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Sky wins first BAFTA Film Awards

The EE British Academy Film Awards winners were announced on April 11th with Sky Original movie Promising Young Woman, picking up two awards – for Outstanding British Film and Original Screenplay – marking the first time a Sky Original film has won a BAFTA. Promising Young Woman stars Carey Mulligan as Cassie; a smart but […]

April 12, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Discovery UK sees record Q1 audience

Discovery UK has delivered its strongest ever Q1 in 2021, its 10th consecutive year of Q1 growth; growing its share of adults by 7 per cent year-on-year, up from 4.7 per cent in Q1 2020 to hit 5 per cent. This followed the portfolio’s strongest year on record in 2020, which saw its share of […]

April 9, 2021

WrestleMania 37 on BT Sport Box Office

WrestleMania, the WWE’s annual flagship PPV, returns this weekend and will be available to watch in the UK and Ireland via BT Sport Box Office. WrestleMania 37 will be a two night event taking place in the early hours (1am start time) of April 11th and 12th with both nights airing on BT Sport Box […]

April 9, 2021By Nik Roseveare

The United Way launches on Sky Documentaries and NOW in May

Sky has announced that cinematic one-off feature documentary The United Way, will launch on Sky Documentaries and streaming service NOW on May 24th. The Sky Original film is the epic story of a football club, a city and a man who did more than most to bring success to both. As told by, co-written by […]

April 8, 2021

Cairo Communication to distribute DAZN channels on DTT

Italian media group Cairo Communication has reached an agreement with DAZN to host two pay-TV channels of the OTT broadcaster on its national DTT multiplex. According to Italian daily Milano Finanza, the distribution agreement is worth €3 million per year and will enable DAZN to ensure backup for its streaming services. The deal comes days […]

April 7, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Indycar renews global broadcast reach

A robust line-up of international broadcast partnerships will help deliver the NTT Indycar Series to a growing global audience in 2021. A series of renewals and expanded broadcast and streaming relationships will bring the stars of North America’s premier open-wheel racing series to many markets across Europe, Asia and more. Existing and renewal partnerships will […]

April 7, 2021By Colin Mann

Sky Creative delivers new programme identity and virtual studio for The Daily Climate Show

Sky Creative’s dedicated News Design team, which works directly with the Sky News broadcast and editorial teams across design and innovation, has delivered the final output for The Daily Climate Show. As Sky’s in-house advertising and creative agency and the largest in-house agency in Europe, Sky Creative has been responsible for delivering a brand new […]

April 7, 2021

Free TV ad worth £5k up for grabs on TV Warehouse

TV Warehouse, an independent London teleshopping channel is offering small businesses with a unique product innovation the chance to sell their products for free in a TV advert worth up to £5,000 on Sky TV as part of its ‘Road to Recovery’ campaign. TV Warehouse has put its weight behind supporting SMEs that have suffered […]

April 7, 2021

UK ministers welcome broadband jobs boom

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden have met with broadband industry leaders and praised the sector for creating more than 22,000 jobs over the last year as forecasts for gigabit rollout are revised further upwards. They welcomed the firms’ work to help the nation build back better from the pandemic with […]

April 6, 2021By Colin Mann

Data: 954,000 watch Snyder’s Justice League on Sky

Samba TV reports that 954,000 UK households watched the colour version of Zack Snyder’s Justice League cut between March 18th and 24th on Sky Cinema Premiere. Almost half (48 per cent) of the UK households actually finished the movie during the first seven days, yet the average number of minutes of the movie watched per […]

April 1, 2021