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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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,...

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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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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,...

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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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Miliband proposes TV election debates law

In an interview with The Observer, Ed Miliband promised that a Labour government would make TV debates between party leaders compulsory.

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RTS announces winners of Television Journalism Awards

The Royal Television Society (RTS), the forum for television and related media, has announced the winners of the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2013-2014.

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Cost of Premier League rights seasons could top £5 billion

With the outcome of Friday’s Premier League rights auction unknown, there’s no doubt that Sky is facing the greatest competitive challenge in the tournament’s...

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Open Championship deal is a win for Sky, but will audience gain?

Sky has won the exclusive rights to broadcast the Open Championship from 2017, after signing a five-year deal.

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Sky to enter the mobile sector

Sky has announced an agreement with Telefónica UK to offer mobile voice and data services to its customers for the first time.

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Sky, Atlantic and Attenborough awarded Hollywood accolade

Hollywood’s International 3D Society presented Sky, Atlantic Productions and David Attenborough with the coveted Charles Wheatstone Award for distinguished achievement in 3D storytelling.

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