Sky
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Comcast challenges Rupert Murdoch and Fox with rival bid for Sky
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The US TV and film giant, which owns NBC, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation, has tabled its own £22.1bn offer.
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Sky Mobile offering free PlayStation 4 with Xperia smartphone plans
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Customers who buy selected Xperia smartphones as part of a Sky Mobile plan will get a free PlayStation 4 and copy of racing game Gran Turismo Sport. The deal is available across a range of handsets, including the new Xperia XA2.
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Sky and BT retain Premier League TV rights
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BT has so far won a single package – package A – of 32 matches, with Sky scooping the rights to 128 games (packages B, C, D, E). The broadcasters will pay a total of £4.464billion for the announced packs.
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Freddie Flintoff to present Sky One’s new Robot Wars rival, Carnage
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The show will see teams of creative engineers, mechanics and drivers from throughout the UK and Ireland transform regular cars into weaponised battle-ready vehicles before being against each other in a Mad Max-style combat in three vast arenas deep in the desert where they seek to render their opponents’ cars immobile.
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Eurosport’s three pop-up Winter Olympic channels will NOT be available on Sky
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The pan-European broadcaster is sharing UK coverage of the games with the BBC and has launched three ‘pop-up’ channels to bring viewers all of the action from Pyeongchang.
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Sky takes on Netflix with original film commissions and exclusive rights
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The UK’s largest pay-TV provider says the move will allow it to “provide customers with even more great film content”.