All Sky articles – Page 104
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NewsChannel bosses answer indie critics
TV’s four most powerful controllers have joined the prickly debate about relations between indies and commissioners, and revealed how they believe the status quo can be improved.
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NewsSky hunts natural history and comedies
Sky is hunting for pre-watershed comedies and one natural history series per year, in addition to boosting the number of its international coproductions.
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NewsSky confirms return of The Kumars
Sky1 has confirmed it is to bring back Hat Trick Production’s chatshow The Kumars seven years after it was dropped from BBC1 - and has signed Martin Freeman to appear in a forthcoming Little Crackers episode.
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NewsSky poised to strike first deal with GroupM
Sky is set to work with GroupM Entertainment for the first time and has lined up a 20-part factual format from Leopard Films.
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NewsSky turns on Facebook recording
Sky has launched a Facebook app which allows users to set Sky+ recordings and receive TV recommendations based on shows being discussed by friends.
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NewsSky boots up Premier League pub app
Sky Sports has launched an app aimed at football fans in pubs developed with second screen experts Monterosa.
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NewsSky News cameraman killed in Cairo
Prime minister David Cameron and Sky News chief John Ryley have led tributes to cameraman Mick Deane who was shot and killed while filming the conflict in Egypt.
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RatingsHowzat! for a result
I am not sure there is any other sport in the world that can have a triumphant, historically significant result brought about directly by rain-induced inaction after four days of fruitless tussling. Which is why you have to love cricket.
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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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RatingsSky’s Ashes hit rivals for six
I do wish film titles would be less ambiguous. I mean, what could Disney’s Teen Beach Movie be about? Whatever it was, it hooked ’em in.
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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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RatingsPick TV breaks for the Border
What was once Sky 3 is now Pick TV, and the Canadian border that you imagine might have a mounted Captain Kirk on the final frontier has delivered nicely.