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Sky to take UK IPTV plans into other EU markets
Following its initial debut in the UK, Sky plans offer internet-delivered versions of its TV…
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Discovery facing loss of Sky carriage in UK and Germany
Sky and Discovery are locked in carriage talks over the Discovery channels in Germany and…
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Sky moves beyond the dish with IPTV plans
Sky has unveiled plans to launch Sky TV over broadband in the UK, marking the…
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Discovery feuds with Sky over UK carriage fees
Discovery risks seeing its channels go dark in the UK – its most important international…
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Sky buys stakes in UK production companies
Sky has acquired a majority stake in a northern England-based production company, True North, marking…
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Sky Deutschland teams up with Telefónica for Sky Ticket
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has teamed up with Telefónica to make its Sky Ticket…
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Sky begins commercialising mobile service
Sky has begun commercialising its new SIM-only mobile phone service, targeting users with a focus…
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Sky Store director exiting
Long-serving Sky executive Simon Creasey is leaving the UK pay TV giant. He will leave…
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Vodafone Italy strikes deal with Sky for Now TV as launch nears
Vodafone and Sky Italia have struck a deal whereby the mobile giant will integrate Sky’s…
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Sky and 21st Century Fox agree takeover terms
Sky and 21st Century Fox have agreed terms of a takeover a deal that will…
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Sky Germany spends Eight Days on new original
The German arm of pay TV giant Sky is developing Acht Tage (Eight Days) as…
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Sky and Cisco launch international OTT offering
Sky has teamed up with Cisco to develop an app-based international OTT project called OnPrime…
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Fox deal price ‘alarms’ Sky shareholders
Shareholders in Sky are set to revolt against the proposed deal that could see the…
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SNL Kagan: set-top box market to rise in 2016
The global set-top box shipments are tipped to rise slightly year-on-year in 2016, with the…
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TDF takes minority stake in Molotov
French digital-terrestrial transmission services provider TDF has taken a minority stake in OTT TV operator…
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Sky Deutschland taps Eurofins for testing and QA
Sky Deutschland has chosen Eurofins Digital Testing to provide testing and quality assurance personnel to…
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Sky Deutschland names sales chief
Sky Deutschland has named Thomas Menneking as its new senior vice-president of sales. Menneking, who…
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Virgin Media launches V6 box, download-to-own and ‘TellyTablet’
Virgin Media has unveiled its new ‘home entertainment experience’, based on its new 4K UHD…
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Sky launches Sky Mobile offering
Pay TV operator Sky has launched its new mobile offering, Sky Mobile. Sky has differentiated…
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Ofcom to force BT to legally separate Openreach
Ofcom is to formally notify BT to legally separate Openreach, the infrastructure arm that supplies…
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Sky Sports News HD goes free-to-air in Germany
Sky Deutschland is taking its Sky Sports News HD channel free-to-air. The channel will become…
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Sky Sports adds English netball to sports rights
Sky Sports has signed a four-year deal with England Netball to secure rights to live…
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Arqiva reportedly ‘making plans’ for £5 billion sale
UK transmission and media services provider Arqiva is making plans for a £5 billion (€5.9…
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Sky Deutschland sees pirates condemned
Sky Deutschland has secured a victory in its battle against piracy with the conviction of…
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Sky taps Ooyala for syndicated Premier League clips
UK pay TV operator Sky has tapped Telstra-owned online video platform provider Ooyala to automate…
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Mediaset reportedly in contact with Sky; drops Vivendi shares seizure bid
Mediaset is in contact with Sky over a possible deal for control of troubled pay…
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Sky Germany agrees multi-year deal with WWE
Sky in Germany has agreed a new multi-year with World Wrestling Entertainment to distribute pay-per-view…
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Bennett to lead Sky UK and Ireland after rejig
Sky Atlantic director Zai Bennett will now lead the wider Sky Entertainment business in the…
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Now TV ‘wouldn’t have succeeded without Sky backing’
Now TV wouldn’t have succeeded without the backing of Sky, but has benefitted from not…
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Freeview mulls ‘deeper integration’ with Netflix, Amazon, Now TV
Freeview is mulling whether over-the-top services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Now TV should be…