Jan 29 2016
James Murdoch is to return to Sky as chairman in a move that many believe could presage a renewed attempt by 21st Century Fox to consolidate the pay TV giant by acquiring the 60.4% of the organisation that it does not already own. Current chairman Nicholas Ferguson will step down at the end of April […]
Jan 29 2016
Sky will launch a new Roku-powered Now TV box later this year, giving users access live linear TV channels for the first time, alongside on-demand content. The revamped, hybrid set-top box will let Now TV customers access more than 60 live, free-to-air TV channels – as well Now TV’s on-demand packages of content and other […]
Jan 25 2016
Sky will unveil its pricing structure for its new Sky Q Ultra-HD set-top box during its latest quarter’s results announcements on January 29th. Analyst reports suggest the new ‘all in’ pricing model will start above the current £90 per month for Sky’s all-embracing top-level sports & movies bundles. Equity analysts at investment bank Nomura suggested […]
Jan 20 2016
Sky has revealed the biggest ever redesign of Sky Go. From this week in the UK and Ireland, Sky will start rolling out the new design, beginning with a new home page for the mobile app and web service. Later in the year, Sky says the streaming service will “introduce new features to make the […]
Nov 17 2015
Sky will launch a new device on November 18th, it has confirmed, though very little detail on the new device has been released. Instead, it’s put out a teaser trailer to build hype, with the promise that the mystery device will “set your TV free”. The forthcoming device called SkyQ, is said to be Sky’s 4K […]
Oct 22 2015
European pay TV operator Sky has posted strong results with subscribers, revenue and profit all up in the most recent quarter, despite increased competition from Netflix and other pay TV services. The company, which has pay TV operations in the Germany, Italy and the UK, added 134,000 new customers, the highest rate it has recorded […]
Oct 16 2015
Stuart Murphy, Sky’s Director, Entertainment Channels, has decided to step down from his role in order to pursue other creative opportunities. In his six and a half years with Sky, Murphy has overseen the expansion of the portfolio of Sky entertainment channels including Sky 1, Sky Atlantic. Sky Arts and Sky Living. He developed the […]
Oct 12 2015
Sky has agreed a new multi-year movie and TV agreement with Disney UK & Ireland. The deal covers live, on demand and mobile viewing. Sky Movies and NOW TV Sky Movies Pass customers will be able to watch premieres like Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur and Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the first pay […]
Oct 9 2015
Sky has urged Ofcom to separate BT and its infrastructure arm Openreach in its final submission to the UK broadcast regulator as part of its strategic review of the UK’s digital communications market. In a statement explaining its stance, Sky argued that as BT has sole control over Openreach its decisions about investment in national […]
Sep 9 2015
Sky’s subscriber base is expected to overtake Liberty Global’s in Western Europe in 2017, according to new research by Digital TV Research. The Western Europe Pay TV Operator Forecasts report claims that Liberty Global’s subscriber count will fall in the coming years as it tries to convert its remaining analogue cable subscribers by 2020, with […]
Aug 11 2015
ITV Cymru Wales will broadcast its news and programmes in HD from August 25. ITV Wales moved to a new HD-capable HQ in June 2014. The current ITV HD service from transmitters in Wales (on Freeview channel 103) will become ITV Cymru Wales HD. Viewers in Wales watching via Sky, Freesat and Cable will also […]
Freeview channel changes & closures
“Protect traditional TV & radio” say the British people as Broadcast 2040+ campaign launches
Freesports to leave Freeview
BBC must transform the way it serves audiences, Ofcom warns
Plan to deliver a digital-first BBC
Channel 4 publishes alternative plan to privatisation
Sky UK Renews Capacity with SES
Broadcasting reforms to create new golden age of British TV
New Board appointment for Channel 4
TalkTV to launch in the UK on Monday, April 25
Feb 22 2016
Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch calls for the end of BT Openreach
Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch has urged Ofcom to call for BT and its infrastructure arm Openreach to separate, as the regulator prepares to publish the conclusions of its digital communications review. In an open letter, published in the Times newspaper today, Darroch said that ultrafast broadband is “critical to Britain’s future economic and social welfare”, […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: BT Openreach, Jeremy Darroch, Ofcom, Sky