Sky

  • European Court blocks Skype’s trademark attempt

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    A European Court has blocked Microsoft’s attempts to register the name of its popular Skype chat service as a trademark, ruling the brand could create confusion with trademarks already owned by Sky.

  • Sky and Viacom sign new 5 year carriage and ad sales deal

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    Today’s deal means Sky’s customers will continue to have access to Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and VH1 for a further five years with the broadcaster will also taking on responsibility for Channel 5’s ad sales.

  • Sky reports decade-high customer growth

    Sky reports decade-high customer growth

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    127,000 new UK and Irish customers joined Sky in the third quarter of its financial year, a 41% increase on the previous year, according to the firm’s latest market update.

  • Sky launches new Italian IPTV service

    Sky launches new Italian IPTV service

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    Customers will receive a My Sky HD decoder which gives access to the broadcaster’s full range of TV channels plus popular features including HD, Sky On Demand and Sky’s popular Restart function which lets viewers go back to the start of a film.

  • Movie purchasing comes to Sky Store

    Movie purchasing comes to Sky Store

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    The updated service is available on Sky’s own set top boxes, via skystore.com and a new Sky Store app for Android and iOS, as well on NOW TV, Roku and YouView set top boxes.

  • Sky buys 60% of leading US reality and documentary producer

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    Jupiter Entertainment’s hits include Welcome to Myrtle Manor, Wild West Alaska, Snapped and Homicide Hunter and the firm makes shows for a number of major broadcasters including A&E, Discovery, History, Investigation Discovery, Oxygen, TLC and Animal Planet.