All Sky articles – Page 151

  • gladiators
    News

    Gladiators out, Gray in at Murphy's Sky 1

    2009-05-21T19:17:00Z

    Stuart Murphy has stamped his authority on Sky 1 by axing Gladiators and Don’t Forget the Lyrics and luring Duncan Gray to the channel as commissioning editor for entertainment.

  • News

    Sky meets The Pacific

    2009-05-21T19:08:00Z

    Sky Movies has acquired HBO’s The Pacific, the big budget WWII drama from the creators of Band of Brothers.

  • News

    Sky 1 Cilla dating format goes global

    2009-05-19T01:57:00Z

    Target Entertainment has sold dating format Loveland, which is fronted by Cilla Black in the UK, to Nine Network in Australia and a host of producers around the world.

  • Ratings

    Sky 1's Lie to Me makes decent debut

    2009-05-15T23:44:00Z

    Lie to Me, Sky 1’s US crime drama starring Tim Roth, made a solid if unspectacular start last night with 395,000 (2.5%) viewers at 10pm.

  • News

    Sky 1 bids to lure Harry Hill's TV Burp from ITV1

    2009-05-14T21:46:00Z

    Sky 1 has mounted an audacious bid to swipe Harry Hill’s TV Burp from ITV1 as part of a strategy to buy must-see shows established by rival broadcasters.

  • News

    Dawn Porter to front Sky 1 series

    2009-05-14T21:24:00Z

    Sky 1 has hired Dawn Porter to present an emotional documentary series exploring breast cancer.

  • News

    Hollywood picks global vet series for Sky 1 debut

    2009-05-14T20:58:00Z

    A UK vet will swap British cats and dogs for exotic animals from different continents as part of Clare Hollywood’s first original commission for Sky 1.

  • News

    Sky airs Project Canvas objections

    2009-05-12T23:42:00Z

    BSkyB has attacked the BBC Trust’s decision to not carry out a full market review on the BBC, ITV and BT broadband joint venture Project Canvas.

  • News

    BSkyB rules itself out of bidding for ITV local news

    2009-05-11T22:57:00Z

    BSkyB has ruled itself out of providing local news for ITV, saying that joining any of the news consortia would not fit with Sky News’ status as an “independent, commercially funded news service”.

  • Skellig
    Features

    Skellig

    2009-04-07T17:44:00Z

    TX: Bringing the much-loved story of an injured creature’s regeneration to our screens required a little magic behind the scenes, writes Sky 1 drama commissioning editor Sarah Conroy.

  • jeremy darroch
    The Broadcast Interview

    Jeremy Darroch, BSkyB

    2009-02-04T17:39:00Z

    As BSkyB celebrates 20 years, its chief executive talks to Robert Shepherd about how teamwork and a willingness to take risks help it keep pace with a fast-changing market.