Tag: Sky

Sky has hired Big Talk Productions' Josh Cole as commissioning editor, responsible for ordering and executive producing a variety of original comedy programming.

Operating profit was down 6 percent at Sky to £1.47 billion ($1.9 billion) for the year ended June 30, impacted by Premier League costs.

Karen Bradley, the U.K.'s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, has told Parliament that more time is needed to review 21st Century Fox's proposed takeover of Sky.

Karen Bradley, the U.K.'s Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, says she is "minded" to refer 21st Century Fox's Sky takeover to the Competition and Markets Authority, citing concerns about media plurality.

A+E Networks and Sky have extended and strengthened their long-term partnership covering the U.K., Ireland, Italy, Germany and Austria.

Sky and NBCUniversal have extended their long-standing partnership involving Sky Cinema and the NBCUniversal International Networks (NBCUIN) suite of channel brands.

Sky's revenues for the nine months ended March 31, 2017, were up by 11 percent to £9.6 billion ($12.3 billion), with the company adding 106,000 customers in Q3.

The European Commission has approved 21st Century Fox's takeover of Sky, finding that the transaction will not raise any competition concerns in the region.

LONDON: Sky has acquired Diagonal View, a producer of social content that is best known for creating online channels such as Alltime10s and The Football Daily.

The chief executive talks about the company’s numerous accomplishments, growth prospects and a future that may see shareholder 21st Century Fox take full ownership of Sky.