Sky
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Discovery and Sky confirm new carriage deal
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Last week the sporting and factual channel owner announced it was ready to walk away and remove its channels after failing to agree a new carriage deal with Sky.
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Sky says it’s preparing for Discovery’s closure on the platform
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On Wednesday the factual and sports brand announced it had been unable to agree a new carriage deal with Sky and suggested it was being squeezed by a pay-TV firm desperate to recoup its £4.1bn outlay on premier league football.
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Discovery declines to comment on rumoured BT tie-up to offer channels to Sky households
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On Wednesday evening the company, which operates a range of popular factual channels as well as the Eurosport channels, announced that it failed to agree terms with Sky on a new carriage deal.
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Sky to offer TV without a dish from 2018
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From next year, customers unable to have a dish installed at their premises will be able to receive a Sky Q set top box as part of a long-term subscription and receive the broadcaster’s channels via their standard broadband connection.
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Discovery threatens to pull channels from Sky in carriage dispute
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Like all commercial channel owners, Discovery charges TV operators such as Sky for the right to offer their channels to subscribers, the pay-TV firm then recoups the cost through the prices it charges each subscriber.
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Sky snaps up Homes by the Sea and Teen Mom UK production house
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The deal is the latest in a series of acquisitions by Sky in recent years, including the purchase of Great British Bake Off off producers Love Productions, and further reduces Sky’s reliance in consumer subscription revenue.