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Sky Deutschland names Raynaud to head up sports and advertising
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has named Jacques Raynaud as EVP of sports and advertising,…
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Trio to launch new quiz show SVOD service
Former Sky and Lovefilm executive Nick James and former Zodiak Media chiefs Rod Henwood and…
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Sky to add Netflix to new pay TV pack
Sky is to bundle subscription video-on-demand service Netflix as part of a new Sky pay…
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Comcast makes £22 billion offer for Sky
US cable giant Comcast has made a £22.1 billion (€25.0 billion) offer for Sky, marking…
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Now TV Smart Stick goes on sale
Sky’s new Roku-powered Now TV Smart Stick has gone on sale in the UK, priced…
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Sky and BT renew Premier League rights
Sky and BT have each renewed their Premier League rights, with Sky taking four and…
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21st Century Fox promises independent board for Sky News
21st Century Fox has promised a fully-independent board for Sky News and insulation of the…
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Fox still confident of Sky approval
21st Century Fox remains confident that it will secure regulatory approval for its acquisition of…
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Spain’s Mediapro takes Italy’s Serie A rights from Sky and Mediaset
Spanish broadcaster Mediapro has secured the rights to Italian top-tier football from under the noses…
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Sky to launch all-IP offering in Italy this April
Sky is due to launch an all-IP version of its service for the first time…
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Sky moves into original films in latest content push
Sky has announced plans to commission and acquire exclusive rights to original films, in its…
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Sky unveils Now TV Smart Stick
Sky has unveiled a new Now TV streaming device, the Now TV Smart Stick, which…
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Ampere: Premier League rights to pass £10bn mark
The value of Premier League football rights is set to break the £10 billion barrier…
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Fox’s takeover of Sky ‘not in the public interest’
21st Century Fox’s second attempt to buy up UK satellite TV operator Sky has been…
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Berenberg analysts: two views on Amazon Premier League bid
Amazon is likely to win at least one package of English Premier League rights in…
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Sky selects Jaunt to power VR app
Sky’s VR Studio has selected Jaunt’s XR Platform to deliver virtual reality content to consumers…
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Amazon exploring Premier League options
Amazon has been actively exploring a possible acquisition of UK rights to the English Premier…
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Caavo to launch first set-tops in February
Sky-backed US set-top box start-up, Caavo, is due to launch the first 5,000 units of…
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Ofcom: BT most complained about UK pay TV provider in Q2
BT generated the highest number of complaints among the UK’s pay TV operators in the…
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BT strikes deal with Sky for Now TV and sports
BT has agreed a deal to sell Sky’s low-cost OTT TV service Now TV to…
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Mouse catches Fox: how Disney-Fox might look
While AT&T’s US$85 billion acquisition of Time Warner is the biggest media deal in purely…
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Revelation TV turns to Globecast
UK Christian broadcaster Revelation TV has tapped Globecast to provide playout capabilities including daily live…
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Finland’s DNA latest to threaten dropping Discovery
Finnish cable and digital-terrestrial pay TV operator DNA has said it could drop Discovery’s channels…
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Syfy launches on Now TV
NBCUniversal International Networks’ science fiction channel, Syfy, is launching on Sky’s over-the-top service Now TV….
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Sky launching Sky Q in Italy
Sky is launching its Sky Q 4K UHD TV box in Italy. The advanced TV…
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Cinemax copro among new Sky originals
UK pay TV service Sky is working up a London-set gangster thriller as a coproduction…
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Ginx Esports TV launches on Sky Italia
eSports channel Ginx Esports TV has launched in Italy on the Sky Italia platform. Ginx…
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Sky threatens to cut Sky News ties to ease Fox deal
Sky has threatened to review its ownership of Sky News if were to impede Fox’s…
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Sky rubbishes BBC’s ‘bizarre’ SVOD concerns
Sky’s content chief, Gary Davey, has slammed the BBC’s “bizarre” concerns over the arrival of…
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Murdoch ‘expects Sky deal approval’ in first half of next year
21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch has said he expects the company’s acquisition of Sky…