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Yospace partners with SpotX
Yospace has partnered with video inventory management platform SpotX to offer personally targeted replacement advertisements within live streams. The partnership opens up ad
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Sky channels undergo rebrand
Sky 1, Sky Atlantic and Sky Arts have all been given makeovers to ensure that each channel will have its own clear identity. The...
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Sky signs pan-European Sony movies deal
The agreement will see Sky bring all new and future Sony releases to its subscription and transactional movie services throughout the UK, Ireland, Germany,...
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UKTV surpasses Sky and Channel 5
UKTV has propelled itself ahead of Sky and Channel 5 in its share of commercial impacts.Reporting record-breaking results in 2015, UKTV’s growth can largely...
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YouTube continues to dominate UK streaming
YouTube maintained its status as the leading UK streaming service throughout 2015, according to Enders’ analysis of the home entertainment market. The streaming giant...
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Sky via Facebook Live
The social media site is reportedly paying the UK broadcasting giant to provide content for it’s Live service, alongside further deals with Buzzfeed and
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Insight TV heading to the UK and Spain
Television Entertainment Reality Network (TERN) is bringing Insight TV to the UK and Spain. The channel will launch in HD via Sky in the...
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Sky releases Kids app
Sky has launched a new app exclusively developed for children. Sky Kids, created in collaboration with ustwo, is designed to offer a “fun and...
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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...
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Sky invests in Sugar Films
Sky has taken a minority stake in Sugar Films. Mark Hollinger, former Discovery Networks International president and CEO, is also taking a stake, and...
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MediaGeniX to take UKTV “beyond 2016”
Dave, one of ten UKTV linear channels, has been part and parcel of the UK broadcast setup ever since its Freeview relaunch in 2007....
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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
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Yospace for Sky Go
Yospace is to provide its dynamic advertisement replacement solution for Sky Go. The move also means that Sky is now able to reproduce the...
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Amazon completes the set
The ITV Hub and All 4 catch-up services are now available on Amazon Fire TV devices. The additions mean that Amazon has secured the...
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Vice to launch UK Sky channel
Vice Media has agreed a non-exclusive deal to launch a TV channel on Sky in the UK and Ireland. Viceland will be on offer...
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Sky takes on Netflix in Asia
Sky has invested £32 million in streaming service iflix, Netflix’s rival in Southeast Asia. The partnership will see the two companies combining with the...
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Sky to tackle non-sports content
Sky will double its investment in non-sports programming over the next five years, according to the company’s managing director of content
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Sky invests in mobile fan engagement
Sky has invested £300,000 in mobile fan engagement and sports marketing company InCrowd
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Murdoch appointed Sky chairman
Sky has appointed James Murdoch as chairman, succeeding Nicholas Ferguson at the end of April
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DPP launches UHD standard
The Digital Production Partnership has revealed a new standard for the delivery of Ultra High Definition
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Racing UK launches HD service
Sky is launching horseracing channel Racing UK in HD on 7 March
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Sky invests $10 million in advertising technology
Sky has invested $10 million in DataXu, provider of programmatic advertising analytics software
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Sky lands Showtime rights
Sky has announced a long-term licensing agreement with CBS Corporation, giving it exclusive rights to Showtime
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Sky Go undergoes redesign
Sky has begun rolling out a redesign version of its on-demand service Sky Go
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BBC extends snooker rights
The BBC has secured the rights to the World Snooker Championship in a deal worth over £6.5 million
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Sky Q confirms further content deals
Sky has agreed deals with three online video channels to bring further content to Sky Q, launching early this year
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DPP announces new standards
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has announced common technical delivery standards for high definition commercials/sponsorship and promotions/presentation material
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One third of broadband households have OTT
One third of UK broadband households are subscribed to an OTT video service, according to a Parks Associates study
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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
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Sky chooses Cisco for home entertainment system
Sky has picked Cisco video software solutions to power its next-generation home entertainment system, Sky Q
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UKTV celebrates record-breaking year
UKTV is celebrating its most successful year after record-breaking viewing drew it level with Channel 5, as well as Sky’s wholly-owned channels, including movies...
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Sky extends Rant & Rave partnership
Sky has extended its partnership with engagement specialists Rant & Rave to poll public viewer opinion in real-time.
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Sky invests in TV4 Entertainment
Sky has invested $300,000 in LA-based TV4 Entertainment which owns a portfolio of niche interest television channels, distributed across online platforms in the US...
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Sky promises ‘Fluid Viewing’ with new service
Sky has announced its new home entertainment system, Sky Q, designed to create a TV viewing ‘ecosystem’ in the home
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Sky and HBO strike first pan-European content deal
Sky and HBO have agreed a new deal that will make HBO programmes available on Sky Atlantic for 21 million Sky customers across Europe
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Sky restructures programming team
Jon Montague has been appointed as Sky’s head of comedy. Montague has been in the role of acting head of comedy since September, and...
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Altice to become one of five controlling half the world’s pay-TV
Altice has seen a meteoric rise in the past 18 months, transitioning from a private equity firm with a diverse range of smaller stakes...
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TV sports packages tempt consumers to premium offers
New research from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech on the home services market – covering broadband, fixed landline and paid television – has revealed that premium...
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Sky profits up ten per cent
Sky has reported strong first quarter results, with a ten per cent increase in operating profit to £375 million, ahead of the predicted £366...
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Exclusive content to boost adoption of multiplay bundles in UK
Number of households taking four services from a single provider to double in 2016
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