Sky Sports
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New Premier League rights deal set to be worth over £10 billion
Ampere Analysis predicts a 58 per cent increase in international rights valuations
Business
Sky Sports extends Masters deal
Deal will see Sky deliver the coverage live for the eighth consecutive year
Production & Post
Sky Sports agrees We.Stream pilot
Embedded cloud SIM technology will enable unlimited data in over 100 countries
Content
Sky Sports seals new seven-year World Darts deal
Broadcast deal will take Sky’s coverage through to 2025
Features
TVBEurope November edition now available
The penultimate magazine of 2017 is a post production special
Business
Sky Sports wins live EFL rights
Deal includes increase in amount of EFL midweek matches broadcast on Sky Sports' interactive and digital platforms
Data Centre
‘Lose rights, lose subscribers’ say sports fans
Seventy-eight per cent of sports subscribers would consider cancelling if provider lost the rights to their favourite sports
Business
Sky unveils Sports channels shake-up
The operator will now offer viewers ten dedicated sports channels
Data Centre
More than a third of Premier League viewers stream illegally
Thirty-six per cent of football supporters illegally stream at least once per month
Business
Sky loses Premier League viewers as clubs demand bigger TV windfall
Premier League suffers largest drop in viewing on Sky Sports in seven years
Production & Post
Sky Sports to broadcast Test cricket in Ultra HD
Sky Sports has announced it will broadcast this summer’s Test series between England and South Africa in UHD. The service will be available to...
News Releases
Sky in pole position
F1’s season debut race in Melbourne also saw the introduction of a new production switcher to Sky’s latest UHD Gallery in Isleworth, west London...
Production & Post
Sky chooses NTT for HEVC UHD delivery
Sky Sports looks to be the first-to-market with end-to-end HEVC UHD delivery on its sports platform
Data Centre
Millennials ‘turning away’ from sports
The vast increase in TV and online video content is turning millennials away from sport, according to the latest Ampere Analysis report. The report...
Business
Sky Q adds split screen capability for sports
Sky has added new features to its Sky Q offering, designed to make it easier for users to catch up on sports content. The...
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Twitter to share ad revenue with content creators
Twitter is planning to share advertising revenue with video content creators as it looks to battle YouTube and Facebook. The move will see Twitter...
Business
Sky Sports Mix set for launch
Sky Sports is launching its new Mix channel this week. The channel, which will arrive on 24 August, will deliver sporting content to basic...
News
Business
Sky seals Chinese Super League rights
Sky Sports has secured the rights to the Chinese Super League for the next three seasons. The move comes amid growing interest in the...
News
Production & Post
‘Highest possible’ UHD quality for Sky
SIS Live is providing UHD fibre connectivity for Sky Sports UHD coverage of the Barclays Premier League. Following ‘months of collaboration’ the companies have...
News
Business
Sky launches contract-free triple-play bundle
Sky's Now TV Combo, a bundle offers television, unlimited broadband as well as a range of call packages
News
Business
Sky seals new five-year Bundesliga deal
Sky Sports has agreed a five-year extension to its Bundesliga rights package. The agreement, which runs through to 2021, will see Sky broadcast 572...
News
Production & Post
Lawo implemented at Sky Deutschland
ky Deutschland has selected Lawo to power its satellite news gathering (SNG) fleet for its HD sports news and live sports production. Lawo is...
News
Business
Sky pens five-year exclusive Formula One deal
Sky has secured the exclusive rights to Formula One content from the beginning of the 2019 season. The deal means that the sport will...
News
Business
Sky Mix it up
Sky is launching a new sports channel; Sky Sports Mix. The channel, which will become the eighth sports offering that the broadcaster provides, will become
News
Production & Post
Sky invests in mobile fan engagement
Sky has invested £300,000 in mobile fan engagement and sports marketing company InCrowd
Business
Sky Sports breaks records with 2015 online video views
Sky Sports has emerged as the UK’s most popular digital sport platform after seeing a 175 per cent increase in its online video views
Business
Channel 4 to take over BBC F1 contract
The BBC is set to give its part of the F1 TV contract to rival broadcaster Channel 4 in a bid to cut costs
Business
Sky to create ‘world first’ for British Masters
Sky Sports is to create what it claims to be a world first as part of its coverage of the British Masters golf, when...
News
Production & Post
Sky Sports selects Mobile Viewpoint for live contribution from the field
Sky Sports News has chosen Mobile Viewpoint as its primary technology partner for its national and international live video over IP contribution network
Business
La Liga to remain on Sky Sports for another three seasons
Sky Sports will remain the home of La Liga for another three seasons, following a bidding war with BT Sport. Sky Sports viewers will...
News
Business
Sky Sports wins Premier League near-live clip rights
The three-year agreement starting from the 2016-17 season will see clips from every match being made available to both mobile and online users, with...
News
Production & Post
Sky Sports chooses Thomson Video Networks for Formula One
The ViBE CP6000 contribution platform from Thomson Video Networks has been chosen by Sky Sports for its exclusive UK coverage of the 2015 Formula...
News
Production & Post
Sky Sports to use Gearhouse’s new OBPod for F1 coverage
Sky Sports will be the first broadcaster to use Gearhouse Broadcast’s new flexible and agile flyaway production solution, OBPod.
Business
Ofcom opens pay TV consultation into Sky Sports
Ofcom has launched a consultation into whether regulation that requires Sky to offer its Sky Sports 1 and 2 channels to other pay TV...
Production & Post
I-MOVIX reveals contribution to Ryder Cup UHD trials
Sky Sports pioneered full end-to-end production in 4K during the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles, with 4K ultra-motion replays provided by the I-MOVIX X10...
News
Analysis
AXON controls and monitors CTV’s OB3 and 11
Axon broadcast’s white paper is just one of hundreds available from NewBay Connect. Launched this year, the website is a digital resource centre for...
Production & Post
Sky Sports trials 4K Ryder Cup with Vizrt
Vizrt has delivered a successful 4K graphics workflow for Sky Sports’ Ultra HD trial at the recent 2014 Ryder Cup.
News
Production & Post
Hole in one: Vinten and Vizrt bring Ryder Cup to life
Vinten has supplied a Vinten encoded pan and tilt head to Sky Sports for use in studio during the upcoming Ryder Cup.
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Techex, Sky and The FA deliver World Cup for England
In a joint project on behalf of The FA, Sky deployed a Techex system to provide both off-air live TV and HD event feeds...
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