The BBC Sounds app is now available to all Sky Q customers in the UK, offering more than 80,000 hours of audio content, including live BBC radio broadcasts, music mixes, and podcasts from the likes of Joe Wicks, Stacey Dooley, Louis Theroux and George the Poet. To open the app, customers just need to simply […]
Extreme E, the electric off-road racing series, has confirmed a partnership with Sky Sports, which will see the new motorsport air on its channels. Extreme E will be a new addition to the Sky Sports line-up, airing the live racing action, highlights, previews, reviews and the series’ magazine show, which will give fans a more […]
Viasat, a global communications company, and SKY Brasil, the largest satellite pay-TV operator in Brazil, have formed a partnership to increase the availability of satellite internet across Brazil. Through this agreement, SKY will sell, install and provide on-site technical service for Viasat’s high-speed internet service. “SKY is present in all cities within Brazil, offering services […]
Sky, Europe’s largest media and entertainment organisation, has announced it will be the Principal Partner and Media Partner for the COP26 international climate change summit taking place in Glasgow this November. As a Principal Partner, Sky will support the delivery of a successful and ambitious summit working alongside the UK Government who hold the COP26 […]
Sky has appointed Tim Pearson as the new Managing Director of Sky Media UK, replacing John Litster who is stepping down from the role after eight years, and following a 25-year career with Sky. Pearson will join Sky from Omnicom in March following 21 years with the media group where he is currently OMD Group […]
NOW TV has announced that Jamie Schwartz will be joining the streaming service, effective immediately, as Director of Brand, Marketing and Merchandising. Schwartz will report into Marina Storti, Managing Director of NOW TV, and will be responsible for core brand development and guardianship, marketing strategy and campaigns, media planning, as well as PR, social, editorial […]
Sky original, Roald & Beatrix: The Tail Of The Curious Mouse, launched on Sky One with a 7 day cumulative audience of 3.12 million, making it the biggest rating show of the Christmas period for Sky ever. Sky One’s festive schedule proved a hit with viewers, with Jack and the Beanstalk: After Ever After drawing […]
Konami Cross Media has secured new streaming agreements for its flagship anime property Yu-Gi-Oh! in the UK, as well as in Australia and New Zealand. In the UK, Sky Kids is the first platform to exhibit the new HD formatted versions of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters show. With over 230 episodes, it is the story […]
June 2020, Sky announced a series of commitments to support anti-racism and improve diversity and inclusion across the company. Sky committed to invest £10million per year across its markets for each of the next three years to improve representation and progression of minority groups. The business also committed to put targets in place to measure […]
Bundling will characterise global TV throughout 2021 as the streaming TV boom forces a re-engineering of the TV value chain and the strategies for reaching the end viewer, according to Guy Bisson, Research Director at Ampere Analysis. The breadth of choice in the streaming