Tag: Sky

LONDON: Sky has clinched a new contract for Bundesliga football through to 2021, with an average rights cost per annum of €876 million ($998 million).

LONDON: Sky delivered revenues of £8.7 billion ($12.5 billion) for the nine months ended March 31, 2016, a 5-percent gain on the same period last year, with operating profit rising 12 percent to £1.1 billion ($1.6 billion).

LONDON: Sky and Sony Pictures Television have reached their first-ever multiyear pan-European movies agreement, covering Sky’s subscription and transactional movie services in the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria and Italy.

LONDON: Independent outfit CPL Productions has struck a joint-venture deal with comedian Harry Hill to launch Nit TV, which already has projects slated for Sky and BBC.

LONDON: Sky is expanding the content offering of its mobile TV streaming service Sky Go with the addition of titles from E! Entertainment Television, Syfy and Universal Channel to its catch-up section.

LONDON: Sky has picked up a minority stake in Sugar Films, which also received an investment from former Discovery Networks International president and CEO Mark Hollinger, who will become chairman.

LONDON: Sky is debuting a brand-new sports channel, Sky Sports Mix, bringing a range of sporting events to all its TV customers in the U.K. and Ireland at no extra cost.

LONDON: Sky has created Sky VR Studio, a dedicated in-house production unit for virtual reality.

NEW YORK: The brand-new channel VICELAND will become available to Sky and NOW TV customers in the U.K. and Ireland this September.

Gary Davey, Sky’s managing director of content, talks about original production, on-demand offerings, cord-cutting and more.