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Sky prepares to ‘set your TV free’
Sky has announced a UK launch event later this month where it will reveal what’s…
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Sky kids app to focus on VoD, not games
Sky’s forthcoming kids app will be device agnostic, but will not include games content, the…
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Cisco buys Sky-backed OTT startup 1 Mainstream
Cisco has acquired California-based over-the-top technology company 1Mainstream – a startup that Sky invested US$5…
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UK ISPs back anti-piracy campaign
BT, Sky, Talk Talk and Virgin Media are backing a new ad campaign aimed at…
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Sky Germany revamps on-demand and entertainment offerings, axes Snap
Sky is revamping its German and Austrian entertainment and on-demand offerings and axing online service…
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BBC and Sky services join Apple News
BBC News and Sky’s Sky News service will both be available as part of the…
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Football fans feeling the pain as costs mount, says Virgin Media
Some 77% of English football fans want to see more Premier League football made available…
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Sky posts strong first quarter results
European pay TV operator Sky has posted strong results with subscribers, revenue and profit all…
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Sky Media launches Sky AdVance ad solution
Sky’s advertising sales division of has launched Sky AdVance, a new product designed to help…
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Sky renews southern hemisphere rugby rights
UK pay TV operator Sky’s Sky Sports unit has secured exclusive rights to SANZAR rugby…
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Sky’s entertainment channel boss steps down
Sky’s director of entertainment channels, Stuart Murphy, is stepping down after six and a half…
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Premium sports still a big draw for consumers, says Kantar
Premium sports content is still a major draw for consumers despite the proliferation of low-cost…
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Sky renews Rovi patent agreement
Sky has extended its licence agreement with Rovi, giving the operator continued access to Rovi’s…
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Drop in LCD TV panel demand from Chinese manufacturers
The top six TV makers in China plan to purchase 14.8 million LCD TV panels…
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Sky boosts on-demand offer with new Disney deal
Sky has agreed a new multi-year deal with Disney UK and Ireland that will let…
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Sky Arts Germany strikes programming deal ahead of launch
The upcoming Sky Arts Germany channel has bought a package of programming from Bavaria-based Autentic…
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Sky calls on Ofcom to separate BT and Openreach
Sky has urged Ofcom to separate BT and its infrastructure arm Openreach in its final…
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Sky Sports to use live player mic for British Masters golf
Sky Sports is to take golf fans closer to the action by incorporating live player…
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Sky to premiere new drama simultaneously across European markets
Pan-European pay TV operator Sky is to premiere its new crime drama The Last Panthers…
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Ultra HD: the big picture
With the first 4K channels starting to go live in Europe, Ultra High Definition has…
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Mediaset audience share slips following Sky withdrawal
Italian broadcaster Mediaset’s audience share has slipped by a reported 1.56% since its channels were…
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Fox free-to-air channel YourTV goes live
Fox International Channels UK and Arqiva are today launching Fox UK’s first free-to-air entertainment channel, YourTV….
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Sky Germany to launch pop-up Bond channel
Sky in Germany is to follow the example of Sky’s UK pay TV operation by…
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Sky begins ultrafast broadband deployment
Sky is today connecting its first customer to its new ultrafast fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband network…
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Video app streaming booms in US, China
Video apps are experiencing significant revenue growth in the US and China, according to new…
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Asia Pacific set for HTS boom
Data applications via high-throughput satellites (HTS) in Asia alone will generate revenues of US$900 million…
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Sky in Germany signs IPTV deal with 1 & 1
Sky Deutschland has struck a distribution deal with German IPTV operator 1 & 1 that…
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Disney, Sky and ProSiebenSat.1 invest in VR firm Jaunt
Disney has led a new US$65 million (€58 million) funding round in cinematic virtual reality…
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Sky, TalkTalk, Vodafone urge ‘radical reform’ of UK broadband
The UK broadband market is letting customers and businesses down and it is “time we…
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Sky Sports launching new social media channel
Sky Sports has teamed up with Whistle Sports to launch a new social media channel…