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Sky reveals slate of factual commissions

Sky has unveiled seven new Sky Original documentary projects across Sky Documentaries, Sky Nature and Sky Crime. The new commissions will also air on streaming service NOW. The newly commissioned titles for Sky Documentaries include: The Good Fight Club, which follows a young team of mixed martial arts fighters from South East London, training in […]

August 25, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Research: Brits press pause on smaller SVoDs

Research suggests that people in the UK are starting to cut back on the number of streaming services they use, sticking to the ‘Big 3’ of Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+. The personal finance comparison site, finder.com, repeated research from 2019, finding that the number of Brits who have streamed over the past year has […]

August 11, 2022

House of the Dragon throne at Tower of London

Game of Thrones fans and visitors to the Tower of London were the first in the UK to take a seat on the imposing new-look Iron Throne on Augut 8th, as it was unveiled in front of the legendary medieval fortress. The Iron Throne is the ultimate symbol of conquest, forged from the blades of […]

August 8, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Data: UK SVoD access declines

BARB, the UK’s television audience measurement service, has released data from its Establishment Survey for Q2 2022, showing a decline in the number of UK households with access to a subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) service. In Q2 2022, 19.19 million UK homes (67 per cent of households) had access to an SVoD service, a decrease of […]

August 4, 2022

Research: UK SVoD decline accelerates

The latest Entertainment on Demand data on the UK’s streaming market from Kantar, the insights and consulting company, reveals that SVoD market decline accelerated by 488k households, with 1.66 million SVoD services cancelled during the second quarter of 2022. This follows 1.51 million cancellations in the first quarter of the year. Kantar’s data suggests that […]

July 18, 2022

Lily Allen, Freema Agyeman to star in new Sky Original comedy Dreamland

Filming has begun in the seaside town of Margate for Dreamland; a new Sky Original comedy starring Freema Agyeman (Doctor Who) and Lily Allen (How to Build a Girl) in her debut TV role. Based on Sky’s 2018 BAFTA-winning short of the same name, which was written by Sharon Horgan and produced by Merman, Dreamland is […]

July 15, 2022

Ireland: 36% consider cancelling SVoD service

SurveyMonkey research carried out by Momentive reveals current Irish consumer attitudes towards online streaming services against the backdrop of a cost of living crisis and an oversaturation of providers. While the streaming services market becomes evermore crowded with competition, more than a third (36 per cent) of Irish consumers say they are considering cancelling or […]

June 30, 2022

BARB: UK SVoD homes near 20m

Findings from the Establishment Survey for Q1 2022 from BARB, the UK’s television audience measurement currency, reveal that the number of UK households with access to a SVoD service reached 19.57 million (68.5 per cent of households), an increase of almost 500k homes since Q4 2021. Disney+ and Apple TV+ (the latter a new addition […]

June 22, 2022

NOW adding new Alibi, NBC News

Sky’s streaming service NOW is adding two new channels, Alibi and NBC News NOW, available at no additional cost from June 28th. This is further growth on the back of an increased content slate with the launch of Peacock and new channels Sky Comedy, Sky Nature and Sky Documentaries also added to the Entertainment Membership. […]

June 22, 2022

Breeders returns to Sky Comedy on July 13

Sky Original Breeders, the comedy series starring Emmy and BAFTA-winning Martin Freeman (The Responder, Sherlock, Black Panther) and International Emmy and BAFTA-nominated Daisy Haggard (Back to Life, Episodes, Black Mirror) that explores the challenges of modern parenting, returns to Sky Comedy for its third season on July 13th. Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones, Miranda) also joins the cast as a guest-star throughout the series. Breeders continues […]

June 8, 2022