Business
BBC loses Open contract to Sky a year early
The Open golf championship will move from the BBC to Sky Sports next year, as the broadcaster agreed to pay £15 million a year...
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Production & Post
Telestream chosen for new Fox production centre in London
London production and distribution centre adopts file-based workflows, meets OTT content provision challenge and establishes DPP-compliant content supply chain to leading UK broadcasters
News
Production & Post
Sky News chooses NewTek TalkShow for video interviews
Sky News has selected NewTek’s TalkShow video calling system to facilitate live on-air Skype video calls as part of Sky News’ rolling 24 hour...
News
Business
Lucy Murphy named as Sky’s first head of kids content
Murphy has over 20 years of experience in producing and brand managing shows for children’s and family audiences.
News
Production & Post
Sky News and Microsoft’s Bing Pulse to continue partnership
After providing viewers with insight into the Labour Leadership debate last week, Sky News and Microsoft’s Bing Pulse have announced they will continue to...
News
Business
Sky to overtake Liberty Global in western Europe
Liberty Global's top slot in western Europe is under threat, with Sky Europe expected to overtake its subscriber count in 2017, according to a...
Business
TVBEverywhere
Sky News sets a Guinness World Record with LiveU tech
UK broadcaster’s general election coverage from 138 locations to cover 150 constituency results is a World Record
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Business
BT Sport takes the Ashes
BT Sport has outbid Sky to become the home of the 2017/18 Australia vs England Ashes, and will show all Australian home cricket internationals...
News
Business
Eurosport acquires Rugby League package for Setanta Sports Asia
Eurosport has secured the exclusive TV and digital rights from Sky for a selection of Rugby League properties to be broadcast on Discovery’s recently...
News
Business
BBC and Sky unveil new additions to on-demand services
The public broadcaster has added a number of features to its iPlayer, while Sky customers can now benefit from new additions that bring its...
News
Features
TVBEurope 2020: A new conference for new workflows
TVBEurope’s conference season has rolled around again, but this one marked an evolution from past years, with TVBEurope’s venerable Beyond HD Masters and IT...
Business
PassionTV back on air via IPTV solution
Passion TV chooses Arqiva’s new Connected Broadcaster solution to go after the younger generation
News
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
Production & Post
EBS wins BT Sport contract for multi-platform EPG data support
EBS has been chosen by BT Sport to facilitate the supply of EPG data listings for all its channels: BT Sport 1, BT Sport...
News
Business
Sky passes 12 million customer milestone
The company reported a five per cent increase in group revenue to £11,283 million and an 18 per cent increase in operating profit to...
Business
Business
Sky to open digital technology hub in Leeds
Sky has announced its intention to open a brand new technology hub in the north of England, and expand of its dedicated technology training...
Business
Business
Sky acquires majority stake in Blast! Films
Sky has taken a majority stake in Blast! Films, the UK production company behind Steve McQueen's award-winning Hunger, and series including Channel 4’s The...
Business
Business
European Commission launches anti-trust case against Sky UK
The European Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to Sky UK and US film studios, Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox...
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
Elemental powers Sky Go and NOW TV
Sky, the UK’s largest pay-TV provider, is working with Elemental Technologies to process and deliver its OTT TV service, NOW TV and mobile TV...
Business
BT Consumer CEO calls for Ofcom to tackle Sky dominance
John Petter, CEO of BT’s Consumer Division, has called on Ofcom to formally amend the scope of its Digital Communications Review to include pay-TV,...
Business
UPC acquires Irish commercial broadcaster TV3
Liberty Global subsidiary UPC Ireland has entered into an agreement with Doughty Hanson to acquire TV3, a major commercial broadcaster in Ireland, for a...
Business
Production & Post
Interactive gambling channel Win Cash Live launches with BroadStream
Win Cash Live has partnered with automated playout specialist BroadStream Solutions to launch interactive gambling TV channel and website wincashlive.com.
News
Opinion
The moving picture of the broadcast industry
We all know change is happening fast, but a quick look back at the history of UK broadcasting shows just how rapidly the pace...
Business
Sky to create kids app and appoint head of content
Sky will launch a dedicated children’s app and appoint a head of kids content, following the recent expansion of the kids’ shows available in...
News
TVBEverywhere
Premier Sports HD launches on Sky platform with Globecast
Globecast has been chosen as the content delivery service provider for Premier Sports HD, the new HD channel from Setanta Sports’ UK operation Premier...
Business
Sports pass launches on NOW TV for Premier League kick-off
Sky’s chief marketing and digital officer, Stephen van Rooyen has announced a number of developments to online streaming service NOW TV, including the launch...
Business
Conviva aims to disrupt and empower
Conviva, an OTT video optimisation specialist, is on a mission to “empower” its customers through data driven intelligence, according to the company’s CEO and...
News
Features
BT Sport launches UK’s first UHD channel
Some of football’s most recognisable faces turned out at BT Sport’s facility at the Olympic Park in London yesterday, as the broadcaster made a...
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Business
BARB releases new Viewing Report
BARB (Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board) has released its second Viewing Report, which provides a review of the way people are watching television and how...
News
Business
Sky creates platform for easy access to TV images
Sky is launching the Sky Editorial Asset Centre, a new digital asset management platform designed to enable easier sharing of its stock of still...
Business
Sky brings more Arts to Europe
This summer, Sky will launch an initiative to bring the best of the arts to its 21 million customers across Italy, Germany, Austria, Ireland...
News
Business
BBC, Sky and DVB honoured at DTG Awards
The DTG has given out awards to honour industry excellence at its 20th anniversary celebrations held after the DTG Summit 2015: Driving Global CollaborVation.
Business
Production & Post
Globecast delivers key moments of UK Election
Globecast played its part in the coverage of the UK General Election, helping broadcasters around the world get all the key moments live on...
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
Business
Sky to close 3D and Arts TV channels
Next month will see Sky’s 3D channel move to its on-demand service, as well as the closure of one of its arts channels, leaving...
TVBEverywhere
Sky News partners with LiveU for UK General Election coverage
Sky News has chosen LiveU as a key technology partner for the UK general election, to be held on 7 May. The deal has...
News
Production & Post
F5 helps Sky TV customers watch TV on their terms
Sky has extended its use of F5 Network’s technology for online and on-demand services.
News
Business
NOW TV launches TV ad syncing campaign using Google search
NOW TV, the online TV streaming service from Sky, has announced the launch of its search engine advertising (PPC) campaign in conjunction with wywy,...
Production & Post
Greenstone helps power albert for TV industry sustainability
albert and albert+, the sustainability assessment tools for the film and television industry, are enabling production companies across the UK and internationally to reduce...
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Business
Big Data transformation and analysis will unlock the future of TV
The role of Big Data in the TV world is causing ripple effects around the industry, concludes GfK in its latest report, ‘Big Questions,...
Business
Business
EE TV customers get Now TV
Online TV streaming service Now TV is now available for EE TV customers to access via their smart box.
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