AUCKLAND: SKY in New Zealand has extended its contract with Entertainment One (eOne), resulting in a raft of new films becoming available across SKY Movies channels, as well as on-demand.<\/p>\n
The Age of Adaline <\/em>and Pride <\/em>will soon become available to SKY Movies customers. A wider package of movies from the eOne catalogue will also be available. Customers can watch the films on SKY Movies channels after their first broadcast at skygo.co.nz and on SKY’s new on-demand service, which is currently rolling out.<\/p>\n \u201ceOne has already provided us with great broad-appeal film titles such as the Divergent<\/em> franchise, Source Code<\/em> and Now You See Me<\/em>, and great television series such as Fear the Walking Dead <\/em>and Into the Badlands<\/em>,\u201d said SKY\u2019s head of acquisitions, Lisa Clements.<\/p>\n \u201cThis extension has secured a large number of eOne\u2019s highly anticipated feature-film releases coming to SKY Movies, including Spotlight<\/em>, Trumbo<\/em>, Now You See Me: The Second Ac<\/em>t, A Walk in the Woods<\/em>, Amy<\/em> and Dirty Grandpa<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOur movies channels are programmed by a passionate team of Kiwis who work closely with our content partners to scour the globe for a mix of great movies that will appeal to our wide customer base,\u201d added SKY\u2019s director of entertainment, Travis Dunbar. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to have concluded this deal with our friends at eOne, from whom we obtain a large amount of quality television and film, and we are look forward to sharing these great movies and many more with our viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe titles licensed reflect the diversity of Kiwi viewing tastes and we are thrilled to partner with SKY to deliver so much great content,\u201d said eOne Television International’s sales director for Australia, New Zealand, Japan and India, Ben Bishop. \u201cAs the market leader with over 20 years of experience in the subscription movie business, SKY knows its customers incredibly well and is very clear about the quality and type of content its audiences enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOur companies have worked closely together for many years across a raft of film and television content, and we look forward to being able to meet Kiwis\u2019 viewing needs with SKY for many to come,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AUCKLAND: SKY in New Zealand has extended its contract with Entertainment One (eOne), resulting in a raft of new films becoming available across SKY Movies channels, as well as on-demand. The Age of Adaline and Pride will soon become available to SKY Movies customers. A wider package of movies from the eOne catalogue will also …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[121,122,123],"class_list":["post-3690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-entertainment-one","tag-eone","tag-sky"],"yoast_head":"\n