All Sky articles – Page 86
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NewsLenny Henry to sing blues for Sky
Lenny Henry’s indie Douglas Road has picked up its first commission – a 3 x 60-minute documentary about the blues for Sky Arts.
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NewsSky teams with Stan Lee
Spider-Man creator Stan Lee has partnered with Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films to create a mystery crime drama for Sky 1.
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NewsSky buys stake in US producer
Sky has acquired a majority stake in US production company Jupiter Entertainment.
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NewsHBO buys Nick Broomfield murder doc from Sky
US network HBO leads the line-up of international broadcasters that have acquired Sky’s Nick Broomfield documentary Tales of the Grim Sleeper.
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Behind The ScenesWho'd Be A Billionaire?, Sky Living
The super-rich aren’t very forthcoming about their lives, but their staff provided a fascinating insight into their world, says Remy Blumenfeld
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FeaturesSky: the top suppliers
Sky has followed through with its promise to spend £600m a year on British content by the end of 2014.
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NewsChannel 4 & Sky out of the running to sign Clarkson
Channel 4 and Sky will not move to sign up Jeremy Clarkson after he was sacked by the BBC earlier today.
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NewsPenny Dreadful scores five Bafta Craft nominations
Sky Atlantic’s gothic thriller Penny Dreadful has received five nominations in this year’s British Academy Television Craft Awards.
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NewsITV claims PVR viewing cost £100m
ITV has estimated that viewing via PVRs cost the business £100m in ad revenue in 2014.
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NewsLeaders’ debates schedule confirmed
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky have confirmed the final schedule for the leaders’ debates in the run-up to the general election in May.
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NewsSky to increase pay-TV prices
Sky is increasing its prices across all of its premium TV packages, six weeks after agreeing to pay £4.2bn a year for Premier League rights.
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NewsFifty Fathoms boss hints at Fortitude return
Tiger Aspect indie Fifty Fathoms has begun talks with Sky Atlantic about a second series of big-budget drama series Fortitude.
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NewsSky ups investment in video start-up
Sky has ploughed an additional £3.4m into 1Mainstream, taking its total investment in the US video delivery platform to £4.8m.
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NewsBroadcasters stand firm on leaders’ debates
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky have held firm on their original plans for the proposed election debates – raising the possibility of prime minister David Cameron being empty-chaired if he fails to participate.
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NewsGomorrah lands second series
Filming on the second series of acclaimed Sky Italia crime-drama Gomorrah is due to get underway in Naples next month.
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NewsCoba: non PSBs outspend BBC on new indie originations
The non-PSBs spent £30m more on new, original commissions from indies than the BBC, ITV and Channel 5 combined in 2013, according to the Commercial Broadcasters Association (Coba).
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NewsSky creates Twitter game to support Critical launch
Sky 1 has produced a ‘choose your own adventure’-style Twitter game to support its medical drama Critical.
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NewsITV to air first leaders’ debate
ITV will air the first leaders’ debate as the broadcasters plan to push ahead with the events during the election campaign.
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Behind The ScenesCritical, Sky 1
Jed Mercurio’s drama would take the audience to places, and show them sights, they’d never seen before
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NewsSky to squeeze out remaining German shareholders
Sky’s plans to fully own its pan-European satellite pay-TV platform moved a step closer after it began to squeeze out the remaining shareholders of Sky Deutschland.