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UK’s ASA partially upholds YouView ad complaint by pay TV rivals

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The UK Advertising Standards Authority has upheld in part a complaint by Virgin Media about an advertising campaign by public broadcaster-backed connected TV service YouView… Read more

Sky strikes new multi-platform deal with Entertainment Film Distributors

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UK pay TV operator BSkyB has struck a new multi-year movie deal with UK distributor Entertainment Film Distributors. The deal will bring recent movies including… Read more

BSkyB and BT set for price war over football

UK pay TV rivals BSkyB and BT seem set for a price war over their respective football offerings after failing to strike a mutual wholesale… Read more

Sky not betting on online commissions

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Sky has no plans to follow the BBC in commissioning programming exclusively for online, according to the satellite firm’s director of corporate business development and… Read more

Sky pledges further content spend

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Sky has said that it wants to better its £2 billion (€2.35 billion) annual content spend and focus particularly on entertainment as a way to… Read more

A+E’s Adam MacDonald takes Sky 1 post

UK satcaster BSkyB has appointed A&E Networks’ Adam MacDonald to run flagship channel Sky 1. This follows Stuart Murphy’s promotion to director, entertainment channel at… Read more

Sky to buy Telefónica’s UK broadband business

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BskyB has agreed to buy Telefónica UK’s broadband business, in a deal that will establish Sky as the UK’s second-biggest broadband provider behind BT and… Read more

BSkyB secures Premier League rights in Ireland

BSkyB has secured live rights to English Premier League football in Ireland for the next three seasons.  Sky has secured 116 live matches per year… Read more

Sky signs deal with Disney to launch dedicated pay TV channel

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UK pay TV platform BSkyB and Hollywood Studio Disney are launching a pay TV channel Sky Movies Disney. The new channel will have new and… Read more

Sky inks sports news channel deal with Viasat

UK pay TV platform BSkyB has inked a deal with its Scandinavian counterpart Viasat for its Sky Sports News channel. The sports news channel will… Read more