Sky
-
Rob Lowe and Pauline Quirke to star in new Sky 1 drama
—
by
Apocalypse Slough is described as “a bold, adrenaline fuelled comedy drama” about an eclectic group of seemingly unconnected characters around the world whose lives start to intersect in the most unexpected way after it emerges a comet is on an unavoidable collision course towards earth…
-
New Stanley Tucci and Christopher Ecclestone drama to air simultaneously in all Sky territories
—
by
Sky is to premiere Fortitude, its latest in-house crime drama, simultaneously to 20 million subscribers in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Italy. The show stars Stanley Tucci, Sofie Gråbøl, Christopher Ecclestone and Michael Gambon and is set in the savage Arctic landscape, known as one of the safest towns on earth.
-
Sky extends English cricket deal for further two years
—
by
Today’s deal means Sky Sports remains the exclusive UK home to all of England’s Test matches played at home, all One-Day Internationals and T20 matches and county matches until 2019.
-
Ofcom opens new consultation into Sky’s wholesale obligations
—
by
The broadcaster has been forced to wholesale its two biggest sports channels to rivals since 2010 despite a legal challenge brought by Sky which has always insisted it’s willing to supply the channels on mutually agreed commercial terms.
-
BT adds Sky Sports to YouView boxes & finally withdraws Vision+ boxes
—
by
In November the Competition Appeal Tribunal ruled that an Ofcom ruling forcing Sky to offer the channels to rivals applied to BT’s newer YouView boxes and not just to its ageing Vision+ boxes.
-
Sky announces new £10 a month fibre broadband
—
by
The service includes a 25GB usage cap and download speeds of up to 38Mbps and is being offered as a alternative to the firm’s established unlimited fibre options.