Sky’s coverage of India’s Premier League cricket (IPL) is again proving to be the most-watched event in world cricket. Sky saw a total of 1.18 million individuals tune in to watch IPL coverage over the September 19th-20th weekend. In fact, Sunday’s match between Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab averaged 108,000 viewers and Indian viewers […]
Sky Italia subscribers have dropped to 4.6 million, compared to 5 million in the pre-Covid period, according to market figures obtained by business daily Milano Finanza. The decline is partly down to a lack of live sports events as lockdown measures came in, but also as a result of rampant piracy. The negative results have […]
Sky Sports will stream all five matches of the T20 Women’s Cricket series between England and the West Indies next week. With Women’s Big Cricket Month taking place throughout September, coverage of the series will be free to watch on the Sky Sports YouTube channel from September 21st. There will also be a full schedule […]
The real-life dramas of criminal trials in the US now have an international audience as Court TV launches in the UK. Court TV is now available on Sky channel 179, with more distribution agreements expected to be announced soon. Building on its popularity with US audiences and advertisers, Court TV’s UK channel provides viewers access […]
The share of content licensed to services owned by Studios across European markets has increased from 18 per cent in 2018 to 30 per cent in the last year, according to data from international content consultancy 3Vision. Media consolidation has helped to fuel direct-to-consumer (D2C) growth over the past few years with multiple services launched […]
Nearly nine out of ten (88.7 per cent) of the UK’s challenger broadband network providers support the creation of a common platform through which they could provide wholesale services to third-party content providers, according to a survey by Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA). The creation of a common wholesale platform is an important step forward […]
Sky has reported further progress on its diversity targets for original productions in the UK. A new analysis of Sky’s Diamond diversity data confirms that a quarter (25 per cent) of on-screen talent come from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background, above Sky’s target of 20 per cent. In addition, progress has been made […]
MPs will hear from senior executives on Netflix’s role as the leading SVoD service in the UK in an inquiry into the future of public service broadcasting and the impact of streaming services. The session of the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on September 15th will focus on Netflix’s relationships with […]
The BT Sport is now available on Fire TV, Android TV, Roku streaming players and Roku TV models. The launch comes in time for the new Premier League season which kicks off this weekend, with BT Sport also bringing fans coverage of Premiership Rugby, MotoGP, Boxing, WWE and UFC, the BT Sport App is now […]
Sky today announced the launch date for Brave New World, a Sky original, all episodes available from October 2nd on Sky One and streaming service NOW TV. Based on Aldous Huxley’s groundbreaking 1932 novel, Brave New World imagines a utopian society that has achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family, […]