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Culture Secretary receives regulators’ reports into Fox/Sky merger
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In April the European Commission’s competition authorities ruled the proposed merger “would raise no competition concerns” but the UK Government is set to make its own decision on whether to allow the tie-up to proceed.
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Sky Sports to show entire ICC Women’s World Cup tournament
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The matches will be available on TV as well as on skysports.com and the mobile and iPad app, making Sky the first UK broadcaster to show every game of the tournament.
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Sky and Virgin Media team up to offer brands a “safe environment” to advertise their products and services
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In a joint statement the firms stress that their combined audiences put them “on par with leading social networks” and stress that their two platforms offer a “trusted, and brand safe environment” to “businesses both big and small”.
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Champions League to remain on Sky Deutschland after broadcaster signs new four year deal
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Despite playing down the importance of the contest to its UK audiences, Sky has been keen to secure the competition in its other territories. Its deal with Perform allows it to exclusively show matches on satellite, cable, IPTV, web and mobile platforms.
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Sky announces free nuisance call blocking service
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Customers who enable the service will be able to accept a given call for one time only, accept it and add the caller to their personal Star List, reject the call and add the number to a Block List or opt to send the call to their voicemail.
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Sky and NBCUniversal announce multi-territory content deal
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In the UK and Ireland this means customers will continue viewing Universal Channel, Syfy and E! Entertainment and Movies 24 while customers in Germany and Austria will enjoy Universal Channel, Syfy and E! Entertainment and 13th STREET.