands including Audi, Royal Bank of Scotland and Tesco to deliver personalised ads via its AdSmart service.
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NewsUBS: Fox or Vodafone could buy Sky
Hollywood studio Fox or telcos Vodafone and O2 could target a merger with Sky, according to investment bank UBS.
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News‘No change’ to 3D commitment as Sky’s Cassy exits
Sky 3D channel director John Cassy is leaving the broadcaster after 10 years to launch his own media venture.
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NewsSky and GME link up for Pick doc
Sky has worked with GroupM Entertainment for the first time to order its first original series for free-to-air station Pick TV – a 10-part ob-doc series using an innovative filming technique.
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NewsSky strikes deal with US indie
Sky has invested in US indie startup Ugly Brother Studios through a development deal that will beef up its production and distribution business, and improve its ability to make US co-productions.
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NewsTNA Wrestling pins down Challenge deal
Sky has renewed its rights deal with TNA Impact Wrestling to air coverage of the sport on its free-to-air channel Challenge.
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NewsSky 3D chief John Cassy departs
Sky 3D channel director John Cassy is stepping down from his post after 10 years at the broadcaster to launch his own media venture.
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NewsBroadcasters cleared over coverage of Woolwich killing
Ofcom has rejected close to 700 complaints that various TV and radio reports of the Woolwich killing of Fusilier Lee Rigby were too graphic and distressing.
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NewsSky & NFTS partner for digital content course
The National Film and Television School (NFTS) has partnered with Sky to deliver a year-long diploma course focussed on digital content and formats.
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RatingsLiverpool victory nets 1.5m
Liverpool’s defeat of Tottenham delivered 1.5 million to Sky Sports 1 on Sunday.
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NewsBlow for north-east as Dene and Sky T&W fold
The television industry in the north-east of England has been dealt a blow by the closure of Sky Tyne and Wear and Newcastle indie Dene Films.
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NewsSky terminates Tyne and Wear site
Sky News has closed its news, sports and events website in Tyne and Wear after nearly two years.
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NewsMichele Kurland heads to Remarkable
Former Sky 1 head of factual entertainment and The Apprentice exec producer Michele Kurland is to join Remarkable Television as its creative director.
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NewsSky 1 orders Philippines typhoon doc
Sky 1 is to investigate the recent typhoon in the Philippines in an in-house coproduction with US public broadcaster PBS.
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NewsSky Vision and Fremantle in exec swap
Sky Vision has poached Fremantle Media executive Niki Page while former Sky exec Angela Neillis has joined the RTL-owned producer and distributor.
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NewsSky Store opens up to non-subs
Sky is opening up its online film rental service Sky Store to allow access for non-subscribers for the first time.
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NewsSky Movies: Netflix not a competitor
Sky Movies boss Ian Lewis has told the Screen International Film Summit that Sky does not consider VoD services Netflix and LoveFilm as competitors.
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NewsSky 1 books leftfield global trek
Sky 1 is going on a travel adventure with an Irishman and his mother in its latest fact ent commission, 50 Ways To Test Your Mammy.
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The Broadcast InterviewAdam Macdonald, Sky 1
The Sky 1 controller wants a schedule to ‘quicken the pulses of viewers’