All Sky articles – Page 72
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NewsManic Street Preachers doc heads to Sky
Manic Street Preachers’ album Everything Must Go is to be the subject of a feature-length documentary for Sky Arts.
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NewsAnalysis: Sky favours own programmes in Top Picks
Sky is using the Top Picks section of its next-generation TV service to heavily promote its own programmes – virtually ignoring the likes of ITV and Channel 4 – according to a study.
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The Broadcast InterviewZai Bennett, Sky
Sky is moving out of factual, returning to entertainment and doubling down on drama.
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NewsSky dumps docs for fact ent
Sky is pulling the plug on factual programming in favour of Hunted-style fact ent formats and Big Brother-esque entertainment events.
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NewsSky Vision hunts drama partners
Sky Vision is hunting for new forms of drama funding as it ramps up its own investment in the genre following its acquisition of Chrysalis Vision.
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CommentSky and Discovery need each other
Resolution to conflict was inevitable, but how long will it last?
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NewsStakes rise in pay battle
The carriage battle between Discovery Communications and Sky could mark the start of pay-TV “warfare”, resulting in pay-TV blackouts and the emergence of skinnier channel packages.
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FeaturesInternational programme sales: The Last Panthers
The Last Panthers was a truly global series. Co-produced by British indie Warp Films and French producer Haut et Court for Sky Atlantic and French premium network Canal+, it was shot across four European cities in three languages.
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NewsSky in women's cricket first
Sky Sports is to broadcast live domestic women’s cricket for the first time after striking a deal with the ECB.
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NewsDiscovery and Sky agree carriage deal
Discovery and Sky have reached an 11th hour deal to keep channels including Discovery Channel, Eurosport and TLC on the pay-TV platform.
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NewsTwitter preps first European live broadcast
Twitter has agreed its first European live streaming deal – partnering with Sky Sports News to provide coverage of football’s transfer deadline day.
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NewsThe CW buys Sky's Hooten & The Lady
US cable network The CW has picked up Sky 1 action drama Hooten and The Lady from Sky Vision, marking one of the distributor’s biggest scripted US deals to date.
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NewsSky: Discovery demands £1bn for channels
Sky has revealed that Discovery is demanding £1bn for its portfolio of channels as the carriage row between the two media giants ratcheted up a level.
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PodcastTalking TV: Sky / Discovery carriage wars & Rocket Ronnie
The latest edition of Talking TV delves into the ongoing war between Sky and Discovery over carriage fees and picks over the sale of Channel 4’s Growth Fund indie True North.
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NewsFledgling indie scores Tough Mudder Sky show
Sky Sports has commissioned fledgling indie Wilson Worldwide Productions to follow British Olympians as they compete in a selection of Tough Mudder challenges.
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RatingsFortitude slips for Sky
THURSDAY: Arctic drama Fortitude returned to Sky Atlantic with less than half of the audience who tuned in for the series one debut.
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NewsSky gears up for satellite-free TV
Sky is to launch a full television service without the need for a satellite dish as the pay-TV operator bids to reduce rising churn.
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NewsSky hits back in Discovery dispute
Sky chief executive Jeremy Darroch has hit back in the carriage deal row with Discovery, claiming their channels’ share of viewing has been in “long-term decline”.
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NewsDiscovery & Sky carriage war erupts
An unprecedented row has erupted between Sky and Discovery, which could see 12 channels disappear from the pay-TV platform after carriage negotiations broke down.
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NewsNon-scripted commissioner leaves Sky
Sky non-scripted commissioner James Quinn is leaving the pay-TV broadcaster after two years.