Amidst the chaos of the pandemic, innovative start-up baggl.com has pledged £1 million worth of its barter trade credits to help support other SMEs during the latest national lockdown and beyond, with match-funded TV advertising grants with a value of £3,500 per applicant. The initiative is being supported by AdSmart from Sky, as well as […]
Sky Q is adding HDR movies in time for Christmas, and is rolling out a number of new features, including allowing users to keep watching, no matter the weather. Viewers will be able to watch recordings, video on demand content and access apps, even if their TV satellite signal is lost. More new features for Sky Q include: Discover more shows in High […]
Scotland and Northern Ireland’s dramatic UEFA Euro 2021 Play-off Finals provided Sky Sports with large audience shares on November 12th. This comes after Sky made the decision to offer both broadcasts for fans to enjoy free-to-air in recognition of the unique circumstances and the impact the pandemic is having on supporters in the UK. Scotland’s clash […]
Eutelsat’s CEO Rodolphe Belmer, speaking at a Euroconsult World Satellite Business Week virtual panel, told delegates that recent agreements and renewal contracts struck with Canal+, Sky Italia and MultiChoice were all struck on good terms. “The broadcast segment for our company is extremely resilient,” he explained. “We are able to stabilise revenues. It will stay […]
Sky Sports has announced that coverage of the British Basketball League (BBL) will return this season. The two-year agreement will see Sky Sports air 30 live matches a season. As part of the agreement Sky Sports will air both the men’s and women’s finals including BBL Trophy Final, BBL Cup Final, BBL Playoffs. Sky Sports […]
Audiences in the UK and Ireland can now stream content from the discovery+ web and app – featuring new, exclusive discovery+ Originals from the global multi-channel player. News of the rebranded service was unveiled last month. Customers can now enjoy unlimited access to content from Discovery UK’s seven pay-TV and six free-to-air brands as well […]
Amdocs, a provider of software and services to communications and media companies, has signed an agreement with Sky to jointly lead the modernisation and expansion of its mobile network as part of Sky’s journey to the cloud. Amdocs cloud-native, microservices based technology will provide Sky UK with the benefits of flexible, efficient real time converged […]
New research finds Christmas spirit has evaporated for four in 10 (41%) Brits – but with three quarters (76%) saying Christmas spirit is needed now more than ever before, Sky Cinema has the answer. As Christmas films were revealed to be the best way (25%) to inject some sparkle and the Will Ferrell-classic Elf voted […]
The open HbbTV standard, Amazon Fire TV and Samsung Tizen are the most common TV access methods in German living rooms, according to an updated study on platform reach from digital TV solutions specialist TeraVolt, compiled with the support of a twelve-member expert panel and market research institute Facit. In terms of actual usage, the […]
Sky has announced a new co-production with Ulysses Filmproduktion and Cantilever Media, The Amazing Maurice, a Sky original. This animated family film is based on one of Terry Pratchett’s popular Discworld novels and will star Hugh Laurie as Maurice, Emilia Clarke as Malicia, David Thewlis as Boss Man, Himesh Patel as Keith, Gemma Arterton as […]