Brits are spending more time watching content than ever before, consuming 16 billion hours of content on Sky in 2024, according to Sky’s bi-annual Attention Index report. The latest data reveals that while viewing is up, the content people consume is increasingly fragmented as audiences shift away from pre-scheduled broadcasting and instead move to on-demand […]
Sky has announced that four new series of Sky Original digital shorts will soon be landing on YouTube – starting in April – showcasing up-and-coming UK comedy talent. The four series will welcome new personalities to the Sky roster, including breakout comedy star Kae Kurd with his fitness-themed series Sets and Reps, internet personality Stevo […]
Sky is set to cut some 2,000 jobs — around seven per cent of its workforce — with an overhaul of its traditional call centre roles. Sky UK will close three of its 10 customer service sites — in Stockport, Sheffield and Leeds — and scale back two others in a move that will cut […]
Sky Kids has extended its commitment to Magic Light Pictures’ popular preschool property Pip and Posy by commissioning three standalone seasonal specials of the series. Featuring a host of new characters and locations, the first of the specials will air in Q4 2025. Pip and Posy are best friends whose lives revolve around a wonderful […]
Following a landmark case in Lebanon, the operator of a platform responsible for supplying illegal streams to pirate services around the world, has been convicted and sentenced to 11 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $90,000 (€83,000) in penalties and damages. Following a joint criminal complaint by the Premier League, Sky and […]
Sky has announced four new titles coming to Sky Documentaries in 2025: Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park; Who Killed Goldfinger?; The Girl Who Caught a Killer; andAmsterdam Narcos. Coming to the channel in May is the new Sky Original docuseries Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park, unravelling the story behind the shocking […]
Sky Media, the advertising sales arm of Sky, has launched the first phase of its new Sports Marketplace, making premium live sports advertising more accessible. First announced at Sky Media’s ‘Connects’ upfronts in November 2024, the marketplace aims simplify advertiser access to Sky Sports and TNT Sports’ live sports inventory. Advertisers can now seamlessly book […]
An investigation by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found some of the largest sports broadcast and production companies in the UK shared sensitive information about fees for freelance workers such as camera operators and sound technicians. Four companies – BT, IMG, ITV and BBC – have agreed to pay fines totalling £4,240,356 (€5m). […]
Acclaimed US drama, Poker Face, returns to Sky and streaming service NOW for its second season on May 9th. From Rian Johnson and starring Emmy Nominee Natasha Lyonne, alongside a host of established guest stars, the mystery-of-the-week series will land with three episodes, followed by a weekly episodic release. Season 2 (12×60) will follow Lyonne’s […]
Coming-of-age indie drama, Penelope, is set to launch on Sky and streaming service NOW in the UK and Ireland, following a deal with Fremantle. Produced by the Duplass Brothers Productions and created by Mark Duplass and Mel Eslyn, the 8 x 30’ series follows Penelope, played by Megan Stott, a 16-year-old who feels out of […]