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Openreach ramps up full fibre upgrade

UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has  announced a further 79 new exchange locations, covering more than 900k premises across the UK, where the business plans to halt the sale of traditional copper-based phone and broadband services to encourage people to upgrade to new digital services over an ultrafast Full Fibre connection. The business is giving […]

October 14, 2024By Colin Mann

Sky Sports partners with Movember charity

Sky Media, the advertising sales arm of Sky, has announced a partnership with Sky Sports and global men’s health charity Movember. In collaboration with the agency Bicycle, the content-led campaign aims to leverage Sky Sports’ talent to drive awareness, sign-ups, and donations for Movember, while also showing that people don’t need to ‘grow a mo’ […]

October 14, 2024

SES extends Sky deal

SES has extended its long-standing partnership with Sky through a multi-year contract renewal for satellite capacity and back-up services from SES’s prime video neighbourhood of 28.2/28.5 degrees East. The previous contract, signed in May 2022, was worth €84 million, but terms for this latest agreement were not revealed. SES’s satellites at the 28.2/28.5 degrees East orbital […]

October 10, 2024By Chris Forrester

bp pulse partners with Sky Go

bp pulse, one of the UK’s largest EV charging networks, is partnering with Sky Go, the streaming service for Sky customers, to enhance the electric vehicle charging experience. A new campaign, brought to life by Sky Media and Mindshare, features a 30-second TV commercial showcasing how bp pulse and Sky Go work together. The creative […]

October 9, 2024

SkyShowtime adding Premium plan

SkyShowtime has unveiled its new Premium plan, which will be offered alongside its existing Standard with Ads and Standard (previously named Standard Plus) plans. SkyShowtime Premium will be available in all of SkyShowtime’s 20+ markets simultaneously on October 29th including Albania, Andorra, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, […]

October 8, 2024

EE retail partnership with Sky Stream

EE, the consumer brand for the BT Group, and Sky have announced a retail partnership that will see Sky Stream launch across EE stores, via the EE website and EE telesales from October 15th. The partnership builds on a relationship established in 2017 and forms part of EE’s strategy to partner with consumer electronics and […]

October 8, 2024

Sky Sports Racing handed rights to 2024 Breeders’ Cup

The Breeders’ Cup in North America is considered the world championship meeting in horse racing, and the rights to this year’s event have been awarded to Sky Sports Racing in the UK. Sky Sports Racing will cover both days from Del Mar in California, including the Breeders’ Cup Classic, the feature race of the meeting […]

October 4, 2024

TikTok announces UK & Ireland Awards show with presenting partner Sky

TikTok has announced the first TikTok Awards in the UK & Ireland with presenting partner Sky. These awards are its way of recognising the creators who invest their time and creativity and make the TikTok ecosystem unique. Melissa McFarlane, Head of Operations, TikTok UK, Ireland & Nordics said: “Every day millions of people and organisations […]

October 4, 2024

League of ’72 kicks off return with new TikTok channel

After Party Studios has scored a second season of digital content production for the League of ’72 channel and socials for Sky Bet and the EFL (English Football League). This will now also incorporate a newly launched TikTok channel, which has attracted 1 million likes in the first week of launch, in addition to the […]

October 3, 2024

Sky Broadband launches 24/7 switching support service

Sky Broadband says it is now the UK’s only major provider with a dedicated 24/7 switching support service. So, when moving to Sky, customers can get through to a real person with any questions about switching their broadband, day or night. Switching broadband providers is easier than ever under the industry’s new One Touch Switch […]

October 1, 2024